Question

    Every child in the UK must receive a full-time education until the age of 16. Parents can choose to send their children either to a state school, which is free, （A）__________to a private school, where a fee is required.

The school year is generally divided into three terms. Each term（B）ends in a holiday. The summer holiday is the longest and usually lasts from the middle of July to the（C）beginning of September. Education（D）有两个主要的阶段—primary school and secondary school. Primary schools are for students from the age of 5 to 11. The main subjects are Maths, English, History, Geography, Science, Art, Music and PE. Secondary schools are for students from the age of 11 to 16 or 18. The same subjects are taught there, as well as other subjects such as foreign languages （usually French, German or Spanish）, Technology and Computer Studies.

After the age of 16, students can either find a job or continue their studies at a school or college until they are 18. （E）_____________ the ages of 16 and 18, students must choose only three or four subjects to study. At the end of the two years, they must take some important exams. If they do well, they can then go on to study at university. （F）There are over_____universities in the UK, and the most famous are the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

1.在文中（A）和（E）的空白处填入适当的单词：__________；__________

2.写出文中画线部分（B）和（C）的同义词或近义词：__________；__________

3.将文中画线部分（D）译成英语：________________________________________

4.将文中画线部分（F）改写为：There are __________ __________100 universities in the UK.

5.从文中找出两个表示语言类的名词：__________；__________

Answer

1. or Between

2. finishes starting

3.has two main stages

4. more than

5. French German/Spanish（任选两个即可）

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了在英国孩子们接受教育的情况。

1.①句意：父母可以选择把孩子送到公立学校，是免费的，也可以送到私立学校，需要交学费。to a state school和to a private school是选择关系，又因为有either，因此可以想到either…or…“或者……或者……”。②句意：年龄在16岁和18岁_____________，学生必须选择三或者四门功课学习。表示“两者之间”用between…and…。句首单词首字母需要大写。故答案为or；Between。

2.①end意为“结束；完成”，其近义词为finish“完成”，原句中end用的是单三形式，因此finish也要用单三形式finishes。②beginning意为“开始”，start意为“开始”，二者为同义词，原句中begin用的是名词形式，因此start也要用名词形式starting。故答案为finishes；starting。

3.“有”have/has，主语为education，第三人称单数，故用has；“两个”two；“主要的”main；“阶段”stage，前面有基数词two，故用名词复数stages。故答案为has two main stages。

4.分析原句“There are over100 universities in the UK. ”“在英国有100多所大学”。根据变形后的句子为There are ____________ ____________100 universities in the UK. 可知要把over替换为另外两个词。over意为“超过”，more than意为“超过”；二者意思相近。故答案为more than。

5.根据第二段最后一句中“such as foreign languages（usually French，German or Spanish）”可知，介绍了三种语言：法语、德语和西班牙语。三者任选其中两种即可。故答案为French/German/Spanish（任选两个即可）。