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

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 something      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（物品） found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the      bidder (出价者).

1.A. impatient  B. important  C. unclear  D. inactive

2.A. turn off  B. eat up       C. sell out   D. throw away

3.A. sent       B. returned    C. lent      D. sold

4.A. no         B. several     C. silly     D. cruel

5.A. waste      B. expensive  C. useful    D. new

6.A. funny      B. inside       C. useless   D. outside

7.A. phone      B. mirror       C. TV set   D. computer

8.A. kept       B. put          C. bought   D. borrowed

9.A. bored      B. interested   C. worried  D. satisfied

10.A. cheapest  B. cleverest   C. highest  D. easiest

--“Oh, no！There isn’t any sugar left.

-- ______. I’ll buy some when I go into town.

A. Good idea.       B. Not at all.

C. Go ahead.       D. Never mind.

You can’t imagine(想像) how much difficulty he had ___________his bad moods.

A. to change       B. change

C. changing       D. to changing

Amy was not sure _______________________.

A. that she should ask for her teacher’s advice

B. if she should finish the task before October 15th

C. that should she buy a present for her friend

D. if should she go through the third gate

When I feel blue , I prefer ________some books _______myself up.

A. to read, to cheering             B. reading, to cheering

C. to read, to cheer                D. reading, than cheer

The sign ______, “ No photos!”  Why are you still taking photos here ?

A. is written;      B. is said;

C. says;         D. is read;

Tom _______ go to Jenney’s birthday party because he argued (争吵) with her days ago.

A. prefer not        B. prefer to

C. would rather to   D. would rather not

--Do you think ________ a concert（音乐会） in our school hall this weekend?

--Yes, there will.

A. if there will have               B. that there will be

C. if there will be or not         D. that will there have

Not only the twins but also either of my brothers ________CCTV news every day.

A. pay attention to listen to

B. pays attention to listening to

C. pay attention to hear

D. pays attention to hearing