There ate over 800 boarding(寄宿) schools in the United Kingdom with students from home and foreign countries．Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country．But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only．Now, both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18．

What to do

In the United Kingdom boarding schools have three terms in a school year and there are about 13 weeks each term．Students study and live with one another．They need permission to go outside．In some schools each student has his or her own schedule．Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other equipment for their students including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theaters．Most boarding schools have a “lights out” time．So when it's time to go to bed, all the lights in the dormitories are turned off．Some senior teaching staff work as housemasters(舍监)．Each of them takes care of 50 students all the time, and especially after school hours．

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Nearly all students at boarding schools in the United Kingdom wear a school uniform．Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse(罩衫), sometimes also a tie and a skirt．As students get older the rules become less strict．

What to eat

In the United Kingdom, boarding schools provides students with delicious food．They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread with marmalade(柑橘酱)．They can also choose between a vegetarian meal and another meal at lunch and dinner．And there is always a salad buffet(自助餐), other side-dishes and a dessert．Many boarding dormitories also have a kitchen so students can make themselves something to eat at any time, or drink tea or have a snack between meals．

1．Jimmy is five years old now．Can he go to a hoarding school in the United Kingdom?

2．Tony is a student at a boarding school in the United Kingdom．How long does be need to stay at school every year?

3．“They can’t go out without permission．”请在第二段中找出此句的同义句。

4．What is the best title(题目) for the third paragraph(段落)．

5．请将文中划线句子译成汉语。

A

  Billy and Sam were twins. They were in the same class. They were both very happy. One day their teacher asked the class to write a composition(作文)“My Mother”. Sam wrote one, but Billy was lazy. He just copied his brother’s.  The next day, the teacher asked Billy why his composition was the same as Sam’s. “We have the same mother, don’t we?”answered Billy.

根据短文内容判断句子正误，正确的填A，错误的填B。

1 Sam was older than Billy.

2 Sam and Billy were in different classes

3 The name of the composition was”My Mother”

4 Billy’s composition was the same as Sam’s

5 Billy was not lazy. He was very clever

B

6 You want to know something about Japan, you can watch________

A．Weather report        B．China’s 2004        

C．Around the world      D．Animal world

7 You are a football fan. You may watch TV at___________.

A．19:00 on Channel 2       B．19:40Channel 1      

C．20:20Channel 2   D．21:15Channel

8 How long does the TV play“sisters”last(持续)？

A．30 minutes       B．50 minutes       C．90 minutes        D．120 minutes

9 You can watch _______if you want to learn English.

A．English news        B．English classroom     

 C．English for today     D．A、B and C

10 Children often like to watch_________.

A．Cartoon network        B．News        C．Weather report          D．Sports

C

Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr Brown , a worker, the other is Mr Black. Mr Brown is going to a chair. It is beside the road. Mr Black is after him. Mr Brown finds Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster(更快). Because he wants to get to the chair before Mr Black. Now Mr Black begins to walk faster because he also wants to get to the chair first. Then they both run .Mr Black runs faster than (比) Mr Brown. So he gets to the chair forst and sits down on it. Mr Brown runs after Mr Black. When he gets to the chair. He sees Mr Black sitting on it. He is sorry to show a notice(通知)with the words“Wet Paint(油漆未干)”to Mr Black . Now Mr Black knows why Mr Brown is going to the chair.

11 Where are Mr Brown and Mr Black?

A．In the garden         B． On the chair         C． In the park        D．Beside the road

12 What are they doing? They are________

A． talking      B．walking to the chair      C．holding a notice   D．sitting on a chair

13_________is after_________at first

A．Mr Black ,Mr Brown  B．The worker, Mr Brown 

C．Mr Brown ,Mr Black  D．Mr Brown The worker

14________get to chair first.

A．The worker       B．Mr Brown    C．Mr Black        D．A strange(陌生人)

15 Mr Brown goes to the chair because__________.

A．he wants to sit there                             B．it is his chair        

C．he wants to talk to Mr Black on the chair            D．he wants to tell people ”Wet Paint”

The students in America usually begin(开始) middle school when they are eleven or twelve years old . They need to finish(完成) the three-year middle school study . So they leave(离开) school when they are fourteen or fifteen years old .

In America , the middle school day is about seven hours long . Every class lasts for fifty minutes(五十分钟) . American students learn English , history , maths , science(科学), art and foreign languages(外语). Some also learn how to use a computer.

Most classes start at about 7:30 in the morning. The students often have lunch at school. School ends(结束) at about two o’clock in the afternoon. But a lot of students stay two or more hours longer every day for sports. Like Chinese students, they have to do their homework at home in the evening.

On Saturdays and Sundays, the students can go shopping, go to a movie, have parties or play games with their friends . But many of them like watching TV or playing computer games at home.

(    )51. How old is an American student in a middle school?

     A. 11-12    B. 11-15    C. 14-15    D. 13

(    )52. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “lasts” in Paragraph 2?

     A. 最后的    B. 最新的    C. 迟到的    D. 持续

(    )53. How long does an American student stay at school?

     A. About six hours.    B. About two or there hours.

    C. About 24 hours.    D. About eight hours.

(    )54. After school , American students have to         .

     A. do homework   B. go to bed   C. go shopping  D. watch TV

(    )55. What do American students do on weekends?

     A. They often go shopping and do homework

    B. They usually go to a movie or sleep for a long day.

    C. They play computer games at home or watch TV

    D. They go to school and do their homework.