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As a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students. In fact, just like
in China, in the United States, high school is usually divided into two periods, the first two or three years are
called "junior high school" and the other is "senior high school".
In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free
education until they are 18 years old. As a result of the free education system (制度), American children
have little difficulty in going to senior high school.
American high school students can take part in a lot of activities outside of the classroom. The activities
are organized by the school, such as joining a music group or a sports team. Certainly, just like us students
in China, American students have to work hard in order to get good marks if they want to go to a good
university. They take classes in all kinds of subjects all through the high school period. And those who come
out with low marks at the end of a school year and who should repeat a grade are often allowed to go on to
the next grade.
In American high schools, there is fighting or hurting or other kinds of bad behaviors. So children who
want to go to university are often sent to suburban (郊区的) high schools, where most students want to go
to university and the atmosphere (氛围) is quite different.
1. Activities outside of the classroom refer to ______. [ ]
A. what the students do after class in school
B. what the students learn in extra classes
C. what a music group or a sports team do
D. what the teachers do after class for the students
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true? [ ]
A. The time of free education in China is longer than that in America.
B. Those who get good marks can go to a good university.
C. American students can take all kinds of subjects during the high school period.
D. They can be allowed to join the next grade even if they fail the school-year exam.
3. The writer of the passage tells us the truth that ______. [ ]
A. the atmosphere in high schools is quite different from that in a university
B. none of the schools in cities are good for learning
C. suburban high schools are good places for learning
D. all the American students want to go to university
