【正文】 country37. It is necessary for old people to understand what young people think and feel because .A. about seven million Americans are youngB. twentyfive percent of Americans are young C. many of young people will bee important for the nationD. they often make mistakes 38 . According to the passage, old people must try .A. to understand their childrenB. to teach their children how to think and actC. to be strict with their childrenD. to write more about families39. The phrase “in charge of” is closest to .A. set up B. get on C. decide D. control 40. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. There are often disagreements between the old and the young in American families.B. There are some people in America who have not been given a fair chance .C. It seems that America is the only country in the world which has family trouble.D. People are usually interested in the ideas, feelings and actions of youth.DA teacher from a Western country has recently visited an elementary school in an Eastern country. In one class, she watched sixty young children as they learned to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big O on the blackboard, and the sixty students copied it on their paper. The teacher drew a smaller O on the top of the first O and then put two on top of it. The children drew in the same way. The lesson went on until there were sixtyone similar cats in the classroom. Each student’s cat looked exactly like the one on the board.The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was greatly surprised. The teaching method was very different from that in her own country. A children’s art lesson in her own country produced a roomful of pictures, and each is quite different from others. Why? What makes this difference? In a classroom in any country, a teacher teaches not only knowledge of history or language. But also the ideas.In some countries such as the United States and Canada etc, people think highly of individualismthe differences between people. The teachers think it very important to make each student different from others. Educational systems in these countries don’t ask students to memorize dull information. Instead, students are asked to work by themselves and find answers themselves. The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas even at an early age.But in countries such as China and Japan, the two peoples have similar history and culture. Perhaps because of this, people think highly of group goals rather than individualism. Students in China and Japan often work together and help each other in the classroom, The teachers teach and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They have to learn the same textbook. They do the same homework and give the same answers.There are advantages and disadvantages of both educational systems. For example, one advantage of that in Japan is that students there learn more maths and science than American students by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than Americans. There is , however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of what they have learned. The advantage of the educational system in America is that students learn to think by themselves. The teaching method makes them be more creative. But there is also a disadvantage. When students leave high school, they haven’t learned as many things in the textbooks as the students in other countries.41. The visiting teacher was greatly surprised by ______ in the elementary school.A. the teacher’s drawing B. the teaching methodC. the sixtyone cats D. the big class42. Which of the following looks like the cat on the teacher’s blackboard? 43. In the United States ______ .A. teachers have to teach different studentsB. students are asked to memorize the useful informationC. teachers think highly of both individualism and group goalsD. students are encouraged to learn more by themselves43. The writer of this passage thinks that ______ .A. the teaching method can change the educational systemsB. a teacher should teach something more than the subjectC. American students should be asked to memorize more useful informationD. It would be better for students in Canada and American to learn the same textbook44. Which of the following is true? ______ .A. The educational system in Western countries is better than that in Eastern countriesB. The teaching methods in Eastern countries are better than those in Western countriesC. Memorization is an important learning method only in Japanese schoolsD. Both Western educational system and Eastern educational system have their advantages and disadvantages四、填空與改錯(每小題1分，滿分25分)A). 根據(jù)括號中所給的漢語寫出單詞，是句子意思完整正確。26th SeptemberDear Mr. Li,We strongly remend Tom as the new vicechairman of the Students’ Union.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We will be glad if Tom is chosen.Yours SincerelyMark Mary參考答案:一、15 ABD AD 610 CAADA二、1115 BDCDB 1620 BDADA 2125 BABCC三、2630 CBCBD 3135 BCCDB 3640 BBADC 4145 BCDBD四、A) 45. attention 46. arguing 47. matches 48. celebrate 49. energetic 50. confident 51. saving 52. humourB) 53. impatient 54. leader 55. practical 56. creative 57. difficulty 58. organized 59. suitable C) 61. calm down 62. deal with off 64. argue with 65 give upD) 66. A It’s 67. C of 68. C. old enough 69. D. so 70. A. Being五、71. 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