Finding a suitable place to live is not easy for a student who first arrived in a strange place . I was lucky because I had booked a dormitory with the school before I arrived .. I t was a flat with seven independent rooms and a shared bathroom and kitchen . all of my flatmates are all students form Britain . I thought I was lucky to be part of this flat with these energetic young men . However , I found myself unhappy with them only a few days after I stayed there . These young people seemed never to be quiet . Usually they would not come back until late into the night .They even played football in the room whenever they like , whether it was early morning or late night . Worse still , they always had parties . Those loud music and laughter made me sleepless the whole night . Finally , I had no choice but to ask the authority to move me to another flat where most of the students were international students pursuing their master degrees . They were older in age and hold heavier study burden . So they were quieter .
My advice for those who want to study in the UK is to get in touch with the international student accommodation service of your school first and tell them to arrange for you to share a flat with graduates before you come here.
【小题1】What was the trouble while living with the British students?

---- I think you should phone Jenny and apologize to her.

----- ____. I t was her fault.

A. No way 　B. Not possible C. No chance D. Not at all

I’m seventeen．I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles．People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them．And carried things to their cars．It was hard work．

       While working, you wear a plate with your name on it．I once met someone I knew years ago．I remembered his name and said,“Mr. Castle, how are you?”We talked about this and that．As he left, he said,“I t was nice talking to you, Brett．”I felt great, he remembered me．Then I looked down at my name plate．Oh no．He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate．I wish I had put“Irving”down on my name plate．If he’d have said,“Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?”I’d have been ready for him．There’s nothing personal here．

       The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders．One of these was：you couldn’t accept tips（小费）．Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car．For a lot of people, the natural reaction（反应）is to take a quarter and give it me．I’d say,“I’m sorry, I can’t”They’d get angry． When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite．You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say,“Oh, thanks a lot．”When you say,“I’m sorry, I can’t”they feel a little put down． They say,“No one will know．”And they put it in your pocket．You say,“I really can’t”It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically（身体上）to prevent him from tipping you．It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly．Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good．I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas．One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away．I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something．

       I had decided that one year was enough．Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed．I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up．

1．What can be the best title for this text?

       A．How Hard Life is for Box Boys           B．Getting along with Customers

       C．Why I Gave up My Job                      D．The Art of Taking Tips

2．From the second paragraph, we can infer that________．

A．the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

B．with a name plate, people can easily start talking

C．Mr. Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D．Irving was the writer’s real name

3．The box boy refused to accept tips because_______．

A．customers only gave small tips

B．some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C．the store didn’t allow the box boys to take tips

D．he didn’t want to fight with the customers

4．The underlined phrase“put down”in the third paragraph probably means_______．

       A．misunderstood        B．defeated   C．hateful   D．hurt

Finding a suitable place to live is not easy for a student who first arrived in a strange place . I was lucky because I had booked a dormitory with the school before I arrived .. I t was a flat with seven independent rooms and a shared bathroom and kitchen . all of my flatmates are all students form Britain . I thought I was lucky to be part of this flat with these energetic young men . However , I found myself unhappy with them only a few days after I stayed there . These young people seemed never to be quiet . Usually they would not come back until late into the night .They even played football in the room whenever they like , whether it was early morning or late night . Worse still , they always had parties . Those loud music and laughter made me sleepless the whole night . Finally , I had no choice but to ask the authority to move me to another flat where most of the students were international students pursuing their master degrees . They were older in age and hold heavier study burden . So they were quieter .
My advice for those who want to study in the UK is to get in touch with the international student accommodation service of your school first and tell them to arrange for you to share a flat with graduates before you come here.

1. 1.

   What was the trouble while living with the British students?

   1. A.
      They loved football too much
   2. B.
      They often held parties .
   3. C.
      They disturbed the writer’s living greatly .
   4. D.
      They went to bed too late and got up too early .
2. 2.

   The measure the writer took to solve the problem was     .

   1. A.
      asking some older students for help
   2. B.
      giving the British students heavier study burden
   3. C.
      asking the authority to make the British student burden
   4. D.
      changing a place to live
3. 3.

   The advice the writer gave us was      .

   1. A.
      don’t live with young British students
      
   2. B.
      live with students who have study burden
   3. C.
      get your housing fixed before your arrival
   4. D.
      better live in your school
4. 4.

   The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to “        ” .

   1. A.
      the room
   2. B.
      football
   3. C.
      time
   4. D.
      the night