Question

Tokyo—Our kids, the Japanese government announced, have forgotten how to behave. They can’t be bothered with housework. If they see someone being wrongお, they probably look the other way.

Few countries have placed more importance on being well-behaved than Japan. The simplest requests for directions often result in guided tours. Smiling shopkeepers are still the rule. Lost wallets usually make their way back to their owners.

But according to recent surveys, all that may be going the way of the ancient hairdo(发式).And Japan’s government has gone into something of a crisis mode（危机时刻）.

A Japanese Education Ministry survey formed late in 1999 and made public last month found that Japan moves behind other nations in teaching youngsters right from wrong.

It also reported that Japanese children are less helpful and do far less housework than their foreign peers(同龄人) in all classes. But they are better about taking dirty dishes to the kitchen after dinner.

In addition, Japanese kids are more likely to dye their hair and carry cell phones than their American and Chinese kids, according to another survey by a Tokyo-based think-tank(专家小组).

Children in about 9 percent of public school classrooms are so disorderly that teachers cannot hold lessons, further recent reports show. Children refuse to sit, to listen or to stop talking.

Older and middle-aged Japanese continue to have a solid sense of good manners and social justice, says Professor Yoshina Hirano from Shin’shu University, who was appointed to direct the ministry’s survey.

Despite the knowledge of good manners among adults, the breakdown of manners may be spreading, he said.

1. From the first paragraph we can infer that __________.

A. the Japanese government has gone bad

B. kids in Japan have a bad memory

C. kids in Japan seldom help their parents with the housework

D. kids in Japan are too busy to help others

2. The second paragraph seems to show us __________.

A. the education system of Japan is better than that of any other country

B. shopkeepers in Japan are too kind to their customers

C. Japanese kids often find wallets on their way to their schools

D. Japanese adults in public places act politely to each other

3. It is implied in the passage that Japanese kids __________.

A. spend much time doing their homework

B. lead an advanced modern life

C. have their hair cut too often

D. often wash dishes after dinner

4. From the last three paragraphs we may conclude that __________.

A. older and middle-aged Japanese should set examples to their kids

B. Japanese schools are supposed to punish some rude kids

C. it is difficult for Japan to prevent its kids from becoming impolite

D. Japanese kids have become tired of staying at school

 

Answer 1

答案：C;D;B;C
提示：

1题由第一段可知日本青少年不愿做家务事（They can’t be bothered with housework.）。 2题第二段讲述日本人有礼貌：帮你引路，店员满面微笑，拾到的钱包交给失主，但这虽然不是年轻人所为，由文章最后一句可知应是日本成年人这样有礼貌。 3题第六段谈到日本年轻人热衷于染发，配带手机，可推知人他们的生活超前、摩登。 4题最后三段讲述了日本年轻人在学校有种种无礼行为，而且这种礼仪的丧失还在扩大（the breakdown of manners may be spreading）。