TOKYO --- Applicants to a private high school for girls in Sasebo in southern Nagasaki Prefecture will be asked to hold and move various small objects including beans and marbles with chopsticks as a part of the entrance exam.

   “This is simply one factor to assess whether these girls can handle chopsticks correctly, which is really the most basic element in education.” said Katushi Hisata, the vice principal of Hitasa Gakuen Girls’ High School.

   “It’s surprising to see how many children don’t know how to hold chopsticks correctly, which is part of the Japanese culture’s beauty,” he told AFP by telephone, adding that only 20 percent of elementary students use chopsticks correctly. The westernization of Japan’s eating habits means that use of the knife and fork is increasingly common, while a growing number of children with working parents eat alone, leaving them less versed in chopstick etiquette (礼仪).

   The school’s vice principal accused celebrities (名人)appearing on TV food and cookery shows of using chopsticks wrongly.

   The school, built in 1902, has traditional classes in tea ceremony, kimono-fitting, etiquette and cooking as part of the wider curriculum（课程）. “We are aware that this kind of exam won’t make students jump up and come running to us, because this is unlike normal high schools that advertise success rates of students entering prestigious universities,” Hisata said, “But we do know that education is not only about having brains, but also etiquette.” he added.

1．How will the children be tested in using chopsticks?

       A．By using chopsticks before all the teachers                           

       B．By writing a paper about chopsticks

       C．By picking up and moving challenging articles                       

       D．By being asked to take some written tests

2．The underlined word “versed” in the third paragraph probably means “______”.

       A．skilled                 B．delighted              C．interested            D．involved

3．The use of knife and fork is increasingly common in Japan mainly because ______.

A．children are not taught how to use chopsticks                       

B．Japan’s eating habits are being westernized

C．it is convenient for kids to use the knife and fork

D．no celebrities use chopsticks correctly

4．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

       A．The school pays much attention to traditional culture.

       B．Etiquette is more important than intelligence.

       C．The teenagers enjoy practising chopsticks.

       D．The school is proud of its students’ entering famous universities.

5．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

       A．Chopsticks at Japanese Dinning Tables  

       B．Traditions Stressed in a Japanese School

       C．Traditional Chopsticks Etiquette           

       D．Some Students Faced With New Tests

Social insects live in the form of societies, which in some ways are similar to human societies. In both types of societies, there is a division of labor. In insects societies, certain insects have the duty of reproduction, the workers collect food while the soldiers defend the land. In the same way human groups such as farmers and shopkeepers have specialized functions in producing good and providing services to the society.

   Insects and human societies are also alike in which individual members of the society work together. White ant workers work together to build nests. Similarly in human societies, engineers, architects, town planners and construction workers unite to build cities.

   The nests of social insects are as complex as a man-made city. In some insect nests special places are provided for the young and for food storage. Many nests also have devices for regulating the temperature. So insect nests are as functional as human houses.

   It is not surprising, therefore, that many similarities have been made between social insects and human societies. It must not be forgotten, however, that insect social behavior is determined by nature. Insects show no ability for learning or for developing a social tradition based on learning.

1．Mentioned in the passage, the functions performed by social insects are ______.

       A．reproduction of food, defending the land and building nests, etc.

       B．producing food, defending the land and building nests, etc.

C．producing food, providing services and defending the land, etc.

D．reproduction, collecting food and building nests, etc.

2．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A．In both insect and human societies individual members work together

       B．The nests of social insects are exactly like the cities of human societies.

       C．Social behaviors of both insect and human are determined by different factors.

D．There are different social functions in both insect and human societies.

3．Human and insect societies are different in the fact that ______.

       A．Insects’ behavior result from its nature, while human’s from tradition

       B．human being are able to make a lot of similarities

       C．human beings develop his tradition based on learning
       D．different groups of both have different functions.

4．The main idea of this passage is ______.

       A．the complex nests of social insects                                       

B．the functions performed by social insects

       C．the cause of insects’ social behaviour    

D．the similarities between societies of social insects and human

By the end of last month, I attended a celebration                                        1．____________

meeting hold in our school. At the meeting, 25 advanced teachers                    2．____________

were praised and those had completed 30 years of teaching                                   3．____________

were given medals. Mr. Yang was one of those praised.                                  4．____________

After the meeting, our classmates and I went to see him.                                5．____________

Seeing us, the gray-haired teacher looked exciting. When some                       6．____________

of us said we wanted to be teachers but devote ourselves to                                  7．____________

education in the future, he nodded with satisfactions. He                                8．____________

said in a firmly voice, “Teaching is a noble job. Man                                       9．___________

would be very stupid without education.” We were all agreed                          10．____________

and were greatly encouraged by his words.

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   A Charming Teacher contest was launched recently in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Selecting charming teachers using the “Super Girl” model has raised a lot of debate.

The moment he stepped into his room, he was astonished to find the table covered with things __________ like tiny insects.

A．looked                                                       B．looking               

C．that were looked                             D．what looking

We buy fruit and vegetables nearby, but we get ____________ bread from _________ market near our house.

A．/; /      B．the; /       C．the; a      D．/; a

With the capital ________ to greet even more people from around the world, Beijing is doing its best to make herself more open.

A．prepare     B．preparing  C．is preparing      D．prepares

－He speaks French because he lived in France.

－Really? How long ________ there?

A．does he live                                                B．is he living          

C．has he lived                                 D．did he live

－You know Beijing Olympic tickets can ____ online from April 2007.

－Yes, and I am sure the 110-meter hurdles tickets will _________ well.

A．be booked; be sold      B．book; be sold

C．be booked; sell       D．book; sell

The boss said to the secretary, “If you work well, you _______ have a rise.”

A．must        B．ought to           C．would              D．shall