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【題目】Have you ever wondered what an American high school is real like? Now let me describe a typical (典型的) high school and students in it.

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 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 have to pay if they lose 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 the driver’s exam in their state, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven subjects. They must take Science, Maths, English and Social Studies. They can choose from Art, Homemaking, Fashion Design and other classes.

In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special subjects: Health Education, Physical Education or Foreign Language Studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has his or her own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes to give the students 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 like football, basketball and baseball, different kinds of clubs, such as Yearbook Club, Speech Club, School Newspaper Club, Photography Club and a student government.

A typical 【1】 high school
Outline	【2】
Lockers and textbooks	● Every student has a locker for textbooks and 【3】clothes. ● They prefer loaning textbooks to 【4】 them.
【5】 transport	● Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their 【6】 take them to school by car. ● They can drive to school on their 【7】when they are over 16 and have passed necessary tests.
Subjects	● Students have to take required courses, elective courses and sometimes one or more 【8】 courses. ● They go to 【9】classrooms for the subjects.
After-school activities	After school most of the students take 【10】 in various kinds of activities including sports and clubs.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】American

【2】Details

【3】outdoor

【4】buying

【5】School

【6】parents

【7】own

【8】special

【9】different

【10】part

【解析】這篇短文給我們介紹了美國的中學生們的生活。文中提到了他們學校的管理、他們上學的方式、他們需要學習的課程以及他們的課外活動。讓我們更加了解了國外學生們的生活。

【1】句意：美國中學的生活。根據(jù)全文的大意可知這篇短文主要說的就是美國中學里的生活。故填American。

【2】Outline主要是介紹了美國學校生活的細節(jié)。故填Details。

【3】根據(jù)文中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，每個學生都有一個柜子，當學生們來到學校的時候，他們直接去他們的柜子放教材以及掛他們戶外的衣服。故填outdoor

【4】由文中As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan （租借）than buy them可知，由于美國的教材比較貴，學生們寧愿租書也不會買書。本題把原文的would rather do than do sth.這一句型轉(zhuǎn)變成了它的同義句型，prefer doing to doing sth.。故填buying

【5】根據(jù)文中第三段American students have different types of school transport可知，這一段主要為我們介紹美國學校學生的上學的方式。故填School

【6】根據(jù)文中Sometimes their parents drive them to school可知，有時候他們的父母開車送他們上學。故填parents

【7】根據(jù)文中When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing rages in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school可知，當他們過了16歲，大多數(shù)學生會在學校參加一次免費的駕駛測試。如果他們通過了這個考試，他們就可以自己開車去學校。故填own

【8】根據(jù)文中In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes可知，在一些學校，學生們需要參加一門或更多的特殊的課程。故填special。

【9】根據(jù)文中Students move to different classrooms for each subject可知，上不同的課程學生們要去不同的教室。故填different。

【10】句意：放學后，大多數(shù)學生參加他們最喜歡的活動，包括運動和俱樂部。take part in 參加。故填part。