Question

 

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 (根據) 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. 教師 B. 設施 C. 活動 D. 課程

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析: 本文介紹了寄宿學校開始于幾百年前的英國國。但最早的寄宿學校是為富有的白人男孩開設的。現在，從7歲到18歲的男孩和女孩都可以去寄宿學校，在英國，寄宿學校每個學年有三個學期，每學期約13周。學生在在一起學習和生活。他們不能外出，在一些學校，每個學生都有自己的主題計劃。除了通常的教室和實驗室，寄宿學校有學生很多其他設施。幾乎所有的學生都在寄宿學校穿校服。在英國，寄宿學校給學生提供美味的食物。

1.細節理解題。根據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 可知寄宿制學校的學生可以開展不同的活動，所以選D。

2.標題歸納題。根據In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food.在英國，寄宿學校提供美味的食物，就可知選A。

3.詞義猜測題。題。根據后半句including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres.可知‘facilities’的意思是“設施”，所以選B。

考點：教育類閱讀。