【AsastudentyoumustbeexcitedtoknowsomethingaboutAmericanschoolstudents.InfactjustlikeinChinaintheUnitedStateshighschoolisusuallydividedintotwoperiodsthefirsttwoorthreeyearsarecalled“juniorhighsch】
AsastudentyoumustbeexcitedtoknowsomethingaboutAmericanschoolstudents.InfactjustlikeinChinaintheUnitedStateshighschoolisusuallydividedintotwoperiodsthefirsttwoorthreeyearsarecalled“juniorhighschool”andtheotheris“seniorhighschool”.
InChinachildrenenjoyfreeeducationofnineyearsbutintheUnitedStatesthestudentsenjoyfreeeducation(whichwillbestartedwhentheyareabout6yearsold)untiltheyare18yearsold.AsaresultofthefreeeducationsystemAmericanchildrenhavelittledifficultyingoingtoseniorhighschool.
Americanhighschoolstudentscantakepartinalotofactivitiesoutsideoftheclassroom.Theactivitiesareorganizedbytheschoolsuchasjoiningamusicgrouporasportsteam.CertainlyjustlikeusstudentsinChinaAmericanstudentshavetoworkhardinordertogetgoodmarksiftheywanttogotoagooduniversity.Theytakeclassesinallkindsofsubjectsallthroughthehighschoolperiod.Andstudentswithlowmarksattheendofaschoolyeararestillallowedtogoontothenextgrade.
InAmericanhighschoolsthereisfightingorhurtingorotherkindsofbadbehaviors.Sochildrenwhowanttogotouniversityareoftensenttosuburban(郊区的)highschoolswheremoststudentswanttogotouniversityandtheatmosphere(氛围)isquitedifferent.
1.Thispassagemainlytellsusabout________.
A.educationofChinesemiddleschool
B.educationofAmericanhighschool
C.Americanfreeeducation
D.howtogetintouniversitiesinAmerica
2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.ThetimeoffreeeducationinChinaislongerthanthatinAmerica.
B.Thosewhogetgoodmarkscangotoagooduniversity.
C.Americanstudentscantakeallkindsofsubjectsduringthehighschoolperiod.
D.Theycanbeallowedtojointhenextgradeeveniftheyfailtheschool-yearexam.
3.Thewriterofthepassagetellsusthetruththat________.
A.theatmosphereinhighschoolsisnotgood
B.noneoftheschoolsincitiesaregoodforlearning
C.suburbanhighschoolsaregoodplacesforlearning
D.alltheAmericanstudentswanttogotouniversity