四川省成都市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解提升选练80集之(45)试卷.doc

四川成都市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮提升选练80集之（45）
阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
EducationintheUnitedStatesiscompulsoryforchildrenuptoabouttheageofsixteen.Mostyoungpeoplestayinschoollongerthanthat.Mostgraduatefromhighschoolattheageof17or18.
Almosthalfofthesehighschoolgraduatescontinuetheireducationatacollegeoruniversity.Educationformostyoungpeopleinthiscountryisfreeuptothetimetheygraduatefromhighschool.Thereareprivateschools,butmostparentssendtheirchildrentopublicschools,wherestudentsdonotpaytuition.Whenyoungpeoplegotocollege,however,theymustpaytuitionatapublicuniversityoraprivateuniversity.Universitycostsaregoingupalot：privateuniversitieshavebecomeveryexpensivebecausethegovernmentdoesnothelpthem.
Whopays?Theparentsofchildrenincollegemayhavetopaymore,oroftenstudentsmayhavetofindjobs.Thesestudentshavetoworryaboutassignmentsandgradesandalsoabouttheirjobs.Iftheyworktoomuchattheirjobstheymaybeabsentfromclassormissassignmentsormaketoomanyerrorsontests.Theymayevenfailtheircoursesandhavetoleavetheuniversity.
Formanystudents,theproblemofgettinganeducationisnotjustaproblemofhomeworkandexams.Theyalsohavetomakemoneytopayfortuition.Andprofessorsdon'tteachthemhowtodothat!
1．IntheUnitedStates,almosthalfofthehighschoolgraduates________.
A．gotocollegesanduniversities
B．neednotpayanytuition
C．havetoenteropenuniversities
D．workhardtoavoiderrorsontests
答案：A本题考查细节题。由文章第二段第一句“Almosthalfofthesehighschoolgraduatescontinuetheireducationatacollegeoruniversity”可知，几乎有一半的中学生毕业都在大学或学院里继续深造。
2．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A．Mostparentsprefertosendtheirchildrentopublicschoolsratherthantoprivateschoolsduetotuition.
B．Educationisnotfreeuntilthestudentsgraduatefromhighschool.
C．Universitycostsareontheincrease.
D．Thestudentsmaybeabsentfromclassiftheyworkovertime.
答案：B本题考查细节理解。由文章第二段第二句“Educationformostyoungpeopleinthiscountryisfreeuptothetimetheygraduatefromhighschool.”可知，在这个国家，大多数年轻人接受的免费教育可持续到中学毕业，而这正与B的意思相反，因此B是正确答案。
3．Theprivateuniversitystudentshavetopaymoremoneyfortuitionbecause________.
A．theg