American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must select their courses and teachers first. While in China students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers.

Selecting is very important for your grades in America. So at the first term, don’t select too many courses, 74.or you’ll feel very nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
There is another thing after you select the course and the teacher. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each copy is about $30～50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. You must get enough ready before class. In class, discussing is very important. 75. 老师鼓励你提出问题或展示你自己的观点。They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like. They don’t give you much homework to do. You can learn some knowledge and do exercises by yourself. So in American schools, you must do almost all things yourself.
根据文章内容，补全71、72句中所缺单词、短语或句子。
【小题1】 At the beginning of the new term, American students have to ask for some teaching plans and get their textbooks ready besides ____________________.
【小题2】 The teacher____________________will always leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
【小题3】 根据文章内容回答问题。
Why do many students in America buy used textbooks ?
【小题4】 请将文中黑体字译成汉语。
【小题5】 请将划线句子译成英语。

　When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn’t do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library．
　　Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test，Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It’s very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I’ll take a coin into the examination room．I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months，so I’ll just toss the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right．”
　　The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．
　　The next day，he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh，good，”he said，“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled，“Ah，it’s you，Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air，caught it in his hand and looked at it．
　　“I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said，“You failed!”
【小题1】This story mainly wants to tell us ________．

A．chemistry is really hard to learn

B．there were too many questions for students to prepare for

C．good exam results needs hard study

D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result

【小题2】Fred Baines was one of those who ________．

A．did just enough to pass the exam

B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C．had too much other work for the Students’ Union

D．were quite good at passing exams

【小题3】Fred came happily into the exam room because ________．

A．he had got ready for the exam

B．he knew the answers already

C．the other students would be behind him

D．he had his way to finish the exam

【小题4】The chemistry exam in fact ________．

A．was not very hard

B．took the other students an hour to finish

C．had more than one hundred questions

D．needed to be done by tossing a coin

【小题5】The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________．

A．he was satisfied with his way for the exam

B．he wanted to make friends with him

C．his way for the exam would never work

D．the exam result depended on the coin

On the first day of school our teacher introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old.”
“Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?” I asked. She replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retire and travel.”
I knew she was joking. I was curious(好奇) what might have encouraged her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a university education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. We became friends. Every day we would talk nonstop after class. I always enjoyed listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom(智慧) and experience with me. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech. She cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. I’ve learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.”
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change...”
【小题1】When the author and Rose first met, they began their conversation in a ________ manner.

A．polite

B．impolite

C．serious

D．humorous

【小题2】Rose went to the university in order to _______.

A．meet a rich husband	B．make new friends
C．get a better job	D．get a university education

【小题3】The author considered Rose as a “time machine” because ________.

A．she always came to class on time

B．she made friends easily at university

C．she enjoyed a long life and had lots of wisdom and experience

D．she knew the difference between growing older and growing up

【小题4】The word“That”in Paragraph 7 refers to(指)________.

A．growing older

B．growing up

C．staying young

D．being happy

【小题5】From this passage we know Rose believed ________

A．“Easier said than done.”	B．“Well begun is half done.”
C．“It is never too late to learn.”	D．“Reading makes a full man.”

Do you know what American students have to do in their schools? In America, at the beginning of the term, students must choose their courses and teachers first. While in China students usually have no chances to choose their courses and teachers.

Choosing is very important for your grades in America. So at the first term, don’t choose too many courses, or you’ll feel very nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.

There is another thing after you choose the courses and the teachers. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each copy is about $30～$50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. You must get enough ready before classes. In class, discussing is very important. The teacher encourages you to raise questions or show your own opinions. They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like. They don’t give you much homework to do. You can learn some knowledge and do exercises by yourself.

请根据短文内容回答问题。

1.When must American students choose their courses and teachers?

_______________________________________________________

2.Why do American students choose teachers?

_______________________________________________________

3.How can they get the textbooks?

______________________________________________________

4.What is important in class?

________________________________________________________

5.What do you think of American school life? (请自拟一句话作答)

________________________________________________________

 

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      Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.
"Chinese   6  hope very much to go abroad to get a wider view (视野) of the world," said Li Mingshan, a Chinese writer who has lived   7   America for many years. In a talk Li told more than 300 parents and their children that life in foreign countries can be   8  for young people. "They have to meet a culture shock and language problems.”
However, these are not the most difficult things. To most children, looking after   9  when studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge (挑战).
Zhao Baohua, a 16-year-old student   10  to study in a high school in Australia last October. To his surprise, his teachers there hardly pushed students to study. And usually there wasn't homework. "With these education systems, we have more free   11  and more space for thinking," said Zhao. "But   12  you don't know how to plan your time and money, you will not have an easy time." Some of his friends spent their whole year's money in the first two months of the term, and they didn't   13  their exams.
"Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn foreign languages   14 , but students and parents should know about the challenges," Li said. "If you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with experience in foreign countries. Make sure that you are   15  for it. "