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.How long are kids in the US at school every year?
| A．About 180 days . | B．About 280 days . |
| C．About 200 days . | D．About 300 days . |
What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the third paragraph?
| A．Some kids. | B．Different traditional PE activities |
| C．Parents | D．Summer camps and outdoor adventure. |
Which of the following is ture ?
| A．Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect. |
| B．Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays. |
| C．Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays. |
| D．Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays. |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．School Trips in the US. | B．School Holidays in the US. |
| C．School activities in the US. | D．Outdoor Adventure in the US |
Your parents always tell you that a good education is the key to a successful future. For those of you who have or will be graduating from high school, the promise (允诺)you made to finish your schooling has been completed. Another few years in some college classroom just doesn't sound too attractive(有吸引力的) , so what are your choices? Let's see, Choice l- You can live with your parents, leech on to them, and do nothing. Or Choice 2-You could get yourself a job. Of course, there are other choices, but for this little discussion, we'll just suppose that they are not related(相关的).
Okay, so Choice 2 is obviously going to be more useful. You will finally be entering the real world. What would be a good place to start? Well, hopefully high school helped to give you some kind of an idea of what type of job you would like to enter. If not, then it would be a good idea to speak with an advisor or a person working in the field you may be interested in before you jump into a job that you won't like. Getting knowledge on a particular line of work beforehand can be good by helping you in your search to find the job that you will enjoy doing. Another reason to research jobs and get some hands on work is related to the fact that it will also be helpful in providing you with some valued experience. Internships(见习) or volunteering are usually a good place to start.
If you are ready to begin a job after high school, you will clearly be saving money from high college cost and happily making a living in your chosen jobs, From another point of view, jumping into the workforce is sometimes the only way to see for yourself if you are ready to work a 40-hour week yet. If you decide that full time work is not what you are ready for, then this may suggest that you should go back to school and get a degree. Besides, a college degree will usually mean higher pay.The underlined phrase "leech on to" in the first paragraph might mean_______.
| A．deal with | B．care for |
| C．quarrel with | D．depend on |
Which of the following isn't mentioned in helping you find a job?
| A．Ideas about getting a job in high schools. |
| B．Advice from teachers and parents. |
| C．Internships and volunteering. |
| D．Experience from work. |
The advantages of starting work right after high school include the following except______.
A. getting to know if you should go back to school.
B. making sure if you are really ready to work
C, getting higher pay
D. saving moneyThe best title for this passage might be
| A．Going Back to College |
| B．The Place Where I Should Start |
| C．Jumping into Work after High School |
| D．The Advantage of Starting Work Earlier |
Jenny knew she had a problem when she looked in her money box. It was only three days until the school trip to the beach, and Jenny didn't have any money. To make things worse, her next pocket money was still six days away.
"What's the matter, Jenny?" asked her sister, Mary.
"Mary," said Jenny, "I'm in double trouble. I can't go to the beach with my classmates, and I've broken my promise to Mom. I promised I'd stay within my budget (预算) this month."
For a few minutes, the two girls just sat and thought. Then Mary grabbed Jenny's arm.
"Jenny, I won't give you the money, but I will help you. Just listen for a minute."
At first, Jenny wasn't interested since Mary wasn't willing to give her the money she needed. However, after Mary explained her plan, Jenny began to like it.
Mary would lend Jenny the money for the beach trip, but Jenny would have to create a real budget for herself and follow it. In addition, if Jenny successfully followed the budget, Mary wouldn't tell their mother about Jenny's recent money disaster.
"Mary, you are a lifesaver," Jenny hugged Mary's neck.
The two sisters began to work together. After several hours, they agreed on how Jenny should use her money. Mary took their figures and made a graph(表格) for Jenny.
Holding up the graph, Mary said, " Now you can see where your money should go each month."
"Thanks, Mary, " Jenny said. "But I know one thing that my money can't buy. It couldn't buy another great sister like you, " said Jenny. Then she hung her new budget on her bedroom wall.What was Jenny's problem?
| A．She had no friends. | B．She had no money. |
| C．She had nothing to do. | D．She had no free time. |
How did Mary help Jenny?
| A．By going to the beach with her. |
| B．By telling Mom about her problem. |
| C．By planning on how to use money with her. |
| D．By buying things for the school trip for her. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．A useful way is better than direct help. |
| B．Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. |
| C．Imagination is more important than knowledge. |
| D．Nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it. |
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Which book is the most popular one among the buyers?
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You read this advertisement most probably _______.
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| C．on the Internet | D．in a newspaper |
If you buy the four mentioned books(one of each) , how much can you save?
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It is Jim's birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many nice birthday presents from his family and one of them is a big drum(鼓).
"Who gives him the drum?" his father asks.
"His grandfather does." answers Jim's mother.
Jim likes his drum very much. He makes a noise with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn't hear(听见)the noise.
But one of the neighbors doesn't like the noise at all. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into Jim's room. Jim is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, "Hello, Jim. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."Jim's_______ gives Jim the drum.
| A．grandfather | B．father |
| C．mother | D．neighbor |
Jim's father is_______.
| A．a worker | B．a teacher |
| C．a cleaner | D．a shop assistant |
The neighbor hates_______.
| A．Jim's presents | B．the drum |
| C．the knife | D．the noise |
The neighbor tells Jim_______.
| A．to put the drum away |
| B．to look alter the drum |
| C．to open the drum with the knife |
| D．to make a noise with the dram |
Which of the following is right?
| A．Jim's grandfather makes the drum. |
| B．Something is wrong with Jim's father's ears. |
| C．There is a nice present in the drum. |
| D．Jun's mother doesn't stop the noise. |
Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London, London is the capital of the UK. This clock has four faces, so no matter(无论) where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a double-decker(双层的) bus.
The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the House of Parliament(国会大厦). You will find Big Ben sitting at the top of the clock tower(塔) in the House of Parliament. You will hear it as well as(也) you see it. The big clock makes such a loud sound, "Ding dong, ding dong," it goes every quarter of an hour. A big man gave the clock the name. He was Sir Benjamin Hail. He did much building work in London many years ago,Big Ben is_______.
| A．a double-decker bus | B．a huge clock |
| C．the name of Ben | D．a building |
The clock strikes(敲击) every_______ of an hour.
| A．ten minutes | B．fifteen minutes |
| C．thirty minutes | D．forty -five minutes |
Which two words mean the same as "large"?
| A．big and double | B．huge and loud |
| C．big and huge | D．giant and small |
You can read the time of Big Ben_______.
| A．at the top of the clock tower |
| B．in the House of Parliament |
| C．on the hands of the huge clock |
| D．on the four faces of the clock |
The title（标题） of the passage may be_______.
| A．Big Ben | B．A clock |
| C．Sir Benjamin Hall. | D．The Capital of the UK |