Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. American schools begin in September. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Then the students have a great summer vacation.

High school students have only four or five subjects each term. They usually have same lessons every day, and teachers don’t ask them to do much homework. After school, they can do many interesting things like playing sports. Most students are seventeen years old when they finish high school.

After high school, many students go to college（大学）. They can go to a small one or big one. They need a lot of money to go to college. So many college students work after school to make money.

1.American students always go to school in ________after summer vacation.

A．September        B．June             C．February          D．January

2.Most children go to college when they are _________ in America.

A．twenty           B．seventeen         C．fifteen            D．thirteen

3.划线词语“make money”的汉语意思是______________

A．还钱             B．花钱             C．借钱             D．挣钱

4.We can know that high school students in America______________.

A．don’t like playing sports after school.

B．have six or seven subjects each term.

C．don’t have too much homework.

D．have different lessons every day.

5.Many American college students work after school to ____________.

A．help other children                      B．get money for their studies

C．meet lots of friends                      D．see interesting things.

 

1先通读下面的短文，读懂大意，然后从后面各题所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

An old man has a cat. The cat now is very old. She can’t run quickly, and she can’t bite   1    .One day the old cat saw a mouse, she jumped and   2 it. But she couldn’t bite it. So the mouse got out of her    3    and ran away. The old man got very    4   and beat the cat. The cat said to him. “Don’t beat your servant. Don’t be unkind to the 5   When they are young, they can do good work.”

1.A. too        B. also         C. either

2.A. catch      B. caught       C. catches

3.A. mouth      B. eyes         C. hands

4.A. sad        B. satisfied    C. angry

5.A. young      B. old          C. sick

 

 They develop their skills _________ they can do things better and better.

    A. however      B. because          C. since                D. so that

 We live in computer age (时代). People         scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago,         couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very        people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and       , but they can do     work than before. Many people like to use them. Some people even have them at home.

  Computers become very important because they can work         than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can        people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to        . Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to         . Computers can also remember what you          them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?

1.A. like          B. as              C. and              D. with

2.A. students    B. scientists    C. teachers         D. computers   

3.A. few          B. a few          C. little             D. a little

4.A. cheap       B. cheaper       C. more expensive   D. expensive

5.A. much        B. many         C. more            D. less

6.A. fast         B. faster         C. slow              D. slower

7.A. help         B. make          C. stop              D. use

8.A. write        B. play           C. study            D. learn

9.A. sing         B. study          C. dance           D. watch

10.A. put in    B. put on         C. put into        D. put up

 

Recently a specialist(专家) in teenager studies does some research on teenage problems. He thinks parents shouldn’t be blamed of themselves because there is nothing they can do to deal with the teenage problem. Whatever they do, sometimes a wonderful, kind and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, should stand up, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman whenever anyone entered the room. I saw him last week when I visited them. Lying on the sofa, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in. His mother was angry. “I don’t know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”
He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She said that she would like to throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress, it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.
“Where did we go wrong?” Her parents are now very sad. Probably nothing is wrong with the parents.
【小题1】This text is most probably written by________.

A．A specialist in teenager studies

B．a headmaster of a middle school

C．a parent with teenage children

D．a doctor for mental healeh problems

【小题2】This underlined word ”it” in the second paragraph refers to________.

A．the change of the children from good to bad

B．the way that parents often blame themselves

C．the opinion that a child has of his parents

D．the advice that parents want their children to follow

【小题3】The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ________.

A．lazy	B．quiet
C．unusual	D．rude

【小题4】What is the author’s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A．Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B．Parents should pay more attention to the change.

C．Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D．Parents are a fault for the change in their children.