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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AMERICA
Prior to higher education, American students attend primary (1) _____________secondary school for a combined(2)_____________of 12 years. These years are referred to as the first through twelfth grades.
Around age six, U.S. children begin primary (3)_____________, which is most commonly called “elementary school.” They(4)_____________five or six years and then go onto secondary school.
Secondary school consists of two(5)_____________: the first is “middle school” or “junior high school” and the second program is “high school.” A diploma or certificate is awarded( 6)_____________ graduation from high school. After graduating high school (12th grade), U.S. students may( 7)_____________ on to college or university. College or university (8) _____________ is known as “higher education.”
II. Read the following text and answer the questions below.
Everyone in this world has a favorite place. Some people tend to stay at their workplaces and some people like to spend time at restaurants, but I an introvert and I mostly like to spend time at my home. I love my house and my favorite room in my house is my bedroom. My bedroom is on the first floor of my house and it is a very beautiful room.
I spend most of time in my bedroom. The first thing is that I sleep in my bedroom, so it is the place which gives me the ultimate relaxation. I also like to watch movies in my room. Some people like to watch movies in their living room but I think otherwise. I want privacy and my bedroom is the only place where I can get it. There is no noise, no disturbance. My friends also like my room and whenever they come to my house they prefer to sit in my room.
1. Where does the author mostly like to spend time?
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2. Which room doas the author like best?
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3. Why does the author want to watch movies in his/ her bedroom?
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4. Where do his/ her friends prefer to sit when visting him/her?
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5. What is the main contents of the passage?
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III. Read the text below and write on word in each blank to complete it
You might be a terrible friend and not event realize it. That should scare (1)_____________, it should!
You know what? Right now you should (2)_____________sweating profusely, pacing the floor, and asking yourself whether or not you know(3)_____________to be a good friend.
Sometimes our actions and the words that escape(4)_____________mouths stop going through a filter. Then eventually we’re not even conscious (5)_____________how horrible we are as a person or(6)_____________ friend.
We get so used to our friends that we become insensitive to the things we say and (7)_____________. Sure, that level of comfort can be a good thing, but at the same time a lot of ugliness can start leaking out. It could be a reflection of the (8)_____________ you really are
Music, like the other fine arts, is what feeds the soul and touches the body, moving it. Anyone who has grown up with a musically talented parent knows the tremendous part that music plays in one's memory. And, anyone who has "been acquainted with the night" as Robert Frost put it, knows and can relate to the Blues.
Music can fit our moods, as well. I will always remember riding along with a friend years ago. This friend loved hard rock, but he had Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" playing as I got into the car. "What is this?" I asked. "You don't ever listen to Country Western; in fact, you loathe it!"
"Yeah, it's the strangest thing: after breaking up with J____,it all seems to make sense now. Anyway, I think I feel like Johnny did in this song," he replied.
Yes, sometimes we are in harmony with what music says and it talks to us, and pulls at our hearts in most unusual ways, nurturing, comforting, commiserating, exhilirating, soothing, strengthening us against the dark. What would life be like without it? Terribly cold and silent, indeed.
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