16.Emily Mason and George Peters have lived next door to each other as long as they can remember.When they were little children,they used to play together.They were good friends,(1)
they sometimes fought over toys or argued about what games they would play. As they grew older,they played together(2)
.Emily preferred to be with girls and George preferred to play with boys.When they were about fifteen years old,they(3)
stopped speaking to each other.Emily had begun to study French,and she(4)
French so much that she began to write short plays in French.In addition,she liked television programs,and she was interested in watching football games very much.Her mother used to say, "Emily,I've(5)
heard of a girl who likes football as much as you do." Mrs.Mason simply did not like her daughter's interest.Football,she felt,was for men and boys. While Emily was working on her French lessons or watching football games on TV,George was working for his father in his store after school.He liked selling things to people.Mr.Peters found George so helpful that he thought about offering him a higher(6)
.When George wasn't working at the store,he would like to be with a group of his boy friends who were organizing a sports team. (7)
,it was football that brought Emily and George back together.When George was going home one afternoon,he looked in the window of Emily's living room and he saw that she was watching a football game on TV.He walked up and knocked at the door.Emily was(8)
to see him,but she asked him to come in,and they watched the rest of the game together.Emily and George are good friends again.They still have different ideas about things sometimes,but they(9)
each other that football is the world's best game.Mrs.Mason doesn't seem(10)
her daughter's interest in football as much as used to.
17.American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays.There are two terms in a school year,the first term is from September to January,and the second is from February to June.Most American children go to public schools. High school students study only four or five subjects at a time.They usually go to the same classes every day,and they have an assignment (課外作業(yè)) for every class.After class they have many activities. After high school,many students go to college.They can go to a small one or a large one.They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育).But there are scholarships (獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金) for good students,and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.
(1)How long do American students study in school every year?
A.8 months B.9 months C.10 months D.11 months (2)High school students take
subjects at a time. A.three B.six C.two D.four or five (3)
can get scholarships. A.Many college students B.All the students C.Good high school students D.Good college students (4)Many college students work part time because
. A.they have many activities B.they have a lot of free time C.they like doing things D.they have to pay a lot of money for their education (5)According to the passage,which sentence is Not true?
A.American schools have long summer holidays. B.There are two terms in the USA. C.American students don't do exercises after class. D.They do part time job to get money to pay for their education.
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