There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. 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.
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 allowed to. 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, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “l(fā)ight 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.
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.
_______________
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.
小題1: Which of the following is TRUE according to (根據(jù)) the passage?
A．Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.
B．Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.
C．As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.
D．Students can have different activities in a boarding school.
小題2:Which is the best title for the last paragraph?
A．What to eatB．When to eatC．Where to eatD．How to eat
小題3: The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.
A．教師B．設施C．活動D．課程
  
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:B

小題1:從文章第二段的內容，可知在寄宿學校學生可以有各種不同的活動。選D
小題1:從最后一段的句子：In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. 可知是吃什么？選A
小題1:猜詞題：從后面的舉例：including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres可知是“設備”的意思。選 B
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