Question

Do you know what American students have to do in their schools? In America, at the beginning of the term, students must choose their courses and teachers first. While in China students usually have no chances to choose their courses and teachers.
Choosing is very important for your grades in America. So at the first term, don’t choose too many courses, or you’ll feel very nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
There is another thing after you choose the courses and the teachers. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each copy is about $30～$50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. You must get enough ready before classes. In class, discussing is very important. The teacher encourages you to raise questions or show your own opinions. They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like. They don’t give you much homework to do. You can learn some knowledge and do exercises by yourself.
请根据短文内容回答问题。
小题1:When must American students choose their courses and teachers?
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小题2:Why do American students choose teachers?
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小题3:How can they get the textbooks?
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小题4:What is important in class?
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小题5:What do you think of American school life? (请自拟一句话作答)
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Answer 1

小题1:At the beginning of the term.
小题2:Because different teachers have different teaching methods.
小题3:They can buy some used textbooks or borrow them from the school library.
小题4:Discussing./Discussion.
小题5:American schools are quite different from Chinese ones.
/It’s good for American school students to choose their courses and teachers by themselves.
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试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国学生在学校要做的一些事情和美国的教育制度特点。
小题1:根据第一段In America, at the beginning of the term, students must choose their courses and teachers first.描述，可知答：At the beginning of the term.
小题2:根据第二段At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods.及下文描述，可知答：Because different teachers have different teaching methods.
小题3:根据第三段In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. 描述，可知答：They can buy some used textbooks or borrow them from the school library.
小题4:根据第三段In class, discussing is very important. 描述，可知答：Discussing./Discussion.
小题5:根据短文描述，可知美国的学校于中国的学校有很多不同的地方，答案符合题意即可。故答：American schools are quite different from Chinese ones. /It’s good for American school students to choose their courses and teachers by themselves.
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点评：本题中个别小题不能直接从文中找到答案，需要自己根据相关内容分析总结。一定要弄懂全文后再动手解答问题。书写答案时，注意首字母大写，因为是回答问句，即使只有一个单词也是一个句子。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，即使自己总结也尽量使用短句。同时并注意人称和数的变化。