More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn’t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.

I have been used to school life since I came here two months ago, and I am starting to enjoy most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o’clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o’clock. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have 2 hours of activity time, when you can choose from a number of activities, including many sports, such as rugby(英式橄榄球) , football, basketball and tennis.

As a boarder(寄宿者), the quality of food is something I consider very important, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional company, and the quality of food is excellent, and they are always trying to make the diet healthy. One of the obvious advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!

1.How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?

A. 15 B. 45 C. 27 D. 18

2.The passage mainly tells us about __________________.

A. the writer’s school life in the UK as a boarder

B. the writer’s opinion of the school life in the UK

C. the differences in school life between China and the UK

D. the boarder life in a British middle school

3.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase “ let me down” in the passage?

A. made me blue B. cheered me up

C. encouraged me D. made me surprised

English is very important in the modern world. Many people want to learn it well. Here are some things that I want to say about learning it.

To learn English well, you need two things---passion and good learning methods(方法). Passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English. Learning methods only tell you how to do it better and faster.

If you love learning English, you will do it regularly(有规律地) and spend more time on it. It will also be easy for you to remember new words and grammar rules. __________ For example, some people like history and know a lot about World WarⅡ. If you ask a person who doesn’t like history to memorize all the facts, he probably can’t do it.

When you want to learn English, you can do the following things:

First, imagine(想象) that you can talk to native(本土的) speakers just as you talk in your mother language. Imagine yourself to be a manager(经理) in a foreign company(公司). Imagine you are living in an English-speaking country.

Second, use English as much as possible. This is very important. The more you use English, the better you will learn it. English is very popular, so you can use it everywhere. You can watch American cartoons, sing English songs, and read interesting books written in English as well.

1. The underlined word “passion” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 热情 B. 态度 C. 步骤 D. 情感

2.The missing(空白的) part in the third paragraph can be __________.

A. You can’t memorize everywhere in learning English

B. You will find it hard to learn English

C. Everyone likes to learn what they like most

D. That’s because you can easily remember what you like

3.What can you do if you want to learn English according to the passage?

A. Stop learning it for some time.

B. Read interesting English books.

C. Listen to music or play sports.

D. Go to English-speaking countries.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the writer?

A. Learning methods are more important than passion.

B. You need two things if you want to learn English well.

C. It’s easy for you to remember new words or grammar rules if you are an English lover.

D. It’s difficult for a person to know a lot about World WarⅡif he isn’t interested in history.

5.The main idea of this passage is about _______.

A. the importance of learning English

B. English around the modern world

C. some advice on how to learn English

D. how to write e-mails to other people

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Language is a way to communicate with each other.We started to l 1. language when we were born.However, people are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants (移民) are having many problems between the first generation (第一代) and the second generation because they don’t have the s 2. native language.Also, the second generation is losing their identity (身份).Especially in America, there are many immigrants that came from different c 3. to succeed in the States.Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a j 4. and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more s 5. .Because of this situation, their children are losing their identity, and even more, they are ignoring (忽视) their p 6. who don’t speak good English.

I think most immigrants are trying to keep their native language in their new country, but this doesn’t help very much in getting a good job.My aunt t 7. Korean to her children not to help them succeed in the US; she did so, h 8. , to help them get a Korean identity.Though the second generation is born in the new country, they often get confused about their identity because they look different from o 9. .My cousins told me that when they visited Korea a few years ago, they felt different from other Koreans.

We must realize that language is important and v 10. for many reasons.Immigrants should make an effort not to be ignored by their children and to make their children understand their background by teaching them the parents’ language.

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