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B [2015 •吉林普通高中高三第三次调研] When you put down your pens at the end of the College Entrance Examination, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It's time to enjoy yourselves ！

There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.

High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It's to mark the time when kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to col?lege or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before.

At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres (a small collection of flowers they pin to their jackets). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed in shiny or brightly coloured materials.

Common prom activities include dining* dancing, crown?ing a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.

High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, on a pleasure cruise boat.

But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of efforts to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip hop.

The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honours that the pair take very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.

Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the prom. But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to be saying goodbye.

If you like the idea of a prom, why don't you and your classmates organize one for your graduation?

5.Which of the following indicates that a prom is very im?portant to students?

 A.     They take pictures at the prom.

B.     They wear formal clothes or special clothes.

C.     Music is played at the prom.

D.     Teachers and parents attend it.

6.Which of the following is an economical way to hold the prom?

 A.     Renting a ballroom.

B.     Taking a cruise boat.

C.     Holding it in the school gym.

D.     Wearing formal dresses.

7.Why do some students attend the prom with their friends?

 A.     They will part with their friends in a short time.

B.     They don't like to be accompanied by their parents.

C.     They don't want to depend on their parents.

D.     They want to be elected by their friends as the Prom King or Queen.

8.What is the writer's purpose to write this passage?

 A.     To tell an interesting experience of high school students.

B.     To tell how the Western students spend the last days of high school.

C.     To introduce several ways of Western students' killing time.

D.     To tell how Western high school students usually cel?ebrate graduation.

Answer 1

B [文章大意]本文主要讲了高中生以不同的方式庆祝毕业，在美国和加拿大学生们通常要举办一个毕业舞会。

5.B 推理判断题。根据"At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties， though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally _T girls give boys matching boutonnieres... Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed in shiny or brightly coloured materials."可知， 学生们会穿正式服装以体现毕业舞会的重要性。故选B项。

6.C 细节理解题。根据第七段第一句"But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym.，，可知C项正确。

7.A 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句"But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to be saying goodbye.'， 可知A项正确。

8.D写作意图题。通读全文，尤其是根据第二段第一句"There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation.，，和最后一段可知，作者旨在告诉读者西方的高中生通常是如何庆祝毕业

的。故选D项。