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Society tends to think of high school dropouts(辍学者)as kids who just can’t cut it．They are lazy, and perhaps not too bright．So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left． 　　“Most of them actually had passing grades and 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)students will receive a diploma, 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．They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom and their own lives, or their career．” 　　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 asking 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．Jeffrey Garin, another researcher, says raising the attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school． 　　New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18．But some people say that forcing students to stay in school misses the point－the need for reform．It’s been called for to improve high school education to make it more challenging and practical, and to make sure that kids who stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something． (1) What is the best title of the passage? [　　] A． Why students quit their study? B． What we should do to develop our classes? C． How to raise the school attendance． D． Why students are asked back to school? (2) According to the passage, which state has a law requiring school attendance until they graduate? [　　] A． New Hampshire B． Tennessee C． New Mexico D． The District of Columbia (3) The underlined words“stick it out”probably means“________”． [　　] A． complete schooling B． solve the problem C． love having classes D． believe in themselves (4) Most high school students drop out of school because ________ according to the passage． [　　] A． they have failing grades B． they are lazy and not intelligent C． they are looked down upon D． they take no interest in classes (5) Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? [　　] A． The grades of most dropouts at school were actually acceptable． B． About 500,000 high school dropouts are black and Spanish in America． C． Raising the attendance age by law is the only way to reduce dropouts． D． Reforming high school education is needed to raise the school attendance．

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答案：1．A;2．C;3．A;4．D;5．B;