We spend hours, days and years of our lives in education. But how perfect do you think your school is? Imagine you could design(设计) your ideal(理想的) school. What would it be like? We wanted to find out what teenagers around the world thought. Here is some designing from four children of different countries.

My dream school would have an Olympic-size swimming pool, two football pitches and a golf course. It would also have a cinema,a gym,a restaurant and a shopping centre. My school has none of these and I think there should be more enjoyable things for pupils to do while they are studying.

________Ma,China

I’d like a room where we can go and relax and play computer games and chat with friends. Some older pupils in the school have this but I think there should be a place for everyone to go when they want to switch off(转换注意力) from the lessons.

_______Sonia, Italy

I think it would be great to have a day off every week,as well as the weekend. If that day was a Friday or a Monday, we would have a long weekend every week.What fun! I also think school should start later, at about 10 o’clock, and finish earlier. We spend a lot of time at school doing nothing at all. I’m sure we could learn just as much in fewer hours.

_______Richard, USA

My dream school would be big and roomy with a computer for every person in the school. I’d also like to have a music room where we can just go and play instruments when we want. We need a recording studio,too. I hope that teachers can respect(尊重)our opinions.

_________Rebecca,Australia

1.Ma thinks his dream school should provide______for students.

A. more enjoyable things

B. a comfortable computer room

C. a place to switch off from the lessons

D. a computer

2.Sonia thinks students should share a room where they can____.

A. play sports B. play instruments

C. play computer games D.play soccer

3.Richard wants to have____off every week.

A. two days B. three days

C. four days D. one day

4.Rebecca may like_____according to the passage.

A. playing music B. chatting with friends

C. doing some shopping D.play basketball

5.We can infer(推断) that in the four children’s opinions, the ideal school be a place where_____.

A. students can learn knowledge

B. students can get on well with their teachers

C. students’ wishes and interests can be respected

D. students can sing

People often say that an Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than in flats, and many people own their homes. They can paint and change them in any way they like. In a crowded city everyone knows that he or she has private space that is only for himself or herself and for invited friends.

People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting on a beach or a train or in a library? If you are on the beach you may have spread your sands around you; on the train you may have put your coat or a small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own.

Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man sitting opposite me had his bag on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was made rather angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table! I took some newspapers out of my bag and put them on his. When I did this he sat up straight at once, opening his eyes wide. I had invaded(侵占)his space! A few minutes later, I took my newspapers off his bag in order to read them. He at once moved his bag to his side of the table.

1.The English call their homes “castles” because ____________.

A. they don’t make friend with others

B. they are very important persons

C. they don’t want to stay with others

D. homes provide them with their own space

2.The word “private” in the first paragraph means _____________.

A. 私人的 B. 公共的 C. 相邻的 D. 隐蔽的

3.According to the passage, if an Englishman is on the beach, he will probably ________ to show his own space to others.

A. cover himself with sands

B. sit in another person’s chair

C. spread sands around him

D. talk loudly with his friends

4.Why did the writer get angry ? Because ____________

A. the man’s bag fell on the writer’s foot.

B. the man’s bag was on the writer’s seat.

C. the man didn’t leave space for the writer on the table.

D. the man’s bag prevented the writer looking out of the window.

5.The writer put his newspapers on the man’s bag in order to ___________.

A. invade the man’s space

B. let the man move his bag to his side

C. take the man’s seat

D. let the man read the newspaper

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