北邮 大学英语3 阶段作业1

一、阅读理解（共1道小题，共50.0分）

1. The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United

States. It marks the unofficial end of summer and a traditional signal

that school is about to start.

But now public schools often begin sometime during August. They have different reasons for starting early.

The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes on August eleventh. Communications Director Chyrl Hill Lander says the

earlier start time makes it possible for students to take semester（学

期） exams before winter vacation in December. She says the school

district also wants to follow a calendar similar to that of the nearby

University of Arizona.

Many schools in Virginia still open the day after Labor Day. But the public schools in Montgomery County, in the southwestern part of

Virginia, began classes on August twentieth. Human Resources

Director Mark Pashier says his county has been opening schools in

August for at least the past eight years.

The main reason, he says, is the tests that schoolchildren in Virginia take every spring. School officials want the students to have the most time to prepare for them -- which means starting the year before

Labor Day. （共192字）

1. When is the American Labor Day?

A. September 1st

B. May 1st

C. the first Monday in September

D. the end of summer

2. Which day shows that a new school semester will begin in America?

A. September 1st

B. the end of summer

C. Labor Day

D. the first Monday in September

3. Which of the following statements is the reason why the Tucson Unified

School District in Arizona began classes in August?

A. The earlier start time enable students to take semester exams before

winter vacation.

B. Chyrl Hill Lander thinks it is good for students.

C. Winter vacation is in December.

D. The students have to prepare for the tests.

4. Which of the following statements is not true, according to the passage?

A. American public schools will start after the American Labor Day.

B. the first Monday of September is the unofficial end of summer in the

United States.

C. Not all Public schools in Virginia open after the American Labor

Day.

D. Schoolchildren in Virginia will take the tests in spring.

5. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Labor Day in the Unites States

B. American public schools

C. The start time of American public schools

D. Labor Day and American Public schools

1. 1. When is the American Labor Day?

A. September 1st

B. May 1st

C. the first Monday in September

D. the end of summer

2. 2. Which day shows that a new school semester will begin in

America?

A. September 1st

B. the end of summer

C. Labor Day

D. the first Monday in September

3. 3. Which of the following statements is the reason why the

Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes in

August?

A. The earlier start time enable students to take semester