Having put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, you have ended 12 years of hard study. Forget your studies for a while. It's time to enjoy yourselves!

There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.

High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It's to mark the time kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before.

At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres ( 佩带在扣眼上的花). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.

Common prom activities include dining, dancing, the crowning (加冠) of a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends.  In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.

High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, in a pleasure cruise boat.

But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.

The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honors that the pair take very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.

1.The word "prom" is probably closest in meaning with________.

2.Which of the following is an economical way to hold the prom?

3. What clearly indicates that prom is very important to students?

4.For what do the students just talk to friends at a prom?

5.How is the prom significant to the students?

Having put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, you have ended 12 years of hard study. Forget your studies for a while. It’s time to enjoy yourselves!
There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.
High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It’s to mark the time kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before.
At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres ( 佩带在扣眼上的花). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.
Common prom activities include dining, dancing, the crowning (加冠) of a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends.  In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.
High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, in a pleasure cruise boat.
But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.
The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honors that the pair take very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.
【小题1】The word "prom" is probably closest in meaning with________.

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　　Men have traveled ever since they first appeared on the earth.

　　Long ago, they did not travel for pleasure but to find new places where their cattle could feed, or to keep away from their enemies, or to find more favourable climate(气候). They traveled on foot. Their journey were long, tiring, and often dangerous. They protected themselves with simple weapons, such as wooden sticks or stone clubs, and by lighting fires at night and, above all, by keeping together.

　　Very soon they discovered easier ways of traveling. They rode on the backs of their tame animals; they made boats out of tree trunks so as to travel across water.

　　Later they travelled, not for necessity, but for the job and excitement of seeing and experience new things. This is still the main reason why we travel today.

　　Travelling, of course, has now become a highly organized business. There are cars and splendid roads, express trains, huge ships and jet planes, all of which make travelling comfortable and safe.

1．It was ________ for men to travel in times long past.

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2．Which of the following most probably made men's journeys dangerous many, many years ago?

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A．They had to climb many mountains and cross many rivers.

B．They had to drive their enemies away from their new places.

C．There were no cars, no roads, no trains and no ships.

D．There were many wild animals on their way to new places.

3．It is learned from the passage that travelling exactly means ________.

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A．moving from place to place for living

B．wandering around for pleasure

C．going from one place to another or to several places

D．an organized club, which helps people make a journey to other places.

4．For what do most people travel today?

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A．They travel for pleasure.

B．They are eager to do business in some other places.

C．They are trying to discover some new things.

D．They want to experience feelings of an exciting riding or flight.