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In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen years old when they graduate from secondary school (中学). Another name for secondary school is high school.
Most children go to public elementary schools (小学) and secondary schools. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly for these children’s education because tax money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private school, his parents pay the school for the child’s education.
Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the government. A student at a state university does not have to pay much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive, however. Almost half of college students in the United States work while they are stud
A. Schools in the USA
B. Elementary Schools in the USA
C. Secondary Schools in the USA
D. Colleges and Universities in the USA

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In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen years old when they graduate from secondary school (中学). Another name for secondary school is high school.
Most children go to public elementary schools (小学) and secondary schools. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly for these children’s education because tax money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private school, his parents pay the school for the child’s education.
Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the government. A student at a state university does not have to pay much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive, however. Almost half of college students in the United States work while they are stud
A. pay less
B. cost less
C. pay more
D. cost more

[填空题]In the United States many high school shooting, many American schools became equipped with security systems.

[单项选择]In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder. Americans have always argued about the death penalty. Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors--i, e. , under the age of 18--to receive the death penalty
In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors. In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision. Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors.
In the state of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while he was a minor. In 1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach and two friends brutally murdered three people. Roach’s lawyer fought the decision to execute him. The young murderer remained on Death Row (a separate part of prison for
A. asked the governor for help
B. stopped the execution
C. let the courts do their job
D. fought with the governor

[单项选择]The United States is a confederation of states．Each state has the (26) to make laws with regard to the state． (27) , based on public opinion，states can (28) policies regarding education, and they may (29) a state income tax; they also determine the speed (30) , housing codes and the drinking age．
In most parts of the United States, you (31) be 21 years old to buy alcohol in a liquor store, bar (32) restaurant．In some states you may buy beer in a grocery store．If a store sells alcohol to a minor,the (33) of the store is usually (34) a large sum of money．
(35) many areas have an open-container law, (36) means that people may not drink alcohol on the street or in a car．Anyone (37) with an open container of alcohol may be arrested．
(38) with all these laws, the (39) of alcohol is a serious (40) in the United
A. condition
B. crisis
C. question
D. problem