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.
Having been in the school for 2 months, I’m getting used to school life, and I am starting to make the 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 Saturdays we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have two hours of activity time, when you can choose from a wide range of activities, including all the major sports, such as rugby and football, and also the minor sports such as 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 food company, and the quality of food is very excellent and also they take the healthy diet very seriously: I remember once I was once asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff(员工) for I didn’t have enough vegetables. This brings another point of being a boarder: you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible(负责) for yourself. One of the huge 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!
小题1:The passage mainly tells us about _______.
A．the author’s school life in the UK as a boarder.
B．the author’s opinion of the school life in the UK.
C．the differences in school life between China and UK.
D．the boarder life in a Britain middle school.小题2:According to the second paragraph, we can learn that the author _________ .
A．has not enough time to study
B．likes to play tennis and basketball
C．went to the school two months ago
D．finishes school at 4 o’clock小题3:How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?
A．15
B．45
C．27
D．18小题4:The underlined words “let me down” in the last paragraph means _______.
A．made me disappointed
B．made me pleased
C．encouraged me
D．amazed me小题5:As a boarder in the school, the author ___________ .
A．is not used to the food there
B．has learned to have healthy diets
C．is specially taken good care of
D．sleep as much as the day pupils
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:B
题目分析：这篇文章主要讲了作者作为一个寄宿生在英国的学校生活。
小题1:根据全文内容，这篇文章主要讲了作者作为一个寄宿生在英国的学校生活，故选A。
小题2:根据I Having been in the school for 2 months.故选C。
小题3:根据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 Saturdays we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock.故选B。
小题4:根据The school kitchens are run by a professional food company, and the quality of food is very excellent and also they take the healthy diet very seriously，可猜测出“let me down”的意思是令我失望，故选A。
小题5:根据I remember once I was once asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff(员工) for I didn’t have enough vegetables. This brings another point of being a boarder: you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible(负责) for yourself.故选B。
点评：这篇文章非常简单，先看问题，再带着问题仔细阅读短文，理解了全文内容，很容易选出正确答案。阅读注意事项：1、关注连词，分析文章逻辑结构。2、聚焦代词，明辨指代关系。3、抓住关键词语，利用平行结构、上下文（包括定义、释义、举例、对比、标点）进行判断与推理。4、了解一些构词法，从词根的特殊含义入手。