Question

Several days ago, some students from the US visited our school. When we talked, I found __1__ differences in school life between the US and China. For example, each class __2__fifty minutes in the US. It is a little__3_than that in China. We usually have forty-five minutes in each class. Another difference is that they have less break time between__4__. Besides, although most schools in both countries finish their__5__classes at 12 o’clock, the students in the US only have _6__break, so they need to eat lunch quickly. Their afternoon classes begin at 1:00 pm and school is over at __7__ 3:00 pm. Then they take part in club activities or play sports.

Many Chinese students don’t work during their high school years, __8__ the US students like to find a part-time job(兼職) in their free time. They don’t have a dream job in mind. They think __9__ is no difference between jobs. Working is a useful experience for them and they make money at the same time. Some of them even take one-year full-time jobs__10__they leave high school and then go to college.

1.                A．a little          B．little           C．a few D．few

 

2.                A．has            B．finishes         C．starts D．stays

 

3.                A．shorter         B．longer          C．earlier   D．later

 

4.                A．schools         B．classes         C．meals    D．students

 

5.                A．day            B．night           C．morning  D．afternoon

 

6.                A．a hour-long      B．an hour long     C．an- hour- long D．an hour-long

 

7.                A．after           B．before         C．during    D．about

 

8.                A．although        B．when          C．but  D．and

 

9.                A．it             B．there          C．that  D．this

 

10.               A．after           B．with           C．when D．during

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文重點介紹了中美學校生活的不同，其中主要介紹了美國學校生活的特點。

1.詞義辨析。few很少，表示否定含義，修飾可數名詞；a few幾個；little很少，表達否定含義，修飾不可數名詞；a little一點。聯系下文，可知我發現一些美國和中國學校生活的不同。故選C。

2.聯系下文，可知在美國的一堂課有五十五分鐘，故選A，有。

3.聯系下文，可知比中國的課堂時間長一點，故選B，更長的。

4.聯系上下文，可知此處指的是再課堂之間，故選B，課堂。

5.聯系下文時間狀語，可知是結束上午課堂，故選C，上午。

6.聯系下文他們在下午一點上課，可知他們只有一個小時長的休息時間，hour詞首音素是元音，不定冠詞用an，選項BC結構有誤，故選C。

7.介詞辨析。A.在……之后；B.在……之前；C.在……期間；D.關于，大約。結合語境可知他們大約下午三點放學，故選D。

8.聯系上下文，可知前后是轉折關系，故選C，但是。

9.聯系上文，可知此處代詞指代上文提到的工作，故選B，其它選項無此用法。

10.詞義辨析。A.在……之后；B.帶有，伴隨；C.當……時；D.在……期間。聯系上文，可知句意為：他們甚至在離開高中后參加一年的全職工作，然后再去上大學。結合語境可知選A。

考點：關于中美學校生活的說明文

點評：這篇短文內容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區分詞義，結合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。