AThe three main types of secondary education in the United States have been provided by the Latin grammar school, the academy, and the public high school. The first of these was a colonial institution. It began in New England with the establishment in 1635 of the Boston Free Latin School. The curriculum(課程) consisted mainly of the classical languages, and the purpose of this kind of school was the preparation of boys for college, where most of them would be fitted for the ministry.?

The academy began in the early 1750’s with Benjamin Franklin’s school in Philadelphia, which later became the University of Pennsylvania. It extended generally to about the middle nineteenth century, except in the southern states where the public high school was late in developing and where the academy continued to be a principal means of secondary education even after 1900.The academy was open to girls as well as to boys, and it provided a wider curriculum than what the Latin grammar school had furnished. It was designed not only as a preparation for college but also for practical life in commercial and business activities. Although its wide educational values are evident and are recognized as important contributions to secondary education in this country, the academy has never been considered a public institution as the public high school has come to be.?

The public high school had its origin in Massachusetts in 1821 when the English Classical School was established in Boston. In 1827,the state enacted(制定)the first state wide public high　school law in the United States. By 1840,there were perhaps a dozen public high schools in Massachusetts and many in other eastern states by 1850,they could also be found in many other states. Just as the curriculum of the academy grew out of that of the Latin grammar school, the curriculum of the public high school developed out of that of the academy. The public high school in the United States is a repudiation(推翻) of the aristocratic(貴族的)and selective principle of the European educational tradition. Since 1890,enrollments( 入學(xué))in secondary schools, mainly public high schools, have practically doubled in this country every ten years.

56．According to the passage, which of the following sequences indicates the order in which the schools developed?

         A．Latin grammar school, public high school, academy.

B．Latin grammar school, academy, public high school.

C．Public high school, Latin grammar school, academy.

D．Public high school, academy, Latin grammar school.

57．It is the opinion of the author that the academy, compared with the public high school, was ____.

A．obviously academically better

B．more discriminatory in student selection

C．coeducational

D．not generally considered as a public institution

58．One can probably infer from his article that “Latin grammar school” refers to ____.

A．the Boston Free Latin School

B．a(chǎn)ll the elementary schools in the United States

C．schools which taught Latin, exclusive of all other subjects

D．a(chǎn) number of schools which developed in New England

59．It is implied but not stated in the passage that ____.

A．European educational systems are not good

B．As high schools developed in the united states, the decision was made to make them responsible to people from all classes of society.

C．There was an aristocratic and selective principle in the European educational tradition

D．public high schools in the United States embraced the European educational tradition

The fighting against youth smoking since I took office I’ve done everything in my power to protect our children from harm. We’ve worked to make their streets and their schools safer, and to give them something positive to do after school before their parents get home. We’ve worked to teach our children that drugs are dangerous, illegal and wrong.

Today, I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our nation’s children form an even more deadly threat: smoking. Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90 percent of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18. Consider this: 3,000 children start to smoke every day illegally, and 1,000 of them will die sooner because of it. This is a national tragedy（悲�。﹖hat every American should be honor-bound to help prevent. For more than five years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they start, launching（發(fā)動）a nationwide campaign（運動）to educate them about the dangers of smoking, to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to severely restrict（限制）tobacco companies from advertising to young people. If we do these, we’ll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years. That means if we act now, we have it in our power to stop 3 million children from smoking and to save a million lives as a result.

66．What has the author done in his power?

A．To look after our children.

B．To clean the street

C．To clean our children

D．To protect our children from harm.

67．Compared with other disasters, what kills more people every day?

A．Smoking          B．Car accidents

C．Drugs            D．Murders

68．How many children start to smoke every day illegally?

A．1，000      B．3，000      C．90      D．18

69．For more than five years what have they done to stop their children from smoking?

A．To educate them about the dangers of smoking

B．To reduce their access to tobacco products

C．To restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people

D．All of the above

70．How many children will be stopped from smoking if we act now?

A．1 million       B．1.5 million      C．3 million     D．3,000

單詞拼寫：（共10小題，每小題1分）。

The factory is l__________ (坐落于) in the west of the city .                  1. ____________

P_________ (貧窮) prevented the boy from continuing his education .          2. ____________

Careful examination of the ruins showed new e________ (證據(jù)) .             3 ______________

I look down upon anyone who always r_______(依靠，依賴) on others .        4. _____________

F_________(幸運地), the passengers escaped being injured in the accident .     5. _____________

He survived the plane c__________(飛機失事) only to die in the desert .        6. ____________

He had to r_____ (辭職) his position as manager of the company owing to his illness . 7. _________

No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s l_________ (范圍，限制) .    8. ____________

Come to see me whenever it is c________ (方便的) to you .                   9. ___________

You can take these apples as many as you like because they are free of c____(免費). 10.__________

I offered the ______ suggestion of spending the holiday in the mountains or by the sea.

A. reasonable           B. practical        C. alternative       D. sensible

（2010·浙江諸暨中學(xué)高三10月月考）10. I know the journey won’t cost much, but I will take some more just ______.

A. in turn    B. in reward      C. in case       D. in exchange

（2010·北京八十中學(xué)高三9月月考）     32．I’m stuck on this problem; you may ask ____ knows better than I .

A. whoever       B. Whomever       C. anyone         D. the one

（2010·北京八十中學(xué)高三9月月考）     25．While dancing happily at home,        ．

A．the door bell rang           B．the door bell rings

C．we heard the door bell rings    D．we heard the door bell ring

（2010·浙江諸暨中學(xué)高三10月月考）   15. I told Sally how to get here, but perhaps I ______ for her.

A. had to write it out　　　　B. must have written it out

C. should have written it out　D. ought to write it out

（2010·浙江杭州高級中學(xué)高三第二次月考） 8. Of the 2,000 stock investors _____ last month, 90% was found ______ in financial knowledge.

  A. surveyed; lacking                       B. having been surveyed; to lack

  C. surveyed; lacked                        D. to have been surveyed; lack

（2010·浙江諸暨中學(xué)高三10月月考）7. No one can imagine the difficulty he had ______ his son to get rid of the habit of playing computer games.

A. persuaded   B. to persuade

C. persuading  D. persuade