Dear Kate,
It is very exciting that you are coming to our school so soon.    you arrive, let me introduce to you what our school life is like.
Our school is a good     where we can prepare ourselves well for the future. We have many wonderful teachers who are always ready to    help. Though we pay a lot of attention to how    we do in lessons, getting high scores is not the only reason to study. The      encourage us to try out new ideas and ask questions in class. With their help we have developed all kinds of     in both Arts and Science. Students can choose to            any school clubs they are interested in. We can      choose the subjects that we want to study. Last term I chose American Literature, because I wanted to learn     famous American writers. This term I chose to attend     classes because my father bought me a piano as a birthday present.
By the way, I was elected monitor of my class. Sometimes it can be     to be a monitor, because I have to do a lot of work and attend many meetings. However, being a monitor has taught me a lot, such as      for others and taking responsibilities and so on. When my class was given the title of “Model Class”, I was      than ever before. So being a monitor     an important part in my school life. I’m very pleased with my work.
I love my school and    that you will have a pleasant experience here too. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours
Li Ping

小题1:	A．When B．After C．Before D．Since

小题2:	A．room B．space C．place D．house

小题3:	A．need B．ask C．want D．offer

小题4:	A．deep B．well C．fast D．hard

小题5:	A．teachers B．parents C．classmates D．friends

小题6:	A．activities B．characters C．personalities D．interests

小题7:	A．join B．train C．design D．visit

小题8:	A．also B．just C．yet D．only

小题9:	A．with B．about C．for D．among

小题10:

A．art B．music C．cooking D．dance

小题11:

A．exciting B．tiring C．interesting D．surprising

小题12:

A．cooking B．copying C．caring D．checking

小题13:

A．luckier B．kinder C．stronger D．prouder

小题14:

A．plays B．takes C．makes D．acts

小题15:

A．wonder B．know C．hope D．feel

Good morning! Now let me report the discussion work in our group. Wu Jun cleans up rooms (1)           weekends and Jia Mei likes cooking dinner with her mum. Wang Ping sometimes (2)          (wash) clothes for her family. As for me, I usually help my father water the flowers.
In my opinion, it is necessary (3)          us students to do some housework by doing it, we can help our parents and understand them better. We’ll also learn to take care of(4)        . Besides, we can relax ourselves from hard work and develop our abilities.
That’s all. Thanks for (5)          ( listen)!

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!
小题1:How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?

A．15

B．45

C．27

D．18

小题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

小题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