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 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 for another three years. This is called secondary education. 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 excluding （不包括）kindergarten.
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The elementary and secondary education together take the children ____ to complete in the USA.
A. thirteen years B. nine years
C. twelve years D. eleven years
Most American children enter kindergarten _________ .
| A．at the age of five | B．to study two years |
| C．to learn science | D．about two years old |
In elementary school they should stay there ________ .
| A．for six years | B．for three years |
| C．for another three years | D．to study hard |
Children should study how to __________ .
| A．act |
| B．become an astronaut |
| C．read and write |
| D．read, write and work with numbers |
Some American children have their elementary school education for ___ .
| A．five years | B．four years |
| C．eight years | D．seven years |
In most countries around the world, 16-year-olds have to wait for another two years to be able to drive a car. Not so for 16-year-old Max Verstappen. He will become the youngest ever F1 driver when he races for the Toro Rosso team next year. He will be 17 when he takes part in his first Grand Prix（汽车大奖赛）, with drivers like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Now the youngest F1 driver, Jaime Victor, is 19 years and 125 days. Verstappen will make his first show at the Australian Grand Prix. He said: “Ever since I was seven, F1 has been my career goal（职业目标）, so this chance is truly a dream come true. ”
The Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost was very excited, saying: “We are happy to welcome Max into the Toro Rosso family...We think Max is one of the most skilled young drivers and we believe he has the ability to take on this challenge（挑战） successfully. It will now be up to us to offer Max a car to make him have the best possible start to his F1 career. ”Max is the son of the former F1 driver Jos Verstappen. He said: “First of all, thanks to my father, who has always been by my side, day and night, year after year. ”
44. Now Max Verstappen is ____________years old.
| A．19 | B．18 | C．17 | D．16 |
Max Verstappen will become ____________next year.
| A．the youngest F1 driver | B．the best sports player |
| C．the most skilled driver | D．the most excellent coach |
Max Verstappen will take part in his first Grand Prix with ____________.
| A．Jos Verstappen | B．Sebastian Vettel |
| C．Franz Tost | D．Jaime Victor |
Franz Tost believed Max could become a good driver because ____________.
| A．he is very young | B．he has a nice car |
| C．he has good skills | D．his father is a driver |
If someone is hurt, do you know what to do? Read about first aid for some medical problems.
If Someone Has a Nosebleed（流鼻血）...
●Using your fingers, press hard just under the bridge of the nose.
●Throw the head back if bleeding is not serious.
●Keep the patient（患者） quiet.
●Put ice around the patient’s nose.
●Place cotton（药棉） deep into the patient's nose.
If bleeding can’t be stopped, call for medical aid.
If Someone Faints（昏倒）...
●Place the patient on his back with his head lower than his feet.
●Keep the patient warm.
●Do not give the patient any food or water.
●Have the patient rest for at least l5 minutes.
If Someone Gets a Scorpion（蝎子）Sting（叮）...
●Place the patient on her back.
●Keep the patient calm. Do not allow the patient to walk or move, if unnecessary.
●Cover the patient with something warm.
●Put ice on the area of the sting.
●Call for medical help or take the patient to a doctor immediately.
There are ____________medical problems in this passage.
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
If a person faints we should ____________.
| A．keep him quiet | B．press his nose hard |
| C．keep him warm | D．give him water and food |
Ice is useful for ____________.
| A．a nosebleed and a scorpion sting |
| B．a nosebleed and a faint |
| C．a scorpion sting and a faint |
| D．a faint and a bad cold |
阅读理解
In a classroom in any country，the teacher teaches more than art or history or language．He or she teaches what is known as the“hidden course”—the culture of that country．
In a society such as the United States，people with different history，culture and language join together and think highly of individualism．Teachers try to make each student special．Students do not have to remember a lot of information；instead，they work alone and find answers by themselves．There is often a discussion in the classroom．At an early age，students learn to have their own ideas．Their education encourages personal thoughts．The importance is put on how to arrive at an answer and not simply to get the correct answer．
In most Asian countries，the people have the same languages，history，and culture．Perhaps for this reason，the education there shows society’s ideas in group goals rather than individualism．Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on their homework．In the classroom，the teacher often teaches in a public way．He says，and the students listen．There is not much discussion．Instead，the students repeat rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind．
In many ways these differences come from different educational psychology．In Western countries teachers make it easier for the students to learn for themselves．In the Eastern countries，however，teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students，or the students can’t learn anything．
根据短文内容回答下列问题。What is the“hidden course”according to the passage？
_______________________________________________________________________________What do American teachers do in class？
_______________________________________________________________________________What do Asian teachers do in class？
_______________________________________________________________________________What’s the main difference in education between the East and the West？
_______________________________________________________________________________What do you think the proper title for the passage is？
_______________________________________________________________________________
阅读理解
On Children’s Day 2004，Hong Kong held an interesting activity．In this activity，children and their parents played the rich and the poor．In the dinner，the rich could have delicious food，but the poor could only have bread with porridge．
Parents all hoped to have the dinner for the poor with their children．They hoped that their children could be taught a lesson from the dinner．
Now many people on earth don’t have enough food or clothing．Every day only half of the world could enjoy enough food．
The activity was held to make the families understand the differences between the poor and the rich and also make parents know that too much material life won’t always do good to the children．Which of the following sentences is true？
| A．Half the poor and half the rich joined in the activity． |
| B．Children played the rich and parents played the poor． |
| C．Parents played the rich and children played the poor． |
| D．Some of the children and their parents played the poor． |
In the dinner，parents hoped to________．
| A．have bread and porridge with their children |
| B．give the poor delicious food |
| C．give delicious food to both the rich and the poor |
| D．give their children delicious food |
Today only half the people in the world________．
| A．enjoy material life |
| B．have enough to eat |
| C．live in the West of the earth |
| D．can go to Hong Kong |
From the activity，parents knew________．
| A．the poor wanted to be rich |
| B．the rich wanted to have the life of the poor |
| C．the poor were different from the rich |
| D．the rich could have better care from the school |
From the news report we’re clear that________．
| A．children often change their minds |
| B．children of the poor work harder at school |
| C．children of the rich don’t like the activity |
| D．children shouldn’t be given too much material life |
阅读理解
I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip．My wife and I and our two children are all going along．My elder brother will go with us，too．He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children．My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house．
We’re going by train to New York，and then take a ship to Europe．When we arrive in Europe，we’re going to some countries for sightseeing(观光)．We’ll go to places either by train or by bus．We’re going to fly home．
It took us a long time to decide where to go，but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip．We’ll go to England，France and Italy．We also talked about how we would go to Europe．At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time．But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that，too．How many people of the family will go to have a trip？
| A．Three． |
| B．Four． |
| C．Five． |
| D．Six． |
My father will not go on the trip because________．
| A．he doesn’t like travels |
| B．staying at home is more interesting |
| C．he is too old to travel |
| D．nobody wants to take him along |
We’re coming back home by________．
| A．sea |
| B．air |
| C．bus |
| D．train |
In Europe we will________．
| A．go sightseeing at the seaside |
| B．go to different countries by ship |
| C．buy a lot of presents |
| D．go from place to place by train or by bus |
My brother and my children would like to________．
| A．do some shopping in Europe |
| B．study Italian in Italy |
| C．enjoy a trip by ship |
| D．learn French in France |
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