通读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，将答案填写在答题卡上对应位置或将答题卡上题目所选的选项涂黑。
In the USA, children start school when
they are five years old. In some states(州)
they must stay in school 46 they are 16. But most students are
17 or 19 years old when they 47
secondary schools(中学).
There are two kinds of schools in the USA: public schools and private
schools. 48 children go to public schools. Their
parents don’t have to 49 their education because the schools
get 50 from the government. If a child goes
to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling.
Some parents 51 like private schools though they are
much more expensive.
Today about half of the high school
students 52 in universities after they
finish secondary schools. A student at a state university doesn’t have to pay
very much 53 his parents live in that state.
Many students 54 while they are studying at universities.
In this way they get into 55 working habits and live by their own hands.
46.
A. and
B. so
C.
till D.
since
47.
A. leave
B. enter C.
reach D.
pass
48.
A. Serveral B. Most C.
A few
D.
Few
49.
A. worry about B. pay for C. ask for D. think of
50.
A. books B. teachers C.
food
D.
money
51.
A. still B.
nerver
C.
sometimes D. already
52.
A. play B. change C. study
D. meet
53.
A. before
B.
if
C.
whether D.
though
54.
A. smoke
B.
drink
C.
fight
D. work
55.
A. good B. bad
C.
happy
D. wrong
2009年高中阶段学校招生与初中毕业生学业模拟考试