“The word that most kids use when they talk about high school is ‘boring’,” says Littky. “But no one would say the Met was boring.” Advisors(指导老师) (not teachers) work with s mall groups of students for four years. Students spend almost half of their school time learning real-life skills(技能), such as working for business(生意), spending time with government(政府) people, and helping teach younger childre n. Instead of(代替) tests, the students give shows about their work outside school.

In fact, students work harder here than in other schools. All the students from the Met graduate and can choose to go to a good university (大学). Now, Bill Gates is starting schools like this one around the USA.

(    ) 41. ______ think(s) that the Met School is the best.

A. The headmaster of the Met School.

B. The student outside the Met School.

C. All the students and their parents from the Met School.

D. The teachers at the Met School.

(    ) 42. What do most high school students think of normal(普通的) school?

A. Interesting.    B. Relax.   C. Boring.  D. Exciting

(    )43.What does the underlined word “graduate” in the last paragraph mean in Chinese?

A. 毕业         B. 离开    C. 结束    D. 搬离

(    ) 44. What do the students do at the Met School?

A. They spend all their school time playing.

B. They keep giving shows about their school.

C. They only learn from working for business.

D. Almost half of the time, they learn real-life skills.

(    ) 45 .According to the passage, which of the following if TRUE?

A. Life at the Met School is very easy because there are no tests.

B. Teachers at the Met School give students much more homework than at normal school.

C. Students can choose to go to a good university.

D. Students at the Met School s pend all their time working outside school.

Passage D 阅读短文，完成文后表格

Heather Sitarzewski is an artist. Like many other mothers, she wakes up early and makes lunch for her son every day. The lunch is delicious, lovely and beautiful. She uses all kinds of food to make her son’s lunch look like cartoon characters.(卡通人物)

Heather’s son is eight years old. She knows what  her son loves to eat, so she often buys some ahead of time((提前). She always uses lettuce as a “bed” to hold the pictures, and uses bread or apples for faces and eggs for eyes. The biggest problem of bringing Disney to the box, she says, is making sure the different food all stays together and in one place. It always takes her an hour to make lunch for her son. You can see many famous Disney cartoons, such as Goofy and Mickey Mouse.

Heather loves cartoons, movies and music. Her son likes everything her mother did, so it’s happy thing for him to have lunch at school.

Mother makes amazing(令人惊讶的)lunch for her son

What is Heather Sitarzewski?  An____46________.

How does she make lunch? By making___47______with different food.

What is the___48______for her to make lunch for her son? Putting different food in one box.

How long does it take her to make lunch for her son? It takes her ____49_____ to make lunch for her son.

What does Heather like doing? Watching movies and _____50_________.