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

完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入

相应空白处的最佳答案。 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)

Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an      mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just      the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is      to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.

There the workers of the dead mail offices have        ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for      that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, expecting that something      will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a      so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be    forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are      are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the      bidder (出价者).

1.A. impatient    B. importantC. unclearD. inactive

2.A. turn offB. eat upC. sell outD. throw away

3.A. sent    B. returnedC. lentD. sold

4.A. noB. variousC. sillyD. cruel

5.A. peopleB. timeC. cluesD. books

6.A. funnyB. insideC. uselessD. outside

7.A. phoneB. mirrorC. TV setD. computer

8.A. storedB. putC. boughtD. borrowed

9.A. boredB. interestedC. worriedD. satisfied

10.A. cheapest    B. cleverestC. highestD. easiest

— I am going to spend my holiday in the countryside.

   — ________. The air there is fresh and the views are attractive as well.

A. Sounds wonderful B. Of course C. Let me see D. Well done

— ________ good time we had during our stay in Hainan last year!

   — Yes, ________ fun we had playing some water sports there!

A. What a; what     B. How; how  C. What; how     D. How a; what

I never doubt ________ the places of interest is worth ________.

A. whether; visiting B. that; to visit  C. whether; a visit   D. that; a visit

— The novel isn’t easy for Xiao Wang to read, is it?  

   — ________. His foreign language is far better than expected. 

A. Yes, it is        B. No, it isn’t                     C. I don’t think so                      D. I’m afraid not

— How about your journey to Canada?

   — Everything was wonderful except that our car ________.

A. slowed downB. put downC. got downD. broke down

He was hoping to go abroad but his parents ________ that they won’t support him unless he   can borrow money from the bank.

A. were decidingB. decidedC. have decidedD. will decide

— Emily, here’s a dictionary. I hope it will help you.

  — Thank you. It’s ________ what I need.

A. onlyB. just C. stillD. almost

— Do I have to sell my old computer? It almost stops working.

  — You ________ do so, it only needs ________. Something has gone wrong with it.

A. mustn’t; to repair B. can’t; repairing C. needn’t; repairing D. may not; to repair