Question

Today I went to Sam's school in the UK. It was really different from my school in China.

Girls wore grey skirts and white shirts, boys wore grey trousers, and everyone wore the school tie.

Some of Sam’s lessons were a bit strange for me. We were reading Shakespeare in the English lesson, and there were quite some old words like “thou” and “thee” to mean “you”. In history we studied 20th Century China. It was strange hearing a foreign side of history—and hearing English people trying to say all our Chinese names!

Classes were also a lot more relaxing than in China. Teachers were called “sir” or “miss”, everyone shouted answers and raised their hands in classes. It was more like a debate than a class. A bell rang at the end of each lesson and everyone jumped up to go to the next class.

At break we bought potato chips and cookies in the dining room. Lunch was later than in China at 1 o’clock. We had big plates of pie with carrots. For dessert there was hot sweet rice called rice pudding.

It was good that I'd had an excellent lunch, because at Sam’s school, Monday afternoons are taken up with sports.

I played my first game of netball—a bit like basketball, but with some differences. Fortunately(幸运的是), I’d had a quick look in the rule book before I tried to join in the game.

1. Paragraph 2 shows that ________.

A. They wear uniforms in Sam's school

B. lessons are different between schools in China and the UK

C. there is a break of 30 minutes every day in the school

D. sports take up much lime in Sam's school

2.The underlined word “debate” in Paragraph 4 means ________.

A. fight     B. exam   C. discussion   D. suggestion

3.What class does Sam have on Monday afternoon?

A. Maths     B. History  C. PE    D. Music

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Relaxed classes in the UK

B. Clothes, food and sports in a UK school

C. Strange lessons in Sam’s school

D. A day in Sam’s school

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要介绍了作者在山姆学校所经历的一天的生活。学生在校必须穿校服；课程也要比中国的课程轻松很多；上课更像是辩论；午饭也很丰盛；并且第一次尝试无挡板篮球运动。

1.A细节理解题。第二段主要内容：女孩们都穿着灰色的裙子和白色的衬衣，而男孩们穿着灰色的裤子，而且每个人都打学校的领带。可知在山姆学校，学生们都穿校服。故答案为A。

2.C词意猜测题。依据短文中的句子“everyone shouted answers and raised their hands in classes.” 每个人在课堂上都大声回答问题，而且还经常举手。因此上课更像是辩论。故答案为C。

3.C细节理解题。依据短文中的句子“because at Sam’s school, Monday afternoons are taken up with sports.” 因为星期一下午，我们要参加体育运动。依据句意，故答案为C。

4.主旨大意题。依据短文内容可知，文章主要介绍了作者在山姆学校所经历的一天的生活。故答案为D。

考点：社会生活类短文阅读。