Several days ago, some students from the US visited our school. When we talked, I discovered ___26___ differences in school life between the US and China. For example, each class ___27__ fifty minutes in the US. It is a little ___28___ than that in China. We usually have forty-five minutes in each class. Another difference is that they have less break time between ___29___. Besides, although most schools in both countries finish their ___30__ classes at 12 o’clock, the students in the US only have an hour-long break, so they __31__ eat lunch quickly. Their afternoon classes begin at 1:00 pm and school is over ___32__ 3:00 pm. Then they take part in club activities or play sports.

   Many Chinese students don’t work during their high school years, while the US students like to find a part-time job in __33__ free time. They don’t have a dream job in mind. They think ___34___ is no difference between jobs. Working is a useful experience for them and they make money at the same time. Some of them even take one-year full-time jobs __35__ they leave high school and then go to college.

26. A. no         B. few    C. little     D. some

27. A. lasts      B. finishes    C. starts     D. stays

28. A. shorter     B. longer    C. earlier    D. later

29. A. schools    B. classes    C. meals     D. students

30. A. day       B. night     C. morning    D. afternoon

31. A. can’t      B. mustn’t   C. need to     D. are able to

32. A. in        B. for       C. during      D. around

33. A. my       B. his       C. their       D. your

34. A. it         B. there     C. that       D. this

35. A. after      B. with      C. while      D. during

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several days ago, some students from the US visited our school. When we talked, I found __26__ differences in school life between the US and China. For example, each class __27__fifty minutes in the US. It is a little__28_than that in China. We usually have forty-five minutes in each class. Another difference is that they have less break time between__29__. Besides, although most schools in both countries finish their__30__classes at 12 o’clock, the students in the US only have __31__break, so they need to eat lunch quickly. Their afternoon classes begin at 1:00 pm and school is over at __32__ 3:00 pm. Then they take part in club activities or play sports.

Many Chinese students don’t work during their high school years, __33__ the US students like to find a part-time job(兼职) in their free time. They don’t have a dream job in mind. They think __34__ is no difference between jobs. Working is a useful experience for them and they make money at the same time. Some of them even take one-year full-time jobs__35__they leave high school and then go to college.

（     ）26. A. a little             B. little          C. a few                     D. few

（     ）27. A. has            B. finishes          C. starts                          D. stays

（     ）28. A. shorter                  B. longer            C. earlier                   D. laterxkb1.com

（     ）29. A. schools          B. classes                  C. meals                          D. students

（     ）30. A. day              B. night             C. morning                D. afternoon

（     ）31. A. a hour-long    B. an hour long     C. an- hour- long        D. an hour-long

（     ）32. A. after           B. before          C. during                 D. about

（     ）33. A. although      B. when           C. but                   D. and

（     ）34. A. it               B. there             C. that                    D. this

（     ）35. A. after             B. with                    C. when                   D. during