[单项选择]I went to a Catholic boys school in Blackpool in the North of England. In my first year in the senior school I was a nerdy kid, with spectacles and short trousers. For one hour a week the class had elocution lessons from an old, portly teacher called Mr. Priestley. He had a hard task wrestling with our flat northern vowels and trying to get us to speak the Queen’s English. One day he came up to me and said, "Sloane, I want to put you in for a speaking festival." "Why me " I grumbled. "Because I think you can do it," was his reply.
I had to learn to recite a poem. It was "Play up, Play up and Play the game" by Sir Henry Newbolt, a classic motivational poem ringing with the heroic values of the British Empire. I had to practise it in front of the class, which was rather embarrassing; especially when dear old Mr. Priestly said, "That’s good but you need to pause and to put feeling and emotion into it." Eleven year old boys are unwilling to express feelings.
The Sat
A. be a leader
B. write a poem
C. be a wrestler
D. give a speech

[单项选择]I went to a Catholic boys school in Blackpool in the North of England. In my first year in the senior school I was a nerdy kid, with spectacles and short trousers. For one hour a week the class had elocution lessons from an old, portly teacher called Mr. Priestley. He had a hard task wrestling with our flat northern vowels and trying to get us to speak the Queen’s English. One day he came up to me and said, "Sloane, I want to put you in for a speaking festival." "Why me " I grumbled. "Because I think you can do it," was his reply.
I had to learn to recite a poem. It was "Play up, Play up and Play the game" by Sir Henry Newbolt, a classic motivational poem ringing with the heroic values of the British Empire. I had to practise it in front of the class, which was rather embarrassing; especially when dear old Mr. Priestly said, "That’s good but you need to pause and to put feeling and emotion into it." Eleven year old boys are unwilling to express feelings.
The Sat
A. the author was the best in class
B. the author didn’t have confidence in himself
C. the author wasn’t good at expressing himself
D. the author needed to be motivated

[填空题]In the carpentry school the boys were learning to build larger houses.

[单项选择]In School, boys and girls are learning foreign languages,
Do you know how many languages there are in the world There are about one thousand five hundred. English is one of the most important languages because so many people use it, not only in England and America, but also in other countries of the world. It’s difficult to say how many people are learning it. Millions of boys and girls are trying to do so.
Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. Some children study German, Russian(俄语) ,Japanese and Chinese.
Which is the best way to learn a language We know that we all learn our own language well when we were children. If we learn a second language in the same way, it won’t seem too difficult. How does a small child do He listens to what people say, and he tries to guess what he hears. When he wants something, he has to ask for it. He is using the language, thinking in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a secon
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t say.

[单项选择]A lot of school boys simply ______ all day when they are supposed to be at school.
A. mess around
B. carry on
C. pull up
D. get through

[填空题]When the bell rang, the boys went into the classroom, each__________________(都夹着几本书) under his arm.