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一、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.
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 enables 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:he 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

Answer 1

1,C
根据开头的第一句“The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States.”
2,C
根据开头的第二句话“It marks the unofficial end of summer and a traditional signal that school is about to start”（翻译成汉语就是它标志着一种非正式的暑期的结束和是一种传统的标志着新学期将要开始的信号）
3,A
根据第二段中的这句“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.”可以知道答案是A
4,A
应该是before
5,C
文章通篇都在说学校开学的时间,所以应该选择C