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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour 1 sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't 2 anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not 3 the way, I thought I'd just head east.
A bus 4 , and I asked the divrer how far she was going. “Four 5 lights,”she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long 6 .
She dropped me off at the end of her way and told me which bus to 7 . After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a 8 pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield (挡风玻璃). It was out of service. 9 the door, opened, and I was surprised to find that it was 10 driver.
“I just can't 11 you here,”she said.“This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a 12 home.”
“You'll drive me home in the bus?”I asked, puzzled.
“No, I'll 13 you in my car,”she said.
“It's a long way,”I warned.
“ 14 ”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days 15 , her brother had run out of 16 . A good Samaritan (行善者) picked him up, took him to a 17 and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the 18 on,”she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she 19 hear of it.“That wouldn't make it a favor,”she said.“Just do something nice for 20 . Pass it on.”
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High school dropouts（辍学者）earn an average of $ 9 ,000 less per year than graduates. Now a
new study dispels a common belief why they quit. It’s much more basic than flunking out（不及格）.
Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it. They are lazy ,and
perhaps not two bright．So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who
quit school about why they left.
''The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have
graduated from high school. “ John Bridgeland , the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens
leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic（美籍西班牙的）
students will receive a diploma（证书） ,and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision.
So , if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit , what does? Again ,John Bridgeland : “The
most dependable finding was that they were bored. “ They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t
inspired or motivated. They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the
classroom to their own lives , or to their career aspirations. "
The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen , which happens to be
the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US ,only one state ,New Mexico ,has a
law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California ,
Tennessee , Texas and Utah , plus the District
of Columbia , require school attendance until age 18 ,
no exceptions , another researcher ,says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to
keep more kids in school．
''As these dropouts look back ,they realize they’ve made a mistake. And anything that sort of
gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end , is probably helpful measure. ''
New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that
forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point－the need for
reform. It's been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant ,
and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.
1. Most high school students drop out of school because .
A. they have failing grade
B. they take no interest in classes
C. they are discriminated against
D. they are lazy and not intelligent
2. The underlined words “stick it out “ probably means “ ''.
A. complete schooling
B. solve the problem
C. love having classes
D. believe in themselves
3. In the last paragraph , the writer is trying to .
A. analyze the reason why students quit school
B. suggest raising the compulsory attendance age
C. raise awareness of reforming high school education
D. wish to make laws to guarantee no education
4. From the passage ,we can infer the following EXCEPT that ．
A. the grades of most dropouts at school were acceptable
B. about 500 , 000 high school dropouts are black and Spanish
C. classes don't appeal to dropouts
D. on average dropouts cannot get good jobs
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Yesterday, my old car broke down on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour 1 sunset, and I was 25 miles away from home. I couldn’t get anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not 2 the way, I thought I’d just head east.
A bus stopped, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four 3 lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long 4 .
She dropped me off at the end of her way and told me which bus to 5 . After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a 6 stopped. There was no lighted number above its windshield (挡风玻璃). It was out of service. 7 the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
“I just can’t 8 you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.”
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, puzzled.
“No, I’ll 9 you in my car, ” she said.
“It’s a long way, ”I warned.
“ 10 ” she said. “ I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days 11 , her brother had run out of 12 . A good Samaritan (行善者) picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the 13 on,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she 14 hear of it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for 15 . Pass it on.”
1. A. after B. before C. at D. when
2. A. knowing B. finding C. remembering D. recognizing
3. A. other B. further C. more D. distant
4. A. waiting B. time C. sitting D. night
5. A. wait for B. wait on C. turn to D. stick to
6. A. taxi B. bus C. car D. motor
7. A. But B. And C. So D. Although
8. A. help B. leave C. keep D. allow
9. A. put B. get C. take D. carry
10. A. Come on B. Take it easy C. All right D. So it is
11. A. before B. after C. earlier D. later
12. A. breath B. gas C. money D. sight
13. A. help B. favor C. respect D. chain
14. A. didn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. shouldn’t
15. A. you B. me C. him D. somebody
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