Question

【题目】Have you ever wondered what an American high school is real like? Now let me describe a typical (典型的) high school and students in it.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan (租借) than buy them. Students have to pay if they lose any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass the driver’s exam in their state, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven subjects. They must take Science, Maths, English and Social Studies. They can choose from Art, Homemaking, Fashion Design and other classes.

In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special subjects: Health Education, Physical Education or Foreign Language Studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has his or her own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes to give the students time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports like football, basketball and baseball, different kinds of clubs, such as Yearbook Club, Speech Club, School Newspaper Club, Photography Club and a student government.

A typical 【1】 high school
Outline	【2】
Lockers and textbooks	● Every student has a locker for textbooks and 【3】clothes. ● They prefer loaning textbooks to 【4】 them.
【5】 transport	● Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their 【6】 take them to school by car. ● They can drive to school on their 【7】when they are over 16 and have passed necessary tests.
Subjects	● Students have to take required courses, elective courses and sometimes one or more 【8】 courses. ● They go to 【9】classrooms for the subjects.
After-school activities	After school most of the students take 【10】 in various kinds of activities including sports and clubs.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】American

【2】Details

【3】outdoor

【4】buying

【5】School

【6】parents

【7】own

【8】special

【9】different

【10】part

【解析】这篇短文给我们介绍了美国的中学生们的生活。文中提到了他们学校的管理、他们上学的方式、他们需要学习的课程以及他们的课外活动。让我们更加了解了国外学生们的生活。

【1】句意：美国中学的生活。根据全文的大意可知这篇短文主要说的就是美国中学里的生活。故填American。

【2】Outline主要是介绍了美国学校生活的细节。故填Details。

【3】根据文中Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes，每个学生都有一个柜子，当学生们来到学校的时候，他们直接去他们的柜子放教材以及挂他们户外的衣服。故填outdoor

【4】由文中As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan （租借）than buy them可知，由于美国的教材比较贵，学生们宁愿租书也不会买书。本题把原文的would rather do than do sth.这一句型转变成了它的同义句型，prefer doing to doing sth.。故填buying

【5】根据文中第三段American students have different types of school transport可知，这一段主要为我们介绍美国学校学生的上学的方式。故填School

【6】根据文中Sometimes their parents drive them to school可知，有时候他们的父母开车送他们上学。故填parents

【7】根据文中When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing rages in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school可知，当他们过了16岁，大多数学生会在学校参加一次免费的驾驶测试。如果他们通过了这个考试，他们就可以自己开车去学校。故填own

【8】根据文中In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes可知，在一些学校，学生们需要参加一门或更多的特殊的课程。故填special。

【9】根据文中Students move to different classrooms for each subject可知，上不同的课程学生们要去不同的教室。故填different。

【10】句意：放学后，大多数学生参加他们最喜欢的活动，包括运动和俱乐部。take part in 参加。故填part。