In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they leave secondary(中等的) schools. There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private(私立的)schools . Most children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to pay for their education because the schools receive money from the government. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents still prefer private schools, though they are much more expensive. Today about half of the high school students go to universities after they finish the secondary school. A student at state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state. But many students work while they are studying at universities. In this way they develop good working habits and live by their own hands.
小題1: Children can go to school at the age of four in the U.S.
小題2:Most parents prefer to send their children to private schools in America.
小題3:About fifty percent of high school students can go on to universities after they leave the secondary school today.
小題4:Lots of American students go to universities by depending on their parents completely (完全地).
小題5:The passage is mainly about American education.

小題1:F
小題1:F
小題1:T
小題1:F
小題1:T
【主旨大意】在美國,孩子五歲才可以上學(xué)。美國有兩種學(xué)校,一是私立學(xué)校,一是公立學(xué)校,大多數(shù)孩子上的是公立學(xué)校,有些有錢的孩子去的是私立學(xué)校,因?yàn)樗搅W(xué)校要花很多錢,在美國學(xué)生上大學(xué)依靠的是自己的工作習(xí)慣和自己的雙手。
小題1: 由第一句可知,“在美國,孩子們5歲時開始上學(xué)。”
小題1:“Most children go to public schools.”可知,很多孩子去公立學(xué)校。
小題1:“Today about half of the high school students go to universities after they finish the secondary school.”可知,今天有大約一半的高中生畢業(yè)后去大學(xué)中學(xué)。
小題1:根據(jù)下文可知,在美國大學(xué)學(xué)生依靠的是自己的好的工作習(xí)慣和自己的雙手。
小題1:閱讀全文可知,短文主要說的是美國的教育。
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