谁帮我做下大学英语精读一作业一阅读理解（11）第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分,满分30分）Passage1ThefirstMondayinSeptemberisLaborDayintheUnitedStates.Itmarkstheunofficialendofsummer

　　谁帮我做下大学英语精读一作业一阅读理解（11）

　　第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分,满分30分）

　　Passage1

　　ThefirstMondayinSeptemberisLaborDayintheUnitedStates.Itmarkstheunofficialendofsummerandatraditionalsignalthatschoolisabouttostart.

　　ButnowpublicschoolsoftenbeginsometimeduringAugust.Theyhavedifferentreasonsforstartingearly.

　　TheTucsonUnifiedSchoolDistrictinArizonabeganclassesonAugusteleventh.CommunicationsDirectorChyrlHillLandersaystheearlierstarttimemakesitpossibleforstudentstotakesemester（学期）examsbeforewintervacationinDecember.ShesaystheschooldistrictalsowantstofollowacalendarsimilartothatofthenearbyUniversityofArizona.

　　ManyschoolsinVirginiastillopenthedayafterLaborDay.ButthepublicschoolsinMontgomeryCounty,inthesouthwesternpartofVirginia,beganclassesonAugusttwentieth.HumanResourcesDirectorMarkPashiersayshiscountyhasbeenopeningschoolsinAugustforatleastthepasteightyears.

　　Themainreason,hesays,istheteststhatschoolchildreninVirginiatakeeveryspring.Schoolofficialswantthestudentstohavethemosttimetoprepareforthem--whichmeansstartingtheyearbeforeLaborDay.

　　1.WhenistheAmericanLaborDay?

　　ASeptember1st

　　BMay1st

　　CthefirstMondayinSeptember

　　Dtheendofsummer

　　2.WhichdayshowsthatanewschoolsemesterwillbegininAmerica?

　　ASeptember1st

　　BTheendofsummer

　　CLaborDay

　　DThefirstMondayinSeptember

　　3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisthereasonwhytheTucsonUnifiedSchoolDistrictinArizonabeganclassesinAugust?

　　ATheearlierstarttimeenablesstudentstotakesemesterexamsbeforewintervacation.

　　BChyrlHillLanderthinksitisgoodforstudents.

　　CWintervacationisinDecember.

　　DThestudentshavetoprepareforthetests.

　　4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

　　AAmericanpublicschoolswillstartaftertheAmericanLaborDay.

　　BThefirstMondayofSeptemberistheunofficialendofsummerintheUnitedStates.

　　CNotallPublicschoolsinVirginiaopenaft