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.

 

Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them can protect (保护) them.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds can’t easily catch them. Why? It’s because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of the crops (庄稼).
When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest (收获) time comes, locusts change to the same color as crops have.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. Hunters can’t find them easily. This is because ①they have the colors much like the trees.
A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of black liquid (液体) when it ②faces danger. While the liquid spread (扩散) over, it can’t be found (被发现). And it immediately swims away. ③It is not strong at all, but it can live up to now.
【小题1】根据短文内容完成下列句子
From the passage we learn that locusts ______________to protect themselves.
【小题2】写出①句的同义句。
They have the __________ colors _______ the trees have.
【小题3】②处faces 的意思是_______________________。
【小题4】 Why hunters can’t easily find the animals such as bears, lions in the forests?
_____________________________________________________________________
【小题5】将③句子译成汉语。
____________________________________________________________________

Mr Smith teaches English in a university(大学). He is often very busy with work. When it’s summer or winter holidays, he goes out to take vacations to relax. Usually he goes to France because he thinks it’s an interesting country. And he can speak French very well.

But last month he said to his wife(妻子), “I’m not visiting France this time. I want to go to a different country. I choose Japan. But I can hardly speak Japanese, so I’m going to study it for a month before I go.”

He studied pretty hard for a month, and then his vacation started.

Ten days later, he came back. His wife asked him, “How about your short vacation in Japan? Did you have any trouble(麻烦) with your Japanese there?”

“No, I didn’t,” answered Mr Smith. “But the Japanese did!”

1.Mr Smith goes out to ______ when it’s summer or winter holidays.

A．have a rest                            B．learn languages

C．look for interesting jobs                  D．visit museums

2.The underlined word “choose” means(意思是) ______.

A．learn from         B．arrive in           C．work for          D．decide on

3.Mr Smith stayed in Japan for ______.

A．a month          B．ten days           C．two weeks         D．Sorry, I don’t know

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mr Smith works as a math teacher in a university.

B．Mr Smith takes vacations in different countries every year.

C．Mr Smith can speak English and French very well.

D．Mr Smith went to Japan with his wife.

5.What can we know from the last paragraph(段落)?

A．Mr Smith’s Japanese isn’t good.

B．The Japanese were friendly to Mr Smith.

C．Mr Smith speaks Japanese well.

D．Japanese is difficult to learn.

 

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

A．September

B．June

C．February

D．January

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

A．twenty

B．seventeen

C．fifteen

D．thirteen

【小题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

【小题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.

【小题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.

Many Chinese people like American country music(乡村音乐 ),such as（例如） the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.
Country music is from the folk music （民间音乐）of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.
One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand（理解） each other better through（通过） music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body（在心灵和精神方面）. All of them love music and can understand music.
The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.
【小题1】American country music is from the _______ music of America.

A．pop

B．jazz

C．light

D．folk

【小题2】“Music was a language that could bring the world together” means （意思是）people _______.

A．can sing songs together

B．from all over the world sing the same songs

C．show their feeling （感觉）through music and so they understand each other better

D．know language and music

【小题3】John Denver died in ______.

A．1997

B．1990

C．1996

D．1999

【小题4】Which sentence is right?

A．Everyone knows when country music began.

B．Country music is from the jazz music.

C．John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too.

D．John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together.