Most Americans start to school at the age of five when they enter kindergarten(幼儿园).Children do not really study at this time. They only attend for half the day and learn what school is like.

Children attend elementary school(小学) for the next six years. They learn to read and write and work with numbers. They also study the world and its people.

After they leave elementary school, children go to junior high school for three years and senior high school (高中) for another three years. This is called secondary education (中等教育). In some places, the children go to elementary school for eight years and high school for four. In all, elementary and secondary education together take twelve years to complete (完全) excluding(不包括) kindergarten.

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1. The elementary and secondary education together take the children ______ to complete in the USA.

A. thirteen years　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. fourteen years

C. twelve years　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. eleven years

2. Most American children enter kindergarten ______.

A. at the age of five years old　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to study two years

C. to learn science　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. about two years old

3. In elementary they should stay there ______.

A. for six years　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. for three years

C. for another three years　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. to study hard

4. Children should study how to ______.

A. act　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. become an astronaut

C. read and write　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. read, write and work with numbers

5. Some American children have their elementary school education for ______.

A. five years　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. four years

C. eight years　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.seven years

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　　In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school 1 they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they 2 secondary (中等的) schools. There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public (公立的) schools and private (私立的) schools. 3 children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to 4 their education because the schools 5 money from the government (政府). Some children go to private school, they are much more expensive.

　　Today about half of the high school students 6 universities (大学) after they finish the secondary school. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents 7 jobs in that state.

　　But many students 8 while they are studying at universities. In this way they 9 and 10 good working habits (习惯) and live by their own hands.

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　　In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school 1 they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they 2 secondary (中等的) schools. There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public (公立的) schools and private (私立的) schools. 3 children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to 4 their education because the schools 5 money from the government (政府). Some children go to private school, they are much more expensive.

　　Today about half of the high school students 6 universities (大学) after they finish the secondary school. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents 7 jobs in that state.

　　But many students 8 while they are studying at universities. In this way they 9 and 10 good working habits (习惯) and live by their own hands.

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