17．High school plays a major role in shaping up your future and your whole development．Extracurricular（課外的） activities along with the studies can be very helpful．Make yourself take part in various activities and at the same time try to stand out in your studies．When you move out to colege these efforts that you put in may count for a lot．
High school is not just about books or classes．Schools always provide opportunities for students to socialize （社交）．There are various group tasks designed which allow the students to learn to work together． High school is the right time for you to discover yourself and bring out some of your hidden talents．In your lessons，you may find that you are better at English than you were earlier or have grown an interest for Math．High school also provides many other opportunities for students to take part in．These help develop leadership skills and management skills at an early age，which in turn is a way of preparing students to manage and plan their careers （事業(yè)） better．
Balancing all activities is an experience in time management．If you have taken up a part-time job along with your high school you would have to arrange your time for studies，and extracurricular activities．Such management can go a long way in teaching you to manage things better when you take up a job．Moreover，they help build your character．You would be better prepared for additional stress that you may feel sometimes．
When at high school you should pick up your classes wisely．Depending upon what you like and your career plan you should choose suitable classes．Doing something that you hardly like may get you very low grades as well as lose valuable time．Take up interesting and challenging classes that would allow you to put in those extra efforts．
28．What does the author advise us to do at high school？C
A．To devote all of our time to learning our lessons．
B．To try to get full marks in the final examinations．
C．To learn our lessons well and socialize frequently．
D．To make good friends as many as possible．
29．The author considers high school the time for us toB．
A．take up more part-time jobs．
B．develop our qualities that exist
C．plan our careers better
D．take up more sports outdoors
30．What is the author's attitude towards a part-time job at high school？A
A．Supportive．
B．Negative．
C．Active．
D．Doubtful．．
31．At high school we ought to choose courses thatD．
A．have a good future
B．we know little about
C．we are good at
D．we take interest in．
分析 作者給人們闡述了高中階段是人生的重要階段，從學(xué)習(xí)和社會活動等方面給同學(xué)們提出了很好的建議．
解答 28．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子Make yourself take part in various activities and at the same time try to stand out in your studies．讓自己參加各種活動，同時努力在學(xué)習(xí)中脫穎而出．可見作者建議學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)要好活動要參加，C選項(xiàng)符合題意．
29．B 推理判斷題、根據(jù)句子High school is the right time for you to discover yourself and bring out some of your hidden talents高中是你發(fā)現(xiàn)自我的好時機(jī)，發(fā)現(xiàn)一些你隱藏的才能．可以推斷出高中階段可以發(fā)展我們的品質(zhì)，所以答案選B．
30．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中句子Such management can go a long way in teaching you to manage things better when you take up a job．Moreover，they help build your character．You would be better prepared for additional stress that you may feel sometimes．如果高中階段合理安排自己的學(xué)習(xí)和兼職可以幫助你更好地管理工作，而且有助于塑造你的性格，你會更好地為你可能會遇到的壓力做準(zhǔn)備．可見作者對于高中階段從事兼職的工作是支持的，A支持；B消極的；C積極的；D是懷疑的，所以答案選A．
31．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子Depending upon what you like and your career plan you should choose suitable classes．可見高中時選擇課程要根據(jù)你喜歡什么和你的職業(yè)規(guī)劃，所以D選項(xiàng)符合題意．
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