题目内容
When Susan White went back to high school a couple of years ago, she never had any thought about actually getting a high school diploma（文凭）.
“I just wanted to learn more, ”she said. But when she found out that many of her classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs. White recalled（回忆）, “I said if my young friends can graduate from high school, so can I.”
She seems to have been right. As soon as she completes a history course, Mrs. White will graduate next month. And when she does, she will enter the record books as the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the United States.
Mrs. White is 98 years old, and nobody knows of anyone who has completed high school at an older age.
Mrs. White dropped out of school（退学）in the 10th grade, but her ability to learn has obviously not been dulled（减弱）by the 80-year lay-off（中止活动）. Since going back to her studies she has kept up a straight--A record--that is the highest possible.
Now that she is about to get a diploma, Mrs. White has become a strong believer in getting a good education.
“I don't like anyone dropping out of school, ”she said“It makes me mad when a person decides to leave school, because future generations will have to know even more than we do in order to survive（生存）.”
(1)How many other students older than Mrs. White have got a high school diploma? ________
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(2)Mrs. White's ability to learn is ________.
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A．not as good as the younger students'
B．quite obvious
C．the best in the class
D．among the best of the class
(3)Which of the following statements is NOT true? ________
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A．Mrs. White is determined to graduate from high school.
B．Mrs. White has already been given a high school diploma.
C．Mrs. White is the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the US.
D．Mrs. White said that the young had to know more.
(4)A good title for this true story would be ________.
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小学生10分钟应用题系列答案The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image(印象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall.”I always tell them when L’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome,who is now 21,agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,” Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
【小题1】What is the popular images of teenagers today?
| A．They worry about school |
| B．They dislike living with their parents |
| C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles |
| D．They quarrel a lot with other family members |
| A．share family responsibility |
| B．cause trouble in their families |
| C．go boating with their family |
| D．make family decisions |
| A．go to clubs more often with their children |
| B．are much stricter with their children |
| C．care less about their children’s life |
| D．give their children more freedom |
| A．may be a false belief | B．is common nowadays |
| C．existed only in the 1960s | D．resulted from changes in families |
| A．Negotiation in family | B．Education in family |
| C．Harmony in family | D．Teenage trouble in family |
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 36 first into the mud. David 37 her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” 38 , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more 39 since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 41 of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 42 .
One day, David's teacher announced a 43 homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an 44 ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea 45 David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I 46 your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ 47 the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I 48 make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 49 returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 50 as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the 51 . Happily Susan cried out, “It 52 !”
In July 1999, David was 53 national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate 54 .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his 55 is becoming well accepted.
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1. A. fell |
B. touched |
C. lay |
D. dropped |
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2. A. stood by |
B. rushed to |
C. looked at |
D. ran around |
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3. A. Firmly |
B. Easily |
C. Quickly |
D. Shakily |
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4. A. slowly |
B. frequently |
C. freely |
D. heavily |
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5. A. hiding |
B. certainly |
C. possible |
D. waiting |
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6. A. method |
B. disease |
C. trouble |
D. hope |
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7. A. few |
B. little |
C. much |
D. more |
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8. A. useful |
B. strange |
C. common |
D. special |
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9. A. appearance |
B. invention |
C. experience |
D. experiment |
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10. A. reminded |
B. encouraged |
C. occurred |
D. hit |
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11. A. fastened |
B. stuck |
C. fixed |
D. tied |
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12. A. So |
B. And |
C. For |
D. But |
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13. A. might |
B. would |
C. did |
D. need |
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14. A. pen |
B. hand |
C. cane |
D. nail |
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15. A. watched |
B. supported |
C. noticed |
D. helped |
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16. A. street |
B. ice |
C. yard |
D. square |
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17. A. works |
B. operates |
C. succeeds |
D. helps |
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18. A. declared |
B. received |
C. won |
D. praised |
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19. A. more slowly |
B. more carefully |
C. more clearly |
D. faster |
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20. A. cane |
B. mother |
C. speech |
D. story |