根据汉语及英语提示及要求,以“My Dream Job”为题用英语写一篇短文。

提示：1. 想成为一名记者并阐述原因

（want to be a reporter）。

2. 打算给报纸、杂志写文章

（write articles for magazines or newspapers）。

3. 高中毕业后想去北京上大学。

（Go to college in Beijing after high school）

4. 想在一家电台工作并环游世界。

（work at a station and travel around the world）

要求：1. 条理清楚，语句通顺，语法正确，书写规范；

2．提示内容全部体现在文章中；

3．不少于80词。

My Dream Job

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  American schools begin in September(九月) after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January（一月）, and the second is from February（二月） to June（六月）. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish middle school. Middle school students study only four or five subjects(科目) each term. They usually go to the same class every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things. After middle school , many students go to college (上大学). They can go to a small one or a big one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

(    )6. Most American children go to school at the age of ____________.

               A. eight    B. six    C. five  D. seven

(    )7. Middle school students ____________ after class.

               A. do a lot of homework                   B. do some shopping

               C. do many interesting things      D. do some housework for their parents

(    )8. After middle school , many students go to ____________.

               A. college    B. work    C. make more money  D. towns or cities

(    )9. In order to(为了) __________, many college students work after school.

               A. help other people               B. get the money for their studies

               C. get the money for their parents    D. learn some new things

(    )10. From this passage（一段文章） we can know a summer holiday begins in ________in American .

                A. July（七月）     B. January    C. September     D. February

阅读理解

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

　　High school students take only four or five subjects 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(上大学). 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 many months are there in a summer holiday in America?

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2．Most American children begin to go to school when they are ________ years old.

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3．After high school many students go to ________.

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4．Many American students work after school to ________.

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A．help their parents

B．help the other people

C．get money for their studies

D．see interesting things

5．High school students take ________ subjects each term.

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阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　The daughter, Susan, was good at growing flowers and keeping goldfish（金鱼）．Every morning, she got up early．The first thing for her was to look at her flowers and goldfish．She liked them very much．When she was eighteen years old, she went to college（上大学）．She had to leave her flowers and goldfish to her mother to look after．

　Her mother was careless enough．She was not good at growing flowers and keeping goldfish．

　By and by, the goldfish was dead（死了）, then the flowers．The mother had to write to her daughter to tell her all about her flowers and her goldfish．Susan was very sorry to learn that．She said nothing but to write back to her mother a letter with only: “Then, what about my father?”

根据短文，选择填空．

1．Susan was the name of the careless mother,wasn't it?　　　

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A．Yes, it was．　　　　　B．No, it wasn't．

2．Susan was good at growing flowers and keeping goldfish, wasn't she?　　　

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A．Yes, she was．　　　　　B．No, she wasn't．

3．How did she like the flowers and goldfish?　　　

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A．She liked them very much．　　　B．She didn't like them．

4．When did she go to college?　　　

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A．When she was nineteen years old．

B．When she was eighteen years old．

5．Susan's mother was good at growing flowers and keeping goldfish too, wasn't　　　　　　　　　　　　 she?　　　

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A．Yes, she was．　　　B．No, she wasn't

6．The mother was careless with flowers and goldfish, wasn't she?　　　

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A．Yes, she was．　　　B．No, she wasn't

7．After a not very long time, the flowers and the goldfish were dead, weren't　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　they?　　　

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A．Yes, they were．　　　B．No, they weren't

8．What did the mother have to do then?　

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A．She had to tell all about it to her daughter．

B．She had to tell a lie（说谎）to her daughter．

9．How was Susan after learning that?　　　

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A．She was very glad．　　　B．She was very sorry．

10．“What about my father?”means:　　　

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A．How is my father?　　　B．What is my father?