Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off
the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of
China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas,
inventions and habits.
For many years, the Japanese built houses like those
in China. They dressed themselves like a Chinese. From China came their way of
writing and their habit of drinking tea.
In more recent times, the Japanese have borrowed
things from our country, the United States. They have a government like ours.
They do much work in science, as we do. Baseball is a favorite sport in Japan,
just as it is here.
Things change when they come to Japan. The Japanese
improve on almost everything they borrow. The art of garden making came from
Korea and China, but the Japanese gardens are special. Each garden has a
waterfall, a pond, and small bridges. There are few flowers in Japanese
gardens. But the gardens are green during all the year round because they have
many evergreens. Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty.
1. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that
________ centuries ago.
A.the Japanese
borrowed ideas only from China and Korea
B.people came
to live in Japan from neighbouring Asian countries
C.Japan is much
older than Korea
D.many Japanese
came from the United States
2. In the third paragraph of the passage the italic (斜体)words “just as it is here” mean”________”
A.just as it is
in the United States
B.just as it is
in China
C.just as it is
in Japan
D.just as it is
in Asia
3. Why did the Japanese change the things they had
borrowed?
A.They wanted
very much to be different from others.
B.They didn’t like them the way they were.
C.They wanted
visitors to like the change.
D.They tried to
make them better.
4. From the passage we can see that ________.
A.Japanese
gardens are different from those in other countries but not very beautiful
B.Japanese
gardens are full of life during all the seasons
C.Japanese
gardens are not very big
D.There are
many flowers in Japanese gardens
5. Choose a statement from the following sentences
that is NOT true.
A.The
government of Japan is like that of the United States.
B.People in the
United States like playing baseball.
C.The Japanese
invented the habit of drinking tea.
D.Japan is made
up of many islands.