Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.

Title: 1 ___ in an American High School

仔细阅读下面的短文并按要求完成后面的小题。7分

Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the ①_____ above them.

When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it changed its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.

②他们也思考地球的形状。 Most early people believed the earth was flat.

③In different parts of the world, there were different ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe(宇宙) more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.

It was not until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. ④With the help of Galileo’s telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity (重力) was and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.

1.在文中①处填写一个单词，使得句意完整、上下文通顺。___________________ （ 1分）

2.将文中②句翻译成英语。

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3.将文中③句翻译成汉语。

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4.写出文中④句的同义句，每空限填一词。（2分）

Galileo’s telescope made ________ __________ for people to see the sky more clearly, and to find the positions of the stars and planets.

翻译句子

1.你介意我把窗户打开吗。

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2.上海的人口比北京的要得多。

The population of people in Beijing than in Shanghai。

3.他说，早晨练习讲英语对学好英语是有好处的。

He said ___ _____ English in the morning ____ good ______ learning English well.

4.山不在高，有仙则名.

_____ _____ _____ ______ the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; '。

5.在我的成长过程中，我的父母总是随时给予我帮助。

My parents were always for me when I was up。

6.她比我要文静得多，且还聪明些。

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7.比上不足比下有余

______ off than some, _______ off than many; to fall short of the _____, but be better than the _____.

8.有时父母把孩子的分数看得太重。

_____ parents ______ their grades too _________.

9.我们能期待从新闻上了解到世界各地所发生的事。

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10.交警告诉那个司机不要再犯同样的错误。

The traffic policeman told the driver ____ ____ ______ _____ _____ _________anymore.

根据语境，用恰当的语言完成对话。

A: Excuse me, I am a reporter from a student magazine. 1.__________________ ？

B: Sure, please.

A: 2._________________________________ ?

B: I am from Germany.

A: 3._______________________________ ?

B: I got here the day before yesterday.

A: How do you like Lanzhou?

B: I like your city very much. The people here are very friendly. But I’m still not used to the weather here. I have a sore throat today.

A: The weather in Lanzhou is kind of dry. Drinking more water can make you feel better.

B:Thanks for your suggestion.

A4.________________________________?

B: Of course not. I come here for watching Lanzhou International Marathon. And then I’m planning to go to Dunhuang for a tour.

A: Great. Thank you for answering my questions. 5.____________________ !

B: Thank you.

现在学生上网（get on-line）成风，下周班会，老师将谈论有关问题。假设你是老师，请根据下面提供的内容写一篇80词左右的讲话稿，要点必须齐全。

好处：1.帮助学习；2.获得更多信息，了解世界；3.玩游戏，使人放松并更聪明。

坏处：1.上网时间长，有害健康；2.网上交友，学习时间少，学习越来越差。

建议：1.在校学习时，不上网；2.周末和假期可上网，但时间不要太长，每天一、两个小时。

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Tara is mad at her best friend because she wears the same clothes her.

A. on B. as C. with D. for

We find impossible to finish the work in a week.

A. one B. that C. it D. this

Mary won’t go and Peter won’t go .

A. All B. either C. both D. neither

I have tried as as possible in the P.E. test.

A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. hardly

Everyone seems except me. I can help you.

A. busy B. busily C. free D. freedom