Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can’t talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.    

Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.

Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds’ nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.

Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.

Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don’t need to share their food.

As children, many of us learn the saying “You can't fool Mother Nature.” But maybe you can't trust her, either.

32. A plover protects its young from a predator by___________.

A. getting closer to its young         

B. driving away the adult predator

C. leaving its young in another nest    

D. pretending to be injured

33. By “Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky” (paragraph 5), the author means_______.

A. chimps are ready to attack others  

B. chimps are sometimes dishonest

C. chimps are jealous of the winners  

D. chimps can be selfish too

34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.

B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.

C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.

D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.

35. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Do animals lie?               

B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?

C. How do animals learn to lie?    

D. How does honesty help animals survive?

    假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

          2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Mary,

I receive your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me. I’m getting on well with my research work in the lab. But to my greatly surprise you say you will give up learn English. The reason is because you have not done well in it recently and you have lost interests. I’m afraid I couldn’t agree with you . I know it is difficulty to learn English, and English is widely used in the world today. It will be important tool in our future work. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, you will be succeed. Do remember that where there is a will, there is a way. I’ m looking forward to hearing good news from you.

                                                            Yours,

                                                            Li Hua

假设你是高二年级学生李华，将给你在美国的笔友汤姆写信介绍你的近况，内容包括以下几点：

1. 学习内容上：难度增加，要适当调整学习策略；

2. 教学方法上：敢于创新（以英语课堂为例说明）；

3. 学习心态上：乐观自信不畏难。

注意：1.字数不少于100词，

2.必须涵盖以上信息，但可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

3.开头已给出，不计入字数。

Dear Tom，

  How are you doing? …

Yours,

LiHua

Green Hills, Clear Water, Blue Sky is a project that __61_ (set) up by the government three years ago. Since it was created, many people __62__ (take) part. They think __63__ is their duty to make the public aware __64_ the importance of protecting our environment.

First, some factory owners have played a major role in serious damaging the environment. They have only focus on making more money. Their actions have resulted in serious damage to the environment. Those __65__ want government action feel that the government should advise factory owners to cut back on __66_ (produce), so that they produce __67__ (little) waste.

Second, some people believe that the government should pass laws to punish those who damage the environment. The government should let everyone know that it is __68__ (legal) to kill or sell rare animals. Conservation centers should also be built to protect plants and animals in danger.

Common people still play an important role in protecting the environment, __69__ the government should work side with them __70__ (take) care of the Earth.

 A year ago, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After the reception, we were waiting for a public transport bus to go back home. It was nine o'clock at night, and although many buses passed, none stopped.
     We waited for an hour and were getting desperate. We wouldn't be able to stay overnight because it was a weekday, and we both needed to work the next day. It was almost 10 pm when a family who had attended the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably sensing that we were waiting for some means of transport, they stopped and gave us a lift. I was so touched by their kindness, and I expressed my gratitude to them.
     When we reached my hometown, the family dropped us at the nearest point from where we could catch a shared taxi to get back to the spot where we had parked our bike. On the way, a laborer stopped the taxi. The driver saw his clothes and asked him whether he had money to pay the fare.
    The laborer shook his head and said, "No".

On hearing this, the driver refused to take him. I remembered my own plight a few minutes earlier, and I told the driver to allow him to sit with us, as I would pay his fare.

What an immediate opportunity to pass on the family's act of kindness! That night, I felt light-hearted and I went to sleep happily and filled with joy about what I had gotten to do. May this chain of kindness continue!

4. Why the author and his friend waiting for a bus at nine o’clock at night?

   A. Because they were going to attend a wedding.

   B. Because they wanted to go back home.

   C. Because they intended to meet a family.

   D. Because they planned to help a laborer.

5. What was the driver’s attitude toward the laborer’s asking for a lift?

   A. Positive.                  B. Friendly.

   C. Uncaring.                 D. Respectful.

6. The underlined word “plight” in paragraph could best be replaced by “_________”.

   A. trouble                   B. opportunity

   C. kindness                  D. tiredness

7. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. A Kind and Helpful Family

   B. An Unusual Wedding

   C. Magic Chain of Kindness

   D. Attitude Decides Everything

He is a Time Lord who can travel anywhere he wants in time, but still never seems to be happy. He is always very well dressed. He refuses to use guns to kill anybody, preferring to trust his brains.Who could be a better hero for British people? He is the Doctor, hero of the popular BBC TV series Doctor Who, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 2005 reboot on March 26.

In 2005 the sci-fi TV series returned to British screens after originally running from 1963 until 1989. In the series, the Doctor travels through time in his TARDIS police box，saving Earth and other planets from dangerous aliens and humans.      

The show looked a little different upon its 2005 return 一 the show used to be famous for cheap, ugly special effects but they were gone, replaced by expensive computer effects and attractive young stars. Christopher Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor in 2005, and there have been four more since, including the current Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi.

You may wonder why the Doctor has been played by so many people, thirteen in total. This is because every few years, the doctor “regenerates”，which means his character "dies” but comes back to life with a completely new body afterwards. As the Radio Times put it：“Who else can cheat death by getting a whole new face?”

The show has no limits. The Doctor has already visited the time of Shakespeare, found out the truth about the American moon landing of 1969’ and gone back to the very early days of Earth. He has also traveled forward in time and been to many strange planets. Who knows where he’ll go in the next 10 years? Or if the Doctor will even be a man? Last year, head writer Steven Moffat told BANG Showbiz ii is very possible that a woman will play the Doctor in the future

Are you ready for more travels with him or her through time?

28. What is the article mainly about?

A. The actors who have played the hero in Doctor Who.

B. A brief introduction to the BBC TV series Doctor Who.

C. What inspired the producers to make Doctor Who.

D.What influence Doctor Who has had on other sci-fi TV shows.

29. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Doctor in Doctor Who?

A. Although he is always well dressed, he is very cruel inside.

B. He has gone through 10 “regenerations” in the past decade.

C .He is belter at solving problems with his guns than with his brains.

D .His mission is to protect Earth and other planets from attack.

30.  What can we learn about Doctor Who from the article?

A. In 2005, BBC producers started a new Doctor Who series after a 42-year break.

B. The show looked more fashionable and attractive upon its 2005 return.

C. The producers use creative but cheap special effects in the new Doctor Who series.

D .Doctor Who is quite popular in Britain because it was the first British sci-fi show.

31.   We can conclude from the second-to-last paragraph that the Doctor Who series______.

A .is very imaginative    

B. seems hard to understand

C .involves scientific discoveries

D .is an accurate reflection of human history

 Later, as we had expected, the meeting was held at ___is called Hilton Hotel.

   A. where     B. what       C. which        D. that

    What are the biggest problems that society will have to deal with in the new age? There are diseases like AIDS and cancer. There’s climate change, of course. And what about producing enough cheap food and energy for the world’s growing population? Who’s going to solve all these terrible problems? Yes, politicians and world leaders will have a big part to play. Yes, businesses will need to create the economic wealth to pay for some of these things. But who’s going to make a much greater difference to something like AIDS or climate change? It’s going to be a scientist. It is the scientist who can turn some new bit of science into a new technology to solve these problems.

    If you like thinking about the world around you, why not become a scientist? It doesn’t mean you have to wear a white coat and plastic glasses and spend all your time in a lab as most people often imagine! Scientists do all kinds of amazing things that are actually interesting!

    Military scientists develop not only new weapons but new military technologies that could help make wars out of date. Forensic(法医的) scientists work with the police to find quite small clues to catch criminals. Scientists work in schools and colleges as the teachers and professors who will train tomorrow’s scientists. Don’t think a scientist is far away! Maybe you like cooking? You could be a food technologist helping to keep fruit and vegetables fresher for longer. Perhaps sport is your thing? Do you know that most top athletes work with sports scientists in order to improve their performance? You could even be the science writer who gets to spend the life studying the latest advances and sharing them with the world.

Looking for something to do for the rest of your life? My advice? Take a long and hard look at science. It is interesting and ever.

28. Many problems are mentioned in the first paragraph to ____
   A. suggest they are impossible to be solved
   B. introduce the causes of these problems
   C. show the writer’s worry about the future world
   D. show scientists play an important part in solving them

29. What is needed to solve these problems?
   A. Advanced weapons.             B. Enough energy.
   C. New technologies.               D. A growing population.
30. Most people think the life of scientists is ____.
   A. amazing     B. boring       C. colorful     D. unreal
31.Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?
   A. Military technologies could help prevent wars in the future.
   B. For those interested in cooking, food technologies may be a choice.
   C. Forensic scientists play an important part in dealing with crimes.
   D. Politicians and world leaders can solve all the social problems.
32. The passage is intended for people who ____.
  A. haven’t decided on their career 

  B. have no interest in science
  C. hope for the world peace         

  D. have little knowledge of science

假设你校英语社团将举办以“抵制网络谣言，从我做起”为主题的征文活动，请你以“Resisting Internet Rumors”为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文投稿。内容主要包括：

1. 网络谣言的现状

2.     网络谣言的危害

3.     抵制网络谣言的措施

  注意：可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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We’ll send you a copy as soon as it becomes _______. We are working on it day and night.

  A. present                B. qualified             C. available              D. renewable

Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.

    She got trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it , but the shifts(工作班次)are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”

    So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡ 90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”

    The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.

    Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”

    The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself－and I usually do, together with the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”

    Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”

24．Margaret quit her job as a nurse because ______   ．

A．she wanted to earn more money to support her family

B．she had suffered a lot of mental pressure

C．she needed the right time to look after her children

D．she felt tired of taking care of patients

25．Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because ______    ．

A．they never clean their offices         B．they look down upon cleaners

C．they never do their work carefully     D. they always make a mess in their offices

26．When at work, Margaret feels   ______    ．

A．light-hearted because of her fellow workers    B．happy because the building is fully lit

C．tired because of the heavy workload          D．bored because time passes slowly

27．The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _____  ．

A．help care for her children           B．regret what they had said

C．show sympathy for her             D．feel disappointed with her   

 Thomas Jefferson once said，“I’m a great believer in luck，and I find ________I work，________I have of it.”

A. the harder；the less    B. the harder；the more

C. the more hard；the less    D. the more hard；the more

 He sold me the house at a cheap price and threw in some of the furniture        .

A. on the spot    B. subscribe to

C. went for    D. made out

My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.

If you come to visit, you’ll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it’s dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest to you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.

Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console(控制器), a small machine that turns things on and off around you.

 The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to movies, you need a ticket. If I give you car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.

I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I’ve put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better that the ones I’ve put in today.

I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, “How will I live without them?”

48. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A.  How to develop a new system.   B. The function of the PIN.

C.  A home for the future.     D. Easy life in the future.

49. This PIN tells the house ________.

A. what you need           B. who and where you are

C. where the lights nearest you are    D. how you wear clothes

50. What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage?

A.  An IT expect.          B. A famous doctor.

C. An idealist.            D. An experienced teacher. 

   One and a half years ago, young mother Johanna Glennen decided to open her regular market stall in a separate building as a “pop-up” shop. Fairly soon she __41___ forces with a number of other local ____42____ who were running stalls of their own. And thus Jellybeans Children’s Boutique was ___43_____. With efforts from the mothers, the model has become so __44___ that the supposed “pop-up” shop has attracted many ___45____.

   Johanna says, “I needed something that I could do at ___46____ time when the kids were in bed and something to keep moving forward. I think it’s any work-at-home mum’s _47___ to have their own shop. It’s usually impossible. __48____, starting off with the background of the market, I had the support of stall owners to __49____ a shop, and was able to run the __50____ with all the women in it.”

   Johanna says the women in the shop take turns to work, and everyone makes their own ___51___ profits. “They were sort of __52____ their own individual business within one shop, and now we just do it __53____ so it’s easier for everyone,” she says. “We have absolutely no problem with people __54___ their kids to work. It usually keeps customers in the shop longer, ___55_____ everyone loves a baby.”

   “Working together has __56__ all involved. If someone doesn’t know how to sew a certain thing, someone will know how to do it, so we can ask each other for ___57___ and give opinions on new products and things.”

   Johanna adds she’d certainly __58___ the cooperative business model to other people. “I think it’s a great thing, ___59_____ for smaller communities. Women with similar interests can get together and open up a shop; it’s not as ___60___ as it seems. Most importantly, we became good friends and we benefited from working together.”

41. A. divided             B. increased        C. joined             D. discovered
42. A. teachers           B. mothers          C. kids                 D. fathers
43. A. born                  B. found               C. stopped          D. finished
44. A. fruitless             B. successful       C. useless            D. important
45. A. students            B. workers            C. adults              D. buyers
46. A. night                 B. day                  C. tea                   D. lunch
47. A. regret                B. honor               C.  failure            D. dream
48. A. Therefore         B. Besides           C.  However        D. Otherwise
49. A. get through       B. open up           C. come across   D. turn over
50. A. company          B. club                 C. shop                D. neighborhood

51. A. common            B. regular             C. normal            D. separate
52. A. running            B. following          C. collecting         D. searching
53. A. directly             B. soon                C. together          D. again
54. A. helping             B. bringing           C. putting             D. asking

55. A. unless               B. though             C. when               D. because

56. A. benefited          B. excited             C. protected            D. promised
57. A. money                  B. holiday          C. advice                 D. food
58. A. pass               B. recommend            C. lend                    D. present
59. A. especially          B. mainly                  C. generally               D. surely
60. A. interesting         B. strange            C. good                   D. difficult

—If you are free，I’ll invite you to see a film tomorrow.
—　　　　.It couldn’t be better.

A. I’m sorry　　B．Thank you    C．That’s right   D．Don’t mention it

    Maybe you have a dog at home and enjoy taking it for walks and curling up with it oft the sofa. Personally, for me they re aggressive, smelly animals that need constant care and lack the

independent nature and cleverness that cats have. But given the life - saving skills they sess，maybe I should give (hem a second chance.

     To some a perfect pooch might be one that looks cute, is loyal and sits when it's told but that's about it — it's just a pet. But to really be man's best  friend, they need to do something  useful. Some breeds that have amazing sense of smell are put to good use as sniffer dogs or de­tection dogs, and are trained to use their senses to detect substances such as explosives and il­legal drugs. You 11 often see (hem at airports or working with police out on the streets.

    Other types of working dogs include guide dogs, hearing dogs and mobility dogs all provi­ding a life - saving service to their owners. Some dogs can alert (报警)emergency services when their owner has a seizure. And there are clever canines that have been trained (o provide affection and comfort lo people in hospitals, retirement homes or schools and to people with loneliness.

     New uses for dogs are being discovered all the lime. A dog is in fact a highly sophisticated bio - sensor. Evolution has given it this highly sensitive! nose.

     It's this incredible ability  that has led to the UK's National Health Service assessing wheth- er dogs can be used to detect early stage prostate (前腺)cancer 一 vital for improving sur­vival rates. The dogs - usually from the gundog breed，such as labradora and springer spaniels —are taught to detect a sample of urine from a patient  with prostate cancer.

    It's   also managed to train dogs lo detect changes in blood glucose levels in people suffering from type 1 diabetes. One patient, who has one of these medical alert assistance dogs, told the BBC that " in the three and a half years we 've  been together，he has alerted and potentially saved my life 350 times. And he does it all for a dog biscuit."

     To save a for a dog biscuit seems a small price to pay so maybe I should have more ad-miration and respect for our four — legged friends — maybe cats arent so smart!

32.What does the writer think of cats?

A. They are aggressive and smelly.

B. They are independent and clever.

C.They are helpful and hardworking.

D.They are smart and sensitive.

33.Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word in Paragraph 3?

A. A life - saving service  B.  A bio - sensor

C. A pet dog                D.  A   sudden  disease

34.Why can dogs be used to detect early stage prostate cancer?

A. They have a highly sensitive nose.

B. They need constant care.

C. They provide life — saving service.

D. They alert emergency service.

35.Why does the writer change the attitude towards dogs?

A. They are cute and loyal.

B.They need liltte  to feed.

C.They are man's best friends.

D.They poa.ses» life - saving skills.

First lady’s campaign brings change

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wal-Mart（沃尔玛） is putting special labels（标签）on some  products to help shoppers quickly notice healthier ones. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, and kids’ meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants come with a side of fruit or vegetables and a glass of low-fat milk.

These changes are taking place due to the campaign against childhood fatness, for which the first lady Michelle Obama began fighting three years ago.

Fatness has become a serious problem in the country. About one-third of U.S. children are overweight, which puts them at increased risk for any number of deadly illnesses, including high blood pressure and heart disease.

Still, Mrs. Obama faces challenge. Not everyone welcomes her effort. Some blame her for going too far and say she has no right to tell what people should and shouldn’t eat. But nutrition supporters and others praise her for using her influence to help bring interests to the table. They said the first lady has raised public awareness about fatness, which will help decrease childhood fatness rates.

There is evidence of small decrease in childhood fatness rates in some parts of the country. New York reported a 5.5 percent drop in fatness rates in kindergarteners through eighth-graders between the 2006-07 and 2010-11 school years. In Philadelphia, the drop was 4.7 percent among students in grades K-12.

Fighting against children fatness is hard work, but it’s well worth the effort. The first lady is planning a promotional tour. She has been talking up the campaign against childhood fatness on daytime and late-night TV shows and on the radio. She also plans discussions next week on Google and Twitter.

“We’ve been spending a lot of time educating and re-educating families and kids on how to eat, what to eat,” the first lady said. “We’re starting to see some changes and we’re starting to show some improvement.” 

21. What is the purpose of the campaign started by the first lady?

A. To call on healthy eating.    B. To educate people how to avoid illness.

C. To show the harm caused by fatness. D. To reduce childhood fatness rate.

22. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The popularity of healthy food. 

B. The importance of balanced diet.

C. The changes brought out by the campaign.

D. Children’s preference for vegetables.

23. What can we learn from the passage about Mrs. Obama?

 A. She is an expert in healthy eating.

 B. She shows great concern about childhood fatness.

 C. She has won support of the whole nation. 

 D. She makes good use of media to increase her influence.

The days of staring at the computer screen pretending to take an interest in an assignment even though you are bored out of your mind may soon be coming to an end. That's because computers of the future will be able to detect boredom and even react to it in real time.

But before you get concerned, the machine is not reading your mind. It is just keeping track of the constant involuntary movements that people exhibit when in front of a computer or even a television. These are not the bigger instrumental actions like moving a mouse or using the remote, but sensitive hardly noticeable movements like scratching. Researcher Witchel says the level of movement directly shows how absorbed the person is in what he/she is reading or watching—the higher the interest level, the less the movement!

To test the theory, Witchel and his team invited 27 people and exposed them to a variety of digital content for three minutes at a time. The activities ranged from playing online games to reading documents like the EU banking regulations that most people would find boring.

A video motion (动作) tracker monitored their movements as they powered through each assignment. Just as the researchers had suspected, the involuntary actions decreased remarkably, by as much as 42%, when the subjects were totally absorbed in what they were reading or seeing.

Fortunately, the scientists are not planning to use the findings to create machines that report students who are not focusing at school. Instead, they believe that applying the motion detecting technology to future computers will help improve the digital learning experience.

The scientists say being able to judge the student's interest level will enable educators to adjust the materials in real time and re­engage the student. Witchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audience opinions.

8．Which movement does the machine keep track of?

A．Breathing.  B．Typing.  C．Scratching.  D．Walking.

9．What might people's high level of movement indicate during TV­watching?

A．They are getting excited.  B．They are feeling bored.

C．They are very interested.  D．They are thinking actively.

10．How did the researchers come to the conclusion?

A．By a follow­up survey.   B．By analysing previous data.

C．By means of questionnaires.  D．By observing participants' performance.

11．Which field will detecting technology be applied to?

A．Agriculture.  B．Politics.  C．Industry.  D．Education.

Japanese Students Suffer from Pressure

    Last April,15-year-old Rei Iwasaki stopped her piano and flute lessons and began to study every day of the week. Her parents paid to send her to a "cram school(灌输式教学模式的学校)."She wanted very much to pass her exams. 

    In February she did pass an all-day, five-subject examination and entered the high school she hoped to enter. 

    Thirteen-year-old Akio Yoshiwara wasn't so lucky. Unable to take the pressure of the exams, he hanged himself in February. He left a suicide（自杀） note which said, "I did my best in this dear life, but it's no good." 

    Suicides are now a common part of life among students in Japan. The cause is the incredible pressure of the "examination hell." 

    Even a number of teachers are committing suicide each year. When some students broke windows in a school near Tokyo, the principal blamed himself and wrote the following note: "The incidents were due to the lack of appropriate measures by the principal and I apologize. I am very tired.

   The Japanese educational system is much different from the American system. It is perhaps the most regimented(严密组织的) school system in any of the industrialized nations. 

   Boys and girls wear uniforms and go to school six days a week --- 240 days a year compared to 180 in the U.S. Ninety- five percent graduate from high school compared to seventy-five percent in the U.S. 

   Students don't ask questions in class but only listen respectfully to the teachers. And every few years students are tested to see which school they will enter next. There is stiff competition for the "best" schools. 

    The result is a well-informed, disciplined student, ideal for factory and company work and excellent at learning specialized skills. But there is little  fun  in  education,  little  creativity  and  the  incredible pressure  of "examination hell." 

28. It's because ______ that many Japanese students committed suicide. 

   A. they didn't do their best in their lives.    

B. they were sent to a "cram school". 

   C. of the most regimented school.       

D. they were unable to take the pressure of the exams. 

29. Why did the principal kill himself? Because__________ 

   A. He thought it was his fault that some students broke the windows. 

   B. He was very tired. 

   C. He couldn't stand the pressure of the "examination hell". 

   D. He blamed himself and wrote a note. 

30. Which of the following ideas agrees with the title of the passage. 

   A. The Japanese students love to study under pressure. 

   B. The Japanese students do well under pressure. 

   C. The exams give the Japanese students much pressure. 

   D. The exams make the Japanese students commit suicide each year. 

31. Which of the following is Wrong? 

   A. The American educational system is much different from the Japanese system. 

   B. To enter a high school, a student must pass an all-day, five-subject examination. 

   C. The Japanese graduates from high school are much less than the American graduates. 

   D. In Japanese education, there is little creativity as well as little fun.