Most American school buildings look the same. There is always a gym, a big room for basketball and other sports. There is a lunchroom, a school library, and an auditorium. In many schools students learn running, tennis, swimming and some other sports. And the games between schools are often very exciting.
In the USA, school buses are the safest way for children to go to school. Students spend about an hour and a half in the school buses every day. For many students in the USA high schools, the most important things in their life are making friends, being popular and having a good social life. Many students go out together after school to fast food restaurants, movies or dances.
In the USA, students take some tests each year. Every year 70% of American students graduate from high school and 40% of high school students go on to college.
【小题1】How long do the students spend in their school buses every day?| A．An hour. | B．One hour and a half. | C．Half an hour. | D．Two hours. |
| A．Studying hard to be the number one in class. |
| B．Helping mothers do housework after school. |
| C．Visiting grandparents every weekend. |
| D．Joining clubs and meeting new friends. |
| A．2,000 students. | B．1,400 students. | C．800 students. | D．1,000 students. |
Students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressure from their parents. Most students are always being told to study harder by their parents so that they can have a wonderful life. Though this may be a good idea for those very clever students, it can have terrible results for many students because they have difficulties in their studies.
As it is reported, some students killed themselves. Some join the groups of troublemakers（闹事者）. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and it makes their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else, they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer, so they become dropouts（辍学生）.
Although most parents are worried about their children, they do not help them. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and it is the teachers’ work to help their children . To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools which open in the evening and on weekends. Those schools only help students to pass exams. Almost three quarters of middle school students have been to such kind of schools.
Many school usually have rules about everything, from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags. In fact, some strict rules may hurt the feelings（情感）of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one bad taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong, how to show love to others, even to their parents.
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【小题1】Many students feel unhappy because _____________________
| A．Their teachers don’t like them. | B．they worry about their parents. |
| C．Their parents put too much pressure on them | D．they can’t get on well with those clever students. |
| A．they want to kill themselves | B．They can’t do well in school |
| C．They hate everyone else they meet | D．They are afraid of making trouble |
| A．make trouble in and out of school | B．try hard buy always fail in the exams |
| C．lose hope and never do their homework | D．leave school before finishing their studies |
| A．Few students like heavy pressure. |
| B．It’s only the teacher’s duty to help the students. |
| C．Heavy pressure may be harmful to many children. |
| D．Most parents only think of their children’s exam. |
| A．show more love to the students |
| B．send the students to evening school |
| C．realize that the students should hate everyone else they meet |
| D．make the students keep all the strict school rules. |
Think your school rules are boring? Take a look at these rules.
| No hugging | Some schools in Portland and Florida started the rule no hugging in 2010. Two years later some schools in New Jersey and Brooklyn made the same rule. The reason is clear—to avoid “unsuitable interactions (不适当的互动) ”between students. |
| No bags into the classroom | One high school in Michigan doesn’t allow bags into the classroom at all. The school asks students to return to their lockers (有锁存物柜) between classes for their books in order to make sure they are safe in lunchrooms and classrooms. |
| No Ugg boots (Ugg靴子) | It might get very cold in winter in Pennsylvania, but students there aren’t allowed to wear their Ugg boots into class. It’s to stop them from hiding things like mobile phones in the boots. |
| No balls | A Toronto school doesn’t allow its students to bring any hard balls to school. Why? A parent was taken to hospital with a concussion (脑震荡) after being hit by a ball. |
【小题1】When did some schools in New Jersey make the rule “no hugging”?
| A．In 2008. | B．In 2010. | C．In 2012. | D．In 2014. |
| A．School s in Portland. | B．Schools in Florida. |
| C．Schools in Pennsylvania. | D．School s in Brooklyn. |
| A．A teacher. | B．A doctor. | C．A student. | D．A parent. |
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