American Schools
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(學(xué)期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects(學(xué)科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class.  After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college(大學(xué)). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

1. 1.

   How long is each term?

   1. A.
      Two months.
   2. B.
      Three months.
   3. C.
      Four months.
   4. D.
      Five months.
2. 2.

   How old are the students when they graduate(畢業(yè)) from high school?

   1. A.
      Five years old
   2. B.
      Seven or eight years old.
   3. C.
      Seventeen or eighteen years old.
   4. D.
      Twenty years old.
3. 3.

   How many subjects do the high school students have each term?

   1. A.
      Three or four.
   2. B.
      Five or six.
   3. C.
      Six or seven.
   4. D.
      Four or five.
4. 4.

   What do many college students do after class in America?

   1. A.
      Many of them read books after class.
   2. B.
      Many of them go to work to get money for their studies.
   3. C.
      Many of them go to parties.
   4. D.
      Many of them go out with their friends.

What        at nine o’clock last Sunday morning?
A. was you doing       B. were you doing           C. are they doing

One midnight（午夜）, a little girl woke up （醒來）to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared（害怕）.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage（勇敢些）!”
“What’s courage（勇氣）?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave（勇敢的） breath（呼吸）,” her mother answered.
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly.”
The girl held out（伸出） her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow（吹） some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls（口） of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously（緊張地）, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away（跑掉）. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kinds of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind（心）. Who we should defeat(戰(zhàn)勝) is nobody but ourselves.

1. 1.

   The girl walked back because __________.

   1. A.
      the bathroom was too far away
   2. B.
      her mother wouldn’t go with her
   3. C.
      she was too afraid of the dark                  
2. 2.

   We learn from the reading that ___________.

   1. A.
      the girl went to the bathroom by herself       
   2. B.
      the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
   3. C.
      the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath
3. 3.

   To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

   1. A.
      held out her little hands
   2. B.
      clenched her fists          
   3. C.
      talk to her mother
4. 4.

   The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

   1. A.
      adults are always brave enough                
   2. B.
      children learn to be brave quickly
   3. C.
      the fear in one’s mind is the real problem
5. 5.

   Which is the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      The Fearless Mother         
   2. B.
      One Lonely Girl      
   3. C.
      The Breath of Courage

"What does your father do?" " _______."

1. A.
   He likes football.
2. B.
   He is 40.
3. C.
   He is a doctor.
4. D.
   She is a worker.