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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.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B

解析

试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是美国的孩子通常在5岁的时候去上学，学校每年有两个学期，在学校的学习任务也不重，放学后也没有很多作业，他们就去做运动。大多数的美国学生17岁的时候就去上大学，放学之后他们就去挣学费。
小题1:细节题。根据文章The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June.可知，美国的孩子们通常在暑假过后的9月份去上学。故选A
小题2:细节题。根据文章Most students are seventeen years old when they finish high school.After high school, many students go to college.可知，在美国，大多数的孩子在17岁的时候去上大学。故选B
小题3:推断题。根据文章They need a lot of money to go to college. So many college students work after school to make money.他们上大学需要很多钱，所以许多大学生在下课后去挣钱。所以，make money的意思是挣钱。故选D
小题4:细节题。根据文章可知，美国的高中生每学期只有4,5门课程，他们每天都是学习同样的课程，放学后也没有很多作业，他们就能做很多有趣的运动。故选C
小题5:细节题。根据文章So many college students work after school to make money.可知，很多美国大学生下课后就去挣钱。故选B
点评：对于说明文的阅读，学生要把握所说明的核心内容，文章往往通过对这个主题全方位的介绍而设置题目，所以学生可以首先对说明核心的各方面进行简单的浏览，而后结合题目进行仔细的解答，即可迎刃而解。

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Dear Grace,
How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail. You want to know about my school clubs, right ? Well, it’s time for us to join the school clubs now. There are many clubs in my school, like the English club, the art club, the music club and the sports club. I have two good friends, Jack and Lisa. We all want to join the school clubs.
I want to join the music club, because I can play the guitar. I can’t speak English well, but I also want to join the English club.
Jack likes sports. He can play soccer and basketball. He is in the school soccer team(队). He wants to join the sports club. He can play the guitar, too. But he doesn’t want to join the music club.
Lisa likes drawing. She wants to join the art club. She also speaks English very well. I think she can be in the English club. But she can’t be in the music club. She can’t play any instruments(乐器).
Are there any clubs in your school? What club are you in?
Please write an e—mail and tell me about your school clubs.
Yours,
Jane
小题1:Grace wants to know Jane’s _______ .

A．school clubs

B．school life

C．new friends

D．favorite sports

小题2:Jane wants to join the _______ club.

A．art

B．sports

C．music

D．science

小题3:下面哪项陈述是正确的？

A．Jack speaks English well	B．Jack is Jane’s good friend
C．Jack is in the art club	D．Jack can play the violin

小题4:Lisa can NOT__________.

A．draw well	B．play the guitar
C．join the English club	D．speak English well

小题5:Grace 下次给Jane写的邮件的主题可能是什么？

A．Grace’s birthday party.	B．Grace’s favorite subjects.
C．Grace’s school clubs.	D．Grace’s school day

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Spaceship	Time	Astronaut	Event
Shenzhou V	2003.10.15 —10.16	Yang Liwei	China became the third country to succeed in sending up the manned spaceship into space.
Shenzhou VI	2005.10.12 —10.17	Fei Junlong Nie Haisheng
Shenzhou VII	2008.9.25 —9.28	Zhai Zhigang Liu Boming Jing Haipeng	Three Chinese astronauts were sent into the space together. Zhai Zhigang went out of the spaceship and walked in space for the first time.
Shenzhou VIII	2011.11.1 —11.17	No astronaut	Shenzhou VIII connected itself to Tiangong I successfully.
Shenzhou IX	2012.6.16 —6.29	Jing Haipeng Liu Wang Liu Yang	Astronauts connected Shenzhou IX to Tiangong I successfully by controlling them by hand. Liu Yang became the first woman astronaut who came into the space in China.

根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。
小题1:______ country (countries) had sent their astronauts into space before China.

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

小题2:______ was sent into the space twice among these astronauts.

A．Yang Liwei

B．Fei Junlong

C．Nie Haisheng

D．Jing Haipeng

小题3:______ walked in the space for the first time in China.

A．Yang Li Wei

B．Zhai Zhigang

C．Liu Boming

D．Liu Yang

小题4:_______ has the same number of astronauts as Shenzhou IX.

A．Shenzhou V

B．Shenzhou VI

C．Shenzhou VII

D．Shenzhou VIII

小题5:Liu Yang ________ in China.

A．became the first woman astronaut who came into the space

B．is the first astronaut who came into the space

C．walked in the space for the first time

D．connected Shenzhou VIII to Tiangong I successfully

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Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.
During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?
There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.
In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(电车) and train all over the city.
In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(机动车) and pedestrians are safe there.
In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.
根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。
小题1:The passage is about .

A．big cities

B．streets

C．cars

D．traffic

小题2:The city of once experimented on a completely free bus service.

A．London

B．Paris

C．Rome

D．Stockholm

小题3:The city of experimented on a very cheap bus service.

A．Paris

B．Stockholm

C．London

D．None of the above

小题4:The underlined word “pedestrians” means_________ in Chinese.

A．行人

B．司机

C．旅客

D．向导

小题5:In many cities, pedestrians are much safer because .

A．no traffic is allowed in some streets	B．traffic is computer-controlled
C．cars move very slowly	D．only one-way streets are open to traffic

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An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother，“Only a miracle （奇迹）can save him now，”the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
She hurried to a drugstore（药店）with the money in her hand. “And what do you want？” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother，” the girl answered. “He’s really，really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon？” said the salesman. “My brother Andrew has something bad growing in-side his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost？” “We don’t sell a miracle here，child. I’m sorry，”the salesman said with a smile.
“Listen，if it isn’t enough，I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.”
A well-dressed man heard it and asked，“What kind of a miracle does your brother need？”
“I don’t know，”she answered with her eyes full of tears(眼泪). “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it，so I have brought all my money.” “How much do you have？” asked the man. “$ 1.11，but I can try and get some more，” she answered.
“Well，what luck，”smiled the man. “$ 1.11，the price of a miracle for little brothers.”
He took up the girl’s hand and said， “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong，a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.
How much did the miracle cost？
小题1:In the eye of the little girl，a miracle might be ______________.

A．something interesting	B．something beautiful
C．some wonderful medicine	D．some good food

小题2:What made the miracle happen？

A．The girl’s love for her brother.	B．The girl’s money.
C．The medicine from the drugstore.	D．Nobody can tell.

小题3:From the passage we can infer （推断）that _______________.

A．the doctor didn’t ask for any pay

B．a miracle is sure to happen if you keep on

C．the little girl is lovely but not so generous

D．Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought

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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains(痛苦), and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets(后悔).
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society(社会) as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position(地位) in society.
小题1:What is the happiest person according to the passage?

A．A child who can do whatever he likes.

B．An old person who lives in a comfortable life.

C．A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.

D．A person who never wastes his time in his whole life.

小题2:Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?

A．Life for a child is fairly easy.

B．A child is always loved whatever he does.

C．If much is given to a child, he must do something in return.

D．Only children are interested in life.

小题3:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains.

B．Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard.

C．Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life.

D．One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.

小题4:What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?

A．Examples of successful young men.

B．How to build up one’s position in society.

C．Joys and pains of old people.

D．What to do when one has problems in life.

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