Question

   There are over 800 boarding schools in the UK with both British and foreign students. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But 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.

1. What to do

      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 given permission. 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 and theaters.Most boarding schools have a ” lights 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.

2. 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.

3.

    In the UK,boarding schools provide students with delicious food. In the morning,they can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. The can also choose between a meal with meat and vegetarian meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad,other side dishes and dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen,or drink tea or have a snack between meals.

53. What is the best title for the third part?

   A. When to eat   B. What to eat

   C. Where to eat   D. How to eat

54. The underlined phrase "lights out" means

   A. 點(diǎn)火   B. 點(diǎn)燈   C. 光明   D. 熄燈

55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

   A. The earliest boarding schools were open to every child.

   B. No one takes care of students in boarding schools after school hours.

   C. Students can do different activities in a boarding school.

   D. Students at boarding schools have no meat at lunch or dinner.

Answer 1

53. B 54. D 55. C

篇短文大意]文章主要介紹了英國的寄宿制學(xué)校 的相關(guān)情況。

53. B通讀最后一段可知，本段主要講述了吃什么。因此，最佳標(biāo)題為” What to eat"。

54. D 由” So when it's time to go to bed,all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off”可知，大部分寄宿制學(xué)校都有熄燈 時(shí)間。因此，lights mu的意思是”熄燈"。

55. C通讀Whal to do部分可知，在寄宿制學(xué)校，學(xué)生可以做不同種類的活動(dòng)。