Question

When 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 is an economical way to hold the prom?

A. Renting a ballroom.

B. Holding it in the school gym.

C. Taking a cruise boat.

D. Wearing formal dresses.

2.Which of the following clearly 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.

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 serval ways of western students’ killing time.

D. To tell how western high school students usually celebrate graduation.

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：庆祝高中毕业的方式很多，而在西方国家高中毕业生往往通过举办毕业舞会来庆祝他们的毕业。

1.B细节信息题。根据文章中“But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym.”可知，通过用学校的体育馆（来作舞会场地），可以消减费用。故该题正确答案为B.

2.B推理判断题。人们往往通过穿着得正式来体现场合的正式和事件的重要。故该题的正确答案为B.

3.A细节信息题。根据文章中“But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to be saying goodbye.”可知，一些毕业生会和他的朋友们一起参加舞会，是因为不久他们就要分别了。故该题正确答案为A.

4.D通读全文可知，文章讲述在西方国家高中毕业生往往通过举办毕业舞会来庆祝他们的毕业。故该题正确答案为D.

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