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【題目】In the United States，boys and girls start school when they are five years old．In some states(州)they must stay in school until they are sixteen．Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate(畢業(yè))from secondary school．a(chǎn)nother name for high school．Most children go to public elementary and secondary schools(公立小學和中學)．The parents of public pupils do not have to pay for their children’s education(付學費)because taxes(稅收)support the public schools．If a child goes to a private school(私立學校)，his parents have to pay for the child’s education．Today about half of the high school students go on to colleges and universities(大學)．Some colleges and universities receive money support from the government(政府)．A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state．Private schools are expensive，however．Almost half of the college students in the USA work while studying．If a student’s family is not rich，he has to make money for part of his college expenses(費用)．

【1】In American children_______ at the age of five．

A．begin to study

B．start school

C．graduate from elementary schools

D．must stay in school all the day．

【2】High school is another way of saying______．

A．elementary school B．secondary school

C．Public school D．colleges and universities

【3】Children who go to public school________．

A．must pay for their education

B．must study hard

C．don’t have to pay

D．must study for ten years

【4】_________support(s) some colleges and university．

A．Some children’s parents B．Many teachers

C．A few secondary schools D．The government

【5】In the USA almost half of the college students work while studying．This is because________．

A．teir families aren’t rich enough

B．they don’t want to depend on their parents

C．they are interested in work

D．their parents don’t live in that state

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國的學校。美國的中學校分為公立學校和私立學校，公立學校由政府稅收支撐，學生免費；私立學校收費較高。美國學生十七、八歲中學畢業(yè)，一半的中學生要讀大學。大學也分公立大學和私立大學，公立大學有政府補貼，收費較少，私立大學收費很高。

【1】B 細節(jié)理解題。題意：在美國，孩子們五歲開始做什么？A．begin to study開始學習；B．start school開始上學；C．graduate from elementary schools小學畢業(yè)；D．must stay in school all the day．必須全天待在學校。由第一段第一句：In the United States，boys and girls start school when they are five years old.可知，美國孩子五歲開始上學。故選B。

【2】B 細節(jié)理解題。題意：High school是什么的另一個名稱？由文中的Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate(畢業(yè))from secondary school．a(chǎn)nother name for high school．可知，secondary school又稱為high school.故選B。

【3】C 細節(jié)理解題。題意：上公立學校的孩子們怎樣？A．must pay for their education必須付學費；B．must study hard必須努力學習；C．don’t have to pay不必付錢；D．must study for ten years必須學十年。由文中的：he parents of public pupils do not have to pay for their children’s education(付學費)because taxes(稅收)support the public schools可知，家長不必為上公立學校的孩子付錢。故選C。

【4】D 細節(jié)理解題。題意：誰支持一些大學？A．Some children’s parents一些學生家長；B．Many teachers許多老師；C．A few secondary schools一些中學；D．The government政府。由文中的“Some colleges and universities receive money support from the government”可知一些在學由政府支持。故選D。

【5】B 推理判斷題。題意：為什么美國有一半的大學生一邊學習一邊工作？A．their families aren’t rich enough他們的家庭富裕；B．they don’t want to depend on their parents他們不想依賴父母；C．they are interested in work他們對工作感興趣；D．their parents don’t live in that state他們的父母不住在那個州。美國家庭強調(diào)孩子自立，故選B。