SECTION B

Directions: Read the following passage.Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit.Write your answers on your answer sheet.

In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement, for possible answers.However, in most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction.In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education.Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者)listed "to give children a good start academically" as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools.In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices.To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group.The vast majority of young Japanese children learn to read at home with their parents.

In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools.Sixty-two percent of the more individually-oriented (强调个性发展的) Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices.An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.

Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education.Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development.In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools.Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children's chances of eventually being admitted to top-class schools and universities.Several progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

81.What’s the main reason for many American parents sending their children to preschools in Japan? (no more than 11 words)

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82.Who teach the Japanese preschool children to read mostly? (no more than 2 words)

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83.List three qualities that Japanese preschools encourage in their kids.(no more than 13 words)

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84.According to the last paragraph, what problem do some Japanese kindergartens have? (no more than 3 words)

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第二部分:阅读理解(共25小题,第一节,每题2分,第二节每题1分,满分45分)

第一节:阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

    How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters. These letters could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.

The power of words, then, lies in their associations---the things they bring up before our

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