题目内容
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday.There are two terms in a school year,the first term is from September to January,and the second is from February to June.Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old.Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects(科目)each term.They usually go to the same class every day,and they have homework for every class.After class they do many interesting things.After high school,many students go to college.They can go to a small one or a large one.They usually have to give a lot of money.So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.
【小题1】Most American children go to school when they are _________ years old
A.four. | B.five . | C.six. | D.seven . |
A.do a lot of homework. | B.do many interesting things. |
C.often sing songs. | D.do lots of reading. |
A.begin to work. | B.stay at home. | C.go to college. | D.visit their friends. |
A.they want to get some money for their studies . |
B.they don' t have anything to do . |
C.their parents ask them for money. |
D.their teachers ask them to do so . |
A.January | B.September. | C.February | D.July |
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了美国的小学,高中及大学的教育体制及学生的学习活动。
【小题1】根据第一段Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old描述,可知美国孩子大部分在五岁开始上学,故选B。
【小题2】根据第二段After class they do many interesting things.描述,可知美国高中生在课后做很多事情.故选B。
【小题3】根据第三段After high school, many students go to college.描述,可知美国学生高中毕业后,很多人上大学,故选C。
【小题4】根据第三段Many college students work after class to get some money for their studies.描述,可知他们课后工作的目的是为了上学挣点钱,故选A。
【小题5】根据第一段The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June.描述,可知美国的暑假在六月开始,故选D。
考点:关于美国学校教育的说明文
点评:本文浅显易懂,各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文,注意前后联系,就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找,做题关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查小题和原文的异同。
“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?”
How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! you can google it and find the answer immediately!
Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds.
Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren't useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.
Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros.
The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world's information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.
【小题1】The writer began this passage by asking you a question because ___________.
A.Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world |
B.he or she was afraid that the readers didn't know this question |
C.he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage |
D.he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question |
A.楼房 | B.帐单 | C.订单 | D.支票 |
A.there was not any search engine on the Internet. |
B.nobody supported them except their family and friends |
C.one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000 |
D.Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to produce something to answer any question |
A.Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world. |
B.The google search engine was the biggest one after 2002. |
C.Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros. |
D.The service of the Google search engine is very popular. |
A 7-magnitude(震级)earthquake hit Ya'an,Sichuan at 8:02 on April 20, 2013, and it killed at least 196 people and injured more than 11,000.
Together with other students, Yang Xuelan ran out to the playground. She was safe. But all her textbooks and exercise books were buried(埋)in the teaching building.
What can we do when an earthquake happens? In fact, there's little we can do to stop natural disasters (自然灾害) such as earthquakes happening. But, some methods can reduce the harm they cause.
◆ Drop down onto your hands and knees. This way can protect you from falling.
◆ Cover your head under a strong table or desk. You can also stay along a wall,and cover your head with your arms and hands.
◆ Hold on to(守住,抓牢) your shelter(遮蔽物) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking continues.
Schools can normally take the earthquake drills(演练) to help student stay alive.
【小题1】How many people lost their lives in the earthquake in Ya'an?
A.At least 196. | B.More than 11,000. |
C.Less than 196. | D.About 11,196. |
A.at home | B.at school |
C.on her way to school | D.playing on the playground |
A.提高 | B.阻止 | C.增加 | D.减少 |
A.do nothing | B.stay at home |
C.take some methods | D.run out of the house |
A. Dropping down onto your hands and knees.
B. Covering your head under a strong table or desk.
C. Holding on to your shelter until the shaking stops.
D. A, B and C.
According to one story the idea for making the first teddy bear came from a newspaper cartoon drawn in 1904. This cartoon showed President Teddy Roosevelt on a hunting trip refusing to shoot (射杀)a young bear. The young bear became a symbol for Teddy Roosevelt.
Morris Michtom owned a small candy and toy store in New York City. He and his wife made many of the toys they sold. When he saw the cartoon, he had a wonderful idea. He decided to make a toy bear with eyes and legs and arms that moved. The bear was put in the store window next to a copy of the cartoon. Mr . Michtom called it “Teddy’s Bear”.
Many of these bears were sold. The bears became so popular that Mr . Michtom thought he might need President Roosevelt' permission to use his name. He wrote to the president and sent him a “Teddy Bear”. The president answered,saying that Mr. Michtom could use his name.
Mr . Michtom borrowed money so that he could make thousands of toy bears. His company became the Ideal Toy Corporation. Today this is one of the biggest toy companies in the United States.
【小题1】People will remember Morris Michtom because he was_______
A.a candy store owner |
B.a toy store owner |
C.the inventor of the teddy bear |
D.Teddy Roosevelt' friend |
A.a movie |
B.a magazine story |
C.a TV advertisement |
D.a newspaper cartoon |
A.many people liked Teddy Roosevelt |
B.many people did not like Teddy Roosevelt |
C.President Roosevelt cared only about important people |
D.President Roosevelt did not like young bears |
drew
A.few | B.new | C.flew | D.knew |
A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned(赦免)the bird on Thanksgiving eve.
The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台).
The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress(议会) ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.【小题1】
That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________.
A.George Bush | B.Congress |
C.President Truman | D.the public |
【小题2】
The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________.A.celebrate the harvest of British settlers |
B.celebrate the progress of Americans |
C.encourage the struggle with British settlers |
D.celebrate the joy of all Americans after a hard winter |
【小题3】
We can infer(推断)from the passage that ________.A.President Obama pardoned a turkey before Thanksgiving because of the economic crisis |
B.the turkey named Courage was pardoned by President Roosevelt before Thanksgiving |
C.the pardoned turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden on Thanksgiving eve |
D.the pardoned turkey will appear in a celebrating parade of Thanksgiving Day |