Have you ever wondered what an American high school is real like? Now let me describe a typical (典型的) high school and students in it.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan (租借) than buy them. Students have to pay if they lose any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass the driver’s exam in their state, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven subjects. They must take Science, Maths, English and Social Studies. They can choose from Art, Homemaking, Fashion Design and other classes.
In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special subjects: Health Education, Physical Education or Foreign Language Studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has his or her own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes to give the students time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports like football, basketball and baseball, different kinds of clubs, such as Yearbook Club, Speech Club, School Newspaper Club, Photography Club and a student government.
A typical 1. high school | |
Outline | 2. |
Lockers and textbooks | ● Every student has a locker for textbooks and 3.clothes. ● They prefer loaning textbooks to 4. them. |
5. transport | ● Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their 6. take them to school by car. ● They can drive to school on their 7.when they are over 16 and have passed necessary tests. |
Subjects | ● Students have to take required courses, elective courses and sometimes one or more 8. courses. ● They go to 9.classrooms for the subjects. |
After-school activities | After school most of the students take 10. in various kinds of activities including sports and clubs. |
根据汉语意思完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）
1.我工作了一整天，回到家感到筋疲力尽。
I had been working all day and I after I got home.
2.你打算怎么处理你的旧相机？
What are you going to .
3.我也不知道他们能不能准时到。
I wonder .
4.到目前为止，经理仍未做出决定，我们不得不等待。
_____, so we have to wait.
5.孩子们直到晚上七点才回家。
根据句子意思，用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空。
1.These days students in some schools (ask) not to use mobile phones.
2.Li Ping is asking his uncle, an English teacher, (help) him improve English.
3.They caught the thief and (tie) his hands behind his back.
4.Sorry, I didn’t hear you clearly. I (think) about the exam.
5.—Look! Someone (clean) the sofa.
—Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.
根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1.People speak both English and (France) in Canada.
2.I have only limited (know) of computers. I’m afraid I can’t help you.
3.Clark was (able) to work after the terrible accident.
4.She is very (experience) in managing a small factory.
5.The (library) has been working in the library for over thirty years.
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1.Who does the (烹饪) in your house?
2.We’ve got a (多余的) room. You can stay overnight with us.
3.The blind girl is reading a special book with letters she can (触摸).
4.A boy is standing there with his back (紧靠) the wall.
5.I dream of becoming a (作家) when I grow up.
Weekday mornings are very busy for US middle school students. People are running into each other, shouting across the house, knocking on the bathroom door and always, always running late. When you’re late for the carpool, though, you also make everyone else late.
When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk, you need a carpool. A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility (责任) of driving their kids to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns to drive the kids in their cars. Someone’s car smells like wet dogs. Some kids get to eat desserts (甜点) for breakfast and some parents shout so much that all you try to do is to stay
quiet and go unnoticed. When your mum or dad drives the carpool, your classmates get a close- up look at how strange your parents can be. It might be your first sociological (社会学的) study and your first time to work with others.Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in responsibility. Imagine (想象) sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house, watching the watch and counting the seconds. Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7:48. You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school—in the carpool.
1.What is a carpool?
A. Kids go to school in their parents’ cars.
B. Parents take turns to drive their kids to school.
C. Parents drive their kids to school on their way to work.
D. Kids drive their own cars to school.
2.How many kids are usually in a carpool?
A. Two or three. B. Three or four. C. Four or five. D. Five or six.
3.What can kids learn from a carpool?
A. How to drive a car. B. How to get along with others.
C. The importance of good habits. D. Real teamwork.
4.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Kids living far away are always late for school.
B. Kids enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.
C. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.
D. Kids often have enough time to finish their homework in a carpool.
5.When in a carpool at the beginning, kids may feel .
A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. sad
