In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they leave secondary（中等的） schools. There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private（私立的）schools . Most children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to pay for their education because the schools receive money from the government. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents still prefer private schools, though they are much more expensive. Today about half of the high school students go to universities after they finish the secondary school. A student at state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state. But many students work while they are studying at universities. In this way they develop good working habits and live by their own hands.
【小题1】 Children can go to school at the age of four in the U.S.
【小题2】Most parents prefer to send their children to private schools in America.
【小题3】About fifty percent of high school students can go on to universities after they leave the secondary school today.
【小题4】Lots of American students go to universities by depending on their parents completely (完全地).
【小题5】The passage is mainly about American education.

In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In   26  way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often   27 Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13^th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider  28 a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough   29 in the rock. He tried six times. On the   30  time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to   31 the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made 32 models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked   33 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have   34 failures. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't   35”.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused  36  ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go   37 next times.
Second, is the goal（目标 ） you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some   38 about what your real goals may be. Think about this question. “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing any way.
The third thing to keep in   39 about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have   40 ．

【小题1】

A．other B．another C．first D．second

【小题2】

A．told B．said C．talked D．spoken

【小题3】

A．doing B．taking C．making D．playing

【小题4】

A．room B．house C．place D．soil

【小题5】

A．tenth B．sixth C．eighth D．seventh

【小题6】

A．save B．help C．defeat(打败) D．kill

【小题7】

A．hundred B．hundreds C．hundred of D．hundreds of

【小题8】

A．why B．when C．what D．who

【小题9】

A．not B．no C．never D．nothing

【小题10】

A．do B．make C．took D．work

【小题11】

A．one B．it C．that D．this

【小题12】

A．high B．large C．right D．bright

【小题13】

A．Thinking B．shopping C．reading D．cleaning

【小题14】

A．heart B．eyes C．ears D．mind

【小题15】

A．failed. B．succeeded C．finished D．passed

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. I call these things  1 and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did  2 the water. Any kind of 3 ride seemed to give him pleasure.  4 he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being  5 the water, moving through it, having it all around me. I was not a strong  6 , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my 7 . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  8 those summer days with my father, who  9 come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the  10 person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go  11 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  12 anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his 13 . But my father always showed up and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s fine.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  14 an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is memory.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  15 , in that childhood, look at us.

【小题1】

A．hope B．joy C．anger D．worry

【小题2】

A．hate B．refuse C．praise D．love

【小题3】

A．boat B．bus C．train D．bike

【小题4】

A．But B．Then C．And D．Still

【小题5】

A．on B．off C．by D．in

【小题6】

A．swimmer B．rider C．walker D．runner

【小题7】

A．hopes B．likes C．rights D．fears

【小题8】

A．spending B．saving C．wasting D．destroying

【小题9】

A．should B．would C．had to D．could

【小题10】

A．next B．only C．other D．last

【小题11】

A．away from B．out of C．by D．inside

【小题12】

A．put up B．break down C．play with D．work out

【小题13】

A．fishing net B．office things C．wooden chair D．lab equipment

【小题14】

A．the student B．the assistant C．myself D．himself

【小题15】

A．which B．who C．what D．whose

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. I call these things  1 and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did  2 the water. Any kind of 3 ride seemed to give him pleasure.  4 he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being  5 the water, moving through it, having it all around me. I was not a strong  6 , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my 7 . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  8 those summer days with my father, who  9 come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the  0 person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go  11 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  12 anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his 13 . But my father always showed up and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s fine.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  14 an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is memory.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  15 , in that childhood, look at us.

【小题1】

A．hope B．joy C．anger D．worry

【小题2】

A．hate B．refuse C．praise D．love

【小题3】

A．boat B．bus C．train D．bike

【小题4】

A．But B．Then C．And D．Still

【小题5】

A．on B．off C．by D．in

【小题6】

A．swimmer B．rider C．walker D．runner

【小题7】

A．hopes B．likes C．rights D．fears

【小题8】

A．spending B．saving C．wasting D．destroying

【小题9】

A．should B．would C．had to D．could

【小题10】

A．next B．only C．other D．last

【小题11】

A．away from B．out of C．by D．inside

【小题12】

A．put up B．break down C．play with D．work out

【小题13】

A．fishing net B．office things C．wooden chair D．lab equipment

【小题14】

A．the student B．the assistant C．myself D．himself

【小题15】

A．which B．who C．what D．whose