Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year.
Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays .In fact, kids in US only go to school for about 180 days a year .To students, holidays are perfect .However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages.
On the one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June ,July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in US or a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored .
Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure(冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival(生存) skills, for example. Students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, filmmaking and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.
【小题1】How long are kids in the US at school every year?

“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室)than with my‘real—life’friends.”
Do you know who like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾)called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week.The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品)use.People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days.His friends were worried.and they called the po1ice.The police found the student in the computer lab：he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6％to 10％of Internet users become addicted.And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them.They spend more time in cyber—space than in the real world of friends and family.
Is“surfing the net”a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状)
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.

1. 1.

   What does the beginning of the passage tell us______ .

   1. A.
      How to become an Internet addict?
   2. B.
      What an Internet addict usually does?
   3. C.
      Where to find an Internet addict?
   4. D.
      Why to write this passage?
2. 2.

   How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

   1. A.
      It is something like keeping drugs.
   2. B.
      It is a way of producing drugs.
   3. C.
      It is like taking drugs.
   4. D.
      It is terrible to imagine.
3. 3.

   Why do people worry about the teens?

   1. A.
      The teens are wasting too much money.
   2. B.
      They used to work on the Internet.
   3. C.
      The playing field will disappear.
   4. D.
      More and more teens will become addicted to the Internet.
4. 4.

   The example in the passage shows that         

   1. A.
      Internet problems are more serious among college students
   2. B.
      Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep
   3. C.
      Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted
   4. D.
      The police often help to find those Internet addicts
5. 5.

   What is the writer trying to tell us in the passage?
   

   1. A.
      Don’t be addicted to the Internet.
   2. B.
      Go to family activities more often.
   3. C.
      Do things as you have planned.
   4. D.
      Stay with your parents as often as possible