This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'COW' , please." The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, "I want some medicine for my 'COW'."
"For your cow?" asked the man, "are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise, "What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer. "
"But where is your cow?"
"It's here!" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. "Here it is, " he said, "I've a very bad 'cow' here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some
medicine for his cough.
小题1:The Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'cow', please." Here by the word "cow" he meant _______.

A．cow	B．cough
C．medicine	D．cold

小题2:What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?

A．The Frenchman looked like a farmer.

B．The word "cough" was pronounced [kau] by him.

C．The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.

D．We can't learn about it from the story.

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.

B．The man in the shop didn't understand the Frenchman clearly at first.

C．The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.

D．The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.

Does your school have any problems with discipline(纪律)? What happens when students step out of line?
Here are some examples of bad behaviour:
? Playing truant(逃学) (missing school without permission from parents).
? Stealing, smoking, hitting, swearing, running, kissing.
? Cheating on exams.
? Calling a teacher or another pupil a bad name.
? Not doing homework.
? Not listening or not paying attention in lessons.
? Wearing unsuitable clothes.
Here are some of the ways that UK school children can be punished:
? Exclusion（开除）: a pupil is asked to leave the school and not come back. The pupil has to find a new school or a different method of education.
? Suspension（停课）: a pupil cannot enter the building or attend lessons until the school has a meeting about their situation. Suspension can last from one to 45 days. The pupil is usually given work to do at home with a special teacher.
? Detention（拘留）: a pupil is asked to stay after school and work for 30-60 minutes before they can leave.
? Lines: a pupil has to write a sentence many times (e.g. 100 or more) on a sheet of paper, e.g. “I must not shout in class.”
Freya MacDonald, a 15-year-old pupil from Scotland, _________when she refused to accept her school’s punishment. Her family says that she was given 11 detentions for trivial things such as having fizzy drinks in class and coming into school through a fire door.
Freya says that repeated detentions ruined her right to an education under Scottish law and made it difficult for her to learn. So she refused to return until the school respected her civil rights. She wants the headmaster and her teachers to sign a letter to promise this. Hundreds of schools in Scotland were told not to use detention as a punishment because of her legal action.
Many UK schools now give parents a home&school contract（契约，合同）, explaining their discipline and rules. Parents must sign this document to agree that they accept the school’s rules and discipline and that they are responsible for their child’s behaviour.         
小题1:The expression “step out of line” in Paragraph 1 probably means________

A．jump the queue	B．break the discipline
C．be later for school	D．fight with others.

小题2:What is the main purpose of the text?

A．To list common bad behavior in UK schools.

B．To show how UK schools deal with students’ parents.

C．To find out why more and more pupils break rules in UK schools.

D．To introduce how UK schools punish students with their discipline.

小题3:Which expression can be filled in the blank in the passage________.

A．covered the story

B．corrected her behavior

C．showed an interest

D．made the news

小题4:What is the best title for the passage?

A．Punishments in UK School

B．What is Bad Behavior?

C．UK School Discipline.

D．Too Many School Rules in the UK