American Schools

American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

High school students take only four or five subjects(学科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class.  After class they do many interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college(大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

1.How long is each term?

2.How old are the students when they graduate(毕业) from high school?

3.How many subjects do the high school students have each term?

4.What do many college students do after class in America?

Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how

soon I’ll get to town?”

“Go.” Aesop answered.

“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”

“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.

“This man must be mad(疯的),” the traveler thought and went on.

After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距离), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”

The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”

“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”

1.One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.

2.The traveler asked Aesop______________.

3.Why didn't Aesop give the traveler the answer at first? Because he__________.

4.When did Aesop give the traveler the answer?

根据括号中的汉语提示或用括号内英语单词的适当形式填空。

1._____________, the boy rushed out his room.（突然）

2.Li Ping, do you have any good ____________? （主意）

3.These years, _____________ food is more and more popular in China.（西方的）

4.Beijing is the ____________ of our country.（首都）

5.It is my daughter’s ___________  birthday today.（九）

6.He likes __________ things with his friends. (share)

7.The clothes are the ______________. (robber)

8.Walk __________the street, you’ll find the post office.(cross)

9.How many __________ are there in Qianlong Grand Hotel? （wait）

10.My father laughs __________________ when he sees his friends.  (happy)

阅读短文，根据短文内容完成下列图表，每空一词。

Let me offer you some useful advice. You probably think you will never be a top student. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants .Here is how to

Plan your time carefully.

Make a list of things that you have to do. After making the list. you should make a schedule(时刻表) of your time. First arrange your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good regular time for studying. Don’t forget to spare some time for your hobbies.

Find a good place to study

Look around the house for a good study area. It may be a desk, a corner of your room, free of everything but study things.

Make good use of your time in class

Listen to everything the teacher says. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly（规律地）

When you get home from school, go over your notes. Reviewing(复习) the important prints will help you understand the next class.

Never give up if you don’t pass a test

The purpose of a test is to show what you’ve learned from a book or a subject; It helps you remember our new knowledge. Don’t be too worried. The world won’t remember our new knowledge. Don’t be too worried. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test

Title: To be a    1    student

缺词填充

Have you heard such an old English saying? It says that we must go to b__1___ early and get up early. Then we should be h__2__ and clever.

This is t__3____ .The body must have enough sleep to be healthy .Children of teenagers(青少年) should have ten hours’ s___4_____ every night .If they don’t have e__5____ sleep, they can’t do their work very w__6____.

The body also needs e__7___. Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body s___8__. Exercise also keeps the blood(血) moving around inside the body .It is very i__9__ because our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The h_10___ also needs blood, exercise helps us to think better!

根据所给的汉语完成下列句子

1.花园是种花最好的地方。

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2.我打算带你参观我的家乡。

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3.我和我的家人住在一间木屋里。

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4.你能告诉我去阳光公园的路吗？

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5.我们期盼着在舞会上看到你。

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根据提示，写一篇题为“My dream school”的短文。

提示：1．大而美丽。

2．教室宽敞明亮，每班30人左右。

3．有一个大图书馆，里面有各种各样的书，是一个学习的好地方。

4．老师友好，而且乐于助人。

5．......

要求：1. 表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯。

2. 短文必需包括提示中的全部内容，并作适当发挥。

3. 词数：80词左右。

4. 不得使用真实姓名和校名。

My dream school

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A lot of traffic was kept from going into the city centre       the heavy snow?

--Where does your uncle work, Tom ?

--He is in a hospital        he works as a doctor.

He met many problems           he was going over his lessons.