牛津上海版高一英语话题阅读专项训练：学校生活（有答案）.docx

话题：学校生活Passage 1When you put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It’s time to enjoy yourselves!There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It’s to mark the time kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before. At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres (a small collection of flowers they pin to their jackets). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.Common prom activities include dining, dancing, the crowning (加冠) of a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, on a pleasure cruise boat.But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honors that the pair take very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the prom. But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to be saying goodbye.If you like the idea of a prom, why don’t you and your classmates organize one for your graduation?1. Which of the following indicates that prom is very important to students?A. They take pictures at the prom. B. They wear formal clothes or special clothes.C. Music is played at the prom. D. Teachers and parents attend it. 2. Which of the following is an economical way to hold the prom?A. Renting a ballroom. B. Taking a cruise boat.C. Holding it in the school gym. D. Wearing formal dresses.3. Why do some students attend the prom with their friends?A. They will part with their friends in a short time. B. They don’t like to be accompanied by their parents.C. They don’t want to depend on their parents. D. They want to be elected by their friends as the Prom King or Queen.4. What is the writer’s purpose to write this passage?A. To tell an interesting experience of high school students.B. To tell how the western students spend the last days of high school.C. To introduce several ways of western students’ killing time.D. To tell how western high school students usually celebrate graduation.参考答案：BCADPassage 2 When I met him， I had a lot of anger inside of me. I‘ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem， but in my neighborhood， there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way， too， but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours， making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact， the scores of our whole class rose. One day， he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera， and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show， he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney‘s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat； those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names， Mr. Clark said， “You’re all going.” On graduation day， there were a lot of tears. We didn‘t want his class to end. In 2001， he moved to Atlanta， but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education， and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules， The Essential 55. In 2003， Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages （孤儿院）。

It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women‘s clubs，helping people from all backgrounds. 1. Without Mr. Clark， the writer _________. A. might have put into prison B. might not have won the prize C. might have joined a women‘s club D. might not have moved to Atlanta 2. The Essential 55 is ___________. A. a show B. a speech C. a classroom rule D. a book 3. How ma。