There are over 800 boarding(寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. 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. (A)他们在一起学习和生活。They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. Besides the usual classrooms and labs, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities(设施) for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. (B)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.
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.
(C)
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad, other side dishes and a dessert (甜点). Students can also make themselves something to eat or drink at any time in a kitchen.
1.根据短文内容回答问题。
Who could go to boarding schools in the past?
__________________________________________________.
2.将（A）处汉语翻译成英语。___________________________________________.
3.将（B）处划线句子翻译成汉语。_______________________________________。
4.根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。
As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.
5.在（C）处加一个适当的分标题。
从下面的方框中选择适当的选项补全对话。（有两项是多余的）
W: Hello, Tom. Are you free tomorrow?
M: Yes. Why?
W: My sister will come from England tomorrow, but I’m busy with my school work. 1.
M: Sure. What’s her name?
W: Kate.
M: Oh, wait a moment. I’ll write it down. K-A-T-E, Kate. OK. What time will she arrive？
W: 2. _______
M: 3. ___
W: CA 715.
M: What does she look like?
W: She’s tall and thin. 4. _______
M: How old is she?
W: She is 26.
M: 5. _______
W: Yes. She carries a red handbag.
M: OK. I think I can find her.
The last Monday in March is an important day in China. It is a day for school safety education. This year, the day falls on March 25. It helps students learn more about safety and make sure they are safe. What are some accidents at school? How can you keep yourself safe? Take a look!
The main accidents at school are stampedes(踩踏), earthquakes and fires.
A stampede always happens in crowded places. When students around you begin to push, stand there and try to hold onto something. If you fall down in the crowd, put your hands around your head. Move to one side, and bend(弯) your body and legs.
Earthquakes happen all over the world. When you feel everything is moving, quickly get under a desk and hold on, according to China Earthquake Administration(地震局). If you are outdoors, find a place away from buildings, trees, and power lines(电线).
When there’s a fire, leave the classroom quickly. It’s better to put something wet over your mouth and nose. This way, you won’t breathe in smoke. Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire, but smoke. It makes them cough and they can’t breathe. That’s very dangerous! So when you want to get out, you should make yourself lower to the floor. Then you can breathe some fresh air.在
1. Students can learn about_________ on March 25.
A. school safety B. traffic accidents
C. forest fires D. family rules
2. In a stampede, if you fall down in a crowd you might behave(行为) in this order(顺序):
① put your hands around your head
② bend your body and legs
③ move to one side
A. ①--②--③ B. ①--③--②
C.②--③--① D. ③--②--①
3. We can learn from the last paragraph(段落) that________.
A. don’t push when there is a fire
B. accidents sometimes happen in schools
C. smoke is also very dangerous in a fire
D. you should take a look first in fire
A Nepalese teenager had made a £ 23 solar panel (太阳能电池板 ) using human hair.
Milan Karki, who is 18 years old and lives in a village, used human hair to replace (代替)silicon, which is a common but expensive part of solar panels. By using hair as a replacement, Karki says that solar panels can be produced for around £ 23.
Karki got the idea from a Stephen Hawking book, which explained how to create energy from hair. The device (设备) that Karki has showed can produce 18w of energy -- plenty to charge a mobile phone.
"Half a kilo of hair can be bought for only 16p in Nepal and last a few months; but a pack of batteries (电池) would cost 50p and last a few nights," according to The Daily Mail.
The solar panel is easy to service as the hair is easy to replace. Karki has now sent out several devices to other places near his home for testing. He said, "First I wanted to provide energy for my home, then my village. Now I am thinking for the whole world."
1. Karki wanted to use human hair because it is
A. beautiful B. long
C. cheap D. soft
2. What does the word charge mean in Chinese?
A.为……改变 B. 为……付款
C.为……充电 D.为……美容
3.From the passage we know Karki is
A. handsome and clever
B. clever and helpful
C. lazy but clever
D. handsome and helpful
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Making a mobile phone with human hair
B. Making a mobile phone with a new idea.
C. Making a solar panel with silicon.
D. Making a solar panel with human hair.
Whenever there's a terrible storm, there are plenty of sad stories. Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets. But sometimes these stories have happy endings too.
A family in New Jersey, US, had a cat named Vivien. She is very smart. She could even draw with her wet paws on the floor. They all love her very much. When hurricane (飓风) Sandy hit America in October, they moved to a safer place-13km away from home. Sadly Vivien went missing. The whole family were worried about her. They put up posters on the Internet to look for her. All the nine family members searched wherever they thought she could stay, but they didn't find it. The family thought Vivien was gone forever.
But six months later, Vivien showed up at their house, according to Yahoo News. They considered her return as a wonder. No one can be sure where Vivien was for all that time.
Many animals are good at finding their way home. People usually say that dogs and cats find their way home through using their sense of smell.
But that doesn't explain how Vivien found her way back. Hurricane Sandy blew away the normal smells of home.
"I wish she could talk," said her owner.
1.From the passage we know Sandy is a
A. pet B. house
C. girl D. hurricane
2.The cat was missing for
A. 4 months B. 6 months
C. 9 months D. 13 months
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Vivien could even draw.
B. The family tried hard to look for the pet.
C. The owner knew how the cat found her way home.
D. Many people lost their houses, their cars and their pets because of the hurricane.
4. What can be the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. A Terrible Storm B. A Clever Pet
C. A Smart Owner D.A sad story
