There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK 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 UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
What to wear
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage?
A.Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.
B.Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.
C.As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.
D.Students can have different activities in a boarding school.
2. Which is the best title for the last paragraph?
A.What to eat B.When to eat C.Where to eat D.How to eat
3. The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.
A.教师 B.设施 C.活动 D.课程
根据句意,用括号中所给单词的适当形式或句子的语法要求填空。
1. Playing too many computer games is ▲ (harm) to you.
2. We should speak to the old man ▲ (polite).
3. —How many ▲ (tooth) does a dog have?
—Sorry, I have no idea.Let’s search on the Internet.
4. A computer is ▲ (expensive) than a TV set.
5. Have you read ▲ (today) newspaper?
6. I ▲ (not go) to bed until my mother came back at ten last night.
7. You need ▲ (return) the comic book to the library at once.
8. My sister ▲ (be) a singer since she left the school.
根据所给汉语完成下列句子,每空词数不限。
1. 迈克敲了敲门,但没有回应。
Mike ▲ the door, but there was no answer.
2. 昨天这位医生为病人做手术了吗?
Did the doctor ▲ the patients yesterday?
3. 我认为用毯子扑灭火是个好方法。
I think it’s a good way to ▲ the fire with a blanket.
64. 林先生今天早上乘公交车上班而不是步行。
Mr. Lin went to work by bus ▲ walking this morning.
5. 我和妹妹合用一间卧室。
I ▲ a bedroom ▲ my sister.
根据情景,把下面对话内容补充完整,使其意思连贯。
(P=Peter, an exchange student from the UK; W=Wang Tao, Peter’s classmate)
W: Hi, Peter. Shall we play football after school?
P: 1. ▲ But I would like to try something new.
W: Oh, what’s that?
P: Table tennis. 2. ▲
W: Yes, we play it a lot. Can you play it?
P: No, I can’t. I tried, but 3. ▲
W: Well, never mind. You can play football very well.
P: 4. ▲ for saying so, but you must teach me how to play table tennis.
W: No problem. 5. ▲
P: Great. Every Friday after school.
-Hey, Tina. ____ are you going for your vacation?
-Hmmm, I think I’m going to Shanghai.
A.How B.Where C.When D.Why
-What do you think of Lucy’s birthday party?
-______. I hope I can have such a party too.
A.Just so so B.Boring C.Terrible D.Wonderful
-Do you know the way to the post office?
-Yes. Follow me and I’ll ______ you.
A.call B.pick C.show D.invite