1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

　 A. A comparison of Ella Fitzgerald and Bessie Smith.

　 B. The musical career of Ella Fitzgerald.

　 C. Ella Fitzgerald’s early childhood.

　 D. Ella Fitzgerald’s most recent recordings.

75. From the passage，we can infer the following EXCEPT that＿．

A. the grades of most dropouts at school were acceptable

B. about 500, 000 high school dropouts are black and Spanish

C. classes don't appeal to dropouts

D. on average dropouts cannot get good jobs

(北京市海淀区2006－2007高三年级第一学期期中)

姓名　　　　班级　　　日期　2007年　月　日　　　得分　　　　　　　　

(八)　56－60.ADCBA　61－65. CCBCD　 66－70.ABCBA　71－75. BCACB

74. In the last paragraph, the writer is trying to＿＿

A. analyze the reason why students quit school

B. suggest raising the compulsory attendance age

C. raise awareness of reforming high school education

D. wish to make laws to guarantee no education

73. The underlined words “stick it out” probably means“＿＿”．

A. complete schooling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. solve the problem

C. love having classes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. believe in themselves

72. Acceding to the passage，which state has a law requiring school attendance until they graduate?

A. New Hampshire　　　　 B. Utah　C. New Mexico　 　D. The District of Columbia

71. Most high school students drop out d' school because＿＿．

A. they have failing grades　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. they take m interest in classes

C. they are discriminated against　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. they are lazy and not intelligent

70. A spider's ability to finish an incomplete web proves that＿

　　 A. it has a highly preprogrammed brain　　 B. it reuses its web protein to reproduce new silk

　　 C. the web is everything for a spider　　D. it is able to rebuild a destroyed web

(E)　

　　 High school dropouts(辍学者)earn an average of $ 9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study dispels a common belief why they quit. It’s much more basic than flunking out(不及格).

　　 Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it. They are lazy，and perhaps not two bright．So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.

　　 “The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)student will receive a diploma(证书)，and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So， if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit, what does? Again，John Bridgeland："The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t inspired or motivated. They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”

　　 The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US，only one state，New Mexico，has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher，says raising the compulsory(义务的)attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school．

　“As these dropouts look back，they realize they’ve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.”

　　 New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point－the need for reform. It's been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something. 　(380)

69. A spider conducts a wider-meshed web when＿

A. it is 16 days old　　　　 　　　B. it is getting weaker　

C. it has fewer wends　　 　　　D. it hunts for food

68．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　 A. Mast spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry

　　 B. One Web-building spider usually conducts one web

　　 C. Web-building spiders will probably die without their webs．

　　 D. Web-building spiders have good eyesight.

67. Which of the following best expresses the main ides of the passage?

A. Secrets of Spiders' Adaptability　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Importance of Webs to Spiders

C. Secrets of the Spiders' Life 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Spiders' Highly Preprogrammed Brain