阅读下面短文，选择正确答案．

　　In England, many children go to nursery school from the age of about three, but these schools are not compulsory. Compulsory education begins at the age of five, when children go to primary school. Primary education takes six years, then pupils go to secondary school. After six years of secondary education, pupils take the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. Most pupils take about eight subjects in this exam.

　　Compulsory education ends at sixteen. Some people choose to stay at secondary school for a further two years and then take the Advanced Level General Certificate of Education (A-level) examination. Students can take three or four subjects in this exam. Other people leave school at sixteen and go to colleges for further education.

　　Education in England has had many changes in the last ten years. Another new change took place in September 2000, in 6th Forms where students will have study four or five subjects at S-level for their first year and then choose 3 in their second year to study at A-level (S-level is not as difficult as A-level).

　　Higher education begins at eighteen and usually takes three or four years. Students go to universities, polytechnic schools or colleges of higher education.

1．The compulsory education in England needs ________ years.

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2．Compulsory education means ________.

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A．children can choose any school

B．every child must go to school

C．the school education

D．the education for the children

3．Pupils will have to take GCSE exams ________.

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A．when they go to primary school

B．during their secondary school years

C．after they finish schooling

D．before they go to secondary school

4．If a student wants to stay at a secondary school for two more years of further study, he'll have to take a(n) ________ exam.

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5．Some students in 6th Forms can choose four to five subjects at ________ exam.

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　　American schools 1 in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms 2 a school year, the first term is from September to January, and 3 is from February to JunE．Most American 4 go to public（公立的）schools.

　　After middle school, many students go to college（大学）.They can choose a small one or a 7 onE．They usually have to pay a lot of money 8 college education（教育）. 9 there are scholarships（奖学金）for good students, and many college students work part-time in order to get the 10 for education.

Barak Obama(巴拉克.奥巴马), a black man, is the president(总统) of the United States now. He was born on August 4^th, 1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷) and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas(堪萨斯州) and his father was from Kenya（肯尼亚）. Obama went to Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学） in New York and got a law degree（律师学位） at Harvard University（哈佛大学） in Massachusetts（马萨诸塞州）. His wife is Michelle Obama（米歇尔.奥巴马）. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）. They have two young daughters.

Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father.  “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa（非洲）. Then he got good education（教育） in Harvard University. On November 4^th, 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。

1.Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Kansas.                             B．In Hawaii.

C．In Kenya.                              D．In Massachusetts.

2.How many universities are there in the passage?

A．Three .           B．Six.              C．Two.             D．Five.

3.Barack Obama became President at the age of           

A．37.              B．57.               C．40.              D．47.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was born in Kenya.

B．Obama has a son and a daughter.

C．Obama once worked in Africa.

D．Obama got good education in Harvard University.

5.Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of a President

B．Dreams from My father

C．Life of Barack Obama

D．Barack Obama and His Wife