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The other day I found my old certificates(证书)．We had exams called O levels when we were sixteen.(They are called something different now.) It's so long ago that I'd forgotten what we'd studied.I had nine O levels when I left school and one was in cookery.I was surprised because I'm a terrible cook!
——Celia
My main memory is what we had to wear! I had a purple skirt with yellow lines on it, and then we had those silly hats with a purple line round them.Girls would do anything to lose their hats.Then when I was about twelve, my parents moved to the United States and I went to my new school in my favourite clothes.It was great!
——Alice
I had a normal(正常的)day at school, but I also had music lessons because my parents wanted me to learn the violin.So I had special classes at school before everyone else arrived.So most pupils started at eight thirty, but I had to go to school at seven o'clock for my music lessons.Then at the end of the day, I'd do sport, so often I didn't finish until five in the afternoon.That was a long day for a tenyearold.
——Dean
I travel a lot nowadays, and I suppose my interest in other countries began with geography and a teacher I liked called Mr.Byford.We'd learn about faraway places and strange areas.I think it made me want to visit them later in life.
——Susan
【语篇解读】 本文是应用文，四个人分享了各自对学生时代的回忆。
1．How was Dean's life when he was ten?
A．Busy. B．Happy.
C．Lonely. D．Peaceful.
A [推理判断题。由第三段中的“most pupils started at eight thirty...a long day for a tenyearold”可知，Dean十岁时除了正常的学校课程之外，还要在早上提前一个半小时到学校学习音乐，下午放学之后进行体育运动；因此Dean十岁时生活比较忙碌。]
2．Why does Susan mention Mr.Byford?
A．To introduce Mr.Byford as a good teacher.
B．To discuss how geography should be taught.
C．To show that Mr.Byford has changed her life.
D．To explain how she became interested in travelling.
D [推理判断题。由最后一段中的“I suppose my interest...called Mr.Byford”可知，Susan对旅行的兴趣源自地理课和她喜爱的老师Byford；因此她提及Byford老师是为了说明自己是如何爱上旅行的。]
3．What are these people mainly talking about?
A．Personal interests.
B．School memories.
C．Childhood habits.
D．Favourite teachers.
B [推理判断题。文中四个人各自分享了学生时代的回忆：上学时参加考试获得的证书、难看的校服、忙碌的学生生活、激发自己旅行兴趣的地理课和老师。且第一段中的left school，第二段中的my new school，第三段中的go to school以及最后一段中的geography and a teacher都可以作为推断线索。]
