The students in America usually begin high school at the age of 13 or 14. Some leave at the age of 16. But most finish the 4-year high school study. They do not get their first full-time work or begin college studies until they are 17 or 18 years old.
The high school day is about 7 hours long. Part of the day is made into classes of about 50 minutes long. The students have lunch in the middle of the day. American students study English, history, math, science, art and languages. Some also learn job skills. They can learn how to use a computer or how to mend a car. Other students may learn by working in an office, a hospital or other places one day a week.
Jean Wilton Anderson is 16 years old. She lives with her parents and two younger brothers in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D.C. Jean studies at Walt Whitman High School. There are about 1,500 students at the school. Most of them will go up to colleges.
Jean wakes up early every morning. She begins school at about 7:30. This is her third year of high school. Every day she takes classes to learn English, world history, physics and trigonometry（三角学）. She also has a class about different religions（宗教）.And she plays the violin in music class. School ends at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Yet, Jean stays 2 or more hours longer every day for sports. Jean arrives home at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. She eats dinner. Then she starts her homework. Students in America have their way of talking. They use the word “like” all the time. Jean and her girlfriends wear blue jeans and shirts or sweaters every day. The boys at her school also wear blue jeans. But they like to wear blue jeans that are several sizes too large for them.
Like students of her age in most parts of the country, Jean begins to drive a car. She does not have her car. She must use the family’s car. Most of the students in high school have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day.
【小题1】 Which of the following is not true to the high school?

The students in America usually begin high school at the age of 13 or 14. Some leave at the age of 16. But most finish the 4-year high school study. They do not get their first full-time work or begin college studies until they are 17 or 18 years old.

  The high school day is about 7 hours long. Part of the day is made into classes of about 50 minutes long. The students have lunch in the middle of the day. American students study English, history, math, science, art and languages. Some also learn job skills. They can learn how to use a computer or how to mend a car. Other students may learn by working in an office, a hospital or other places one day a week.

   Jean Wilton Anderson is 16 years old. She lives with her parents and two younger brothers in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D.C. Jean studies at Walt Whitman High School. There are about 1,500 students at the school. Most of them will go up to colleges.

   Jean wakes up early every morning. She begins school at about 7:30. This is her third year of high school. Every day she takes classes to learn English, world history, physics and trigonometry（三角学）. She also has a class about different religions（宗教）.And she plays the violin in music class. School ends at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Yet, Jean stays 2 or more hours longer every day for sports. Jean arrives home at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. She eats dinner. Then she starts her homework. Students in America have their way of talking. They use the word “like” all the time. Jean and her girlfriends wear blue jeans and shirts or sweaters every day. The boys at her school also wear blue jeans. But they like to wear blue jeans that are several sizes too large for them.

   Like students of her age in most parts of the country, Jean begins to drive a car. She does not have her car. She must use the family’s car. Most of the students in high school have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day.

1. Which of the following is not true to the high school?

  A. The school day usually lasts for 7 hours.

  B. The students only have 6 subjects to learn.

  C. Each class will last for 50 minutes.

  D. The students can learn some skills out of the school.

2. Jean Wilton Anderson __________________.

  A. has a four-people family         B. lives in the city of Washington

  C. has studied in the high school for 3 years   D. drives her own car at the age of 16

3. Which of the following is not true?

  A. Students in high schools use the word “like” very often

  B. The boy students wear blue jeans as the girls.

  C. Many high school students go to school in their own cars.

  D. Boy students wear jeans of larger size because they grow fast

The students in America usually begin high school at the age of 13 or 14. Some leave at the age of 16. But most finish the 4-year high school study. They do not get their first full-time work or begin college studies until they are 17 or 18 years old.

  The high school day is about 7 hours long. Part of the day is made into classes of about 50 minutes long. The students have lunch in the middle of the day. American students study English, history, math, science, art and languages. Some also learn job skills. They can learn how to use a computer or how to mend a car. Other students may learn by working in an office, a hospital or other places one day a week.

   Jean Wilton Anderson is 16 years old. She lives with her parents and two younger brothers in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D.C. Jean studies at Walt Whitman High School. There are about 1,500 students at the school. Most of them will go up to colleges.

   Jean wakes up early every morning. She begins school at about 7:30. This is her third year of high school. Every day she takes classes to learn English, world history, physics and trigonometry（三角学）. She also has a class about different religions（宗教）.And she plays the violin in music class. School ends at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Yet, Jean stays 2 or more hours longer every day for sports. Jean arrives home at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. She eats dinner. Then she starts her homework. Students in America have their way of talking. They use the word “like” all the time. Jean and her girlfriends wear blue jeans and shirts or sweaters every day. The boys at her school also wear blue jeans. But they like to wear blue jeans that are several sizes too large for them.

   Like students of her age in most parts of the country, Jean begins to drive a car. She does not have her car. She must use the family’s car. Most of the students in high school have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day.

66. Which of the following is not true to the high school?

  A. The school day usually lasts for 7 hours.

  B. The students only have 6 subjects to learn.

  C. Each class will last for 50 minutes.

  D. The students can learn some skills out of the school.

67. Jean Wilton Anderson __________________.

  A. has a four-people family

  B. lives in the city of Washington

  C. has studied in the high school for 3 years

  D. drives her own car at the age of 16

68. Which of the following is not true?

  A. Students in high schools use the word “like” very often

  B. The boy students wear blue jeans as the girls.

  C. Many high school students go to school in their own cars.

  D. Boy students wear jeans of larger size because they grow fast

Jenna , a popular girl from Westwood Middle School , had graduated first in her class and was ready for new ___36__in high school .

   ___ 37__, high school was difficult . In the first week , Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员).She was competing against very talented girls , and she knew it would be _38_for her to be selected. Two hours later , the _39_read a list of the girls for a second tryout .Her heart _40_ as the list ended without her name . Feeling __41__ , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home , she started with math. She had always been a good math student , but now she was _42_. She moved on to English and history , and was _43_ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects . Feeling better , she decided not to _44_ math for the time being .

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school _45_. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as _46_ as Jenna. “I am sorry , but we have enough _47_ for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled _48_ and left . “Why is high school so __49__?” she sighed .

 Later in _50_ class , Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much _51_.By the end of the class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books , Jenna decided she’d continue to try to _52_ at her new school . She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed ,but she knew she had to _53_ . High school was just as her mom had said : “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond _54_ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the _55_fish you can be .”

  36. A. challenges                B. decisions              C.  processes        D. exercises

  37.A. However                  B. Therefore                  C. Otherwise         D. Besides

  38.A. easy                      B. difficult               C. interesting                 D. boring

  39. A. boss                B. representative     C. judge                   D. editor

  40. A. sank               B. stopped               C. jumped               D. raced 

  41. A. happy              B. lonely                 C. strange                D. awful

  42. A. complaining               B. working                C. improving             D. struggling 

  43. A. disappointed             B. shocked               C. relieved               D. ashamed 

  44. A. prepare for         B. worry about                C. give up                  D. put up

  45. A. press               B. newspaper           C. team                     D. radio

  46. A. artistic             B. realistic                C. sympathetic        D. enthusiastic

  47. A. cheerleaders     B. writers                C. readers               D. speakers

  48.A. weakly              B. excitedly              C. brightly               D. widely

  49. A. ordinary            B. different                      C. familiar                  D. similar

  50. A. history              B. English                        C. physics                D. math

  51.A. hope                B. trouble                C. sorrow                D. pleasure

  52. A. look out                  B. stay up                        C. get around            D. fit in

  53. A. try                 B. ask                     C. swim                 D. escape 

  54. A. in case of                 B. in terms of                 C. in return for        D. instead of

  55. A. smallest            B. best                          C. gentlest                    D. slimmest