Question

【题目】American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) 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(学科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college(大学). 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.

【1】 How long is each term?

A. Two months. B. Three months.

C. Four months. D. Five months.

【2】 How old are the students when they graduate(毕业) from high school?

A. Five years old.

B. Seven or eight years old.

C. Seventeen or eighteen years old.

D. Twenty years old.

【3】According to the passage(根据文章), Which of the following is right?

A. American high school students have three or four subjects every term.

B. American students don’t have any homework every day.

C. American students do many interesting things after class.

D. American students don’t go to the same class every day.

【4】What do many of the high school students do after high school, according to this passage?

A. Many of them stay at home.

Many of them go to work.

C. Many of them go to college.

D. We don't know.

【5】What do many college students do after class in America?

A. Many of them read books after class.

B. Many of them go to work to get money for their studies.

C. Many of them go to parties.

D. Many of them go out with their friends

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们介绍的是美国学校里的一些情况，每一学年分成两个学期，每个学期中学生们学习4、5门科目。大多数中学生毕业后会上大学，他们会一边上学，一边工作挣钱。

【1】D 细节理解题。根据短文的第一段中There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June.可知，一个学年分成两个学期，第一学期是从9月到1月，第二学期是从2月到六月，因此每个学期都是五个月。故选D。

【2】C 细节理解题。根据短文第一段中Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.可知，中学毕业时，大多数学生都是17或18岁，由此可知选C。

【3】C 推理判断题。根据短文第二段中After class they do many interesting things放学后，中学生们可以做很多有趣的事情。故C选项是正确的。根据High school students take only four or five subjects(学科) each term可知A不对；根据and they have homework for every class.可知B不对；根据They usually go to the same classes every day,可知D不对。

【4】C 细节理解题。根据短文第三段中After high school, many students go to college可知，许多中学生毕业后会去上大学。故选C。

【5】B 细节理解题。根据短文最后一段中So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.可知，很多大学生在上完课后会去工作，为他们的学习挣钱。故选B。