【文章內容簡介】 rt is about __________. A. the countries B. the subjects C. the students’ lives D. the high schools 55. What country is not mentioned(提及 ) in the report? A. The US. B. India. C. Japan. D. South Korea. 56. ______ of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework? A. % B. % C. % D. % 57. Which of the following sentence is NOT true? A. The survey from the four countries was made last year. B. Most Japanese students do physical exercises after school. C. Few of the American students chat with friends in class. D. The students in South Korea don’t like taking notes in c lass. C When my family moved to America in 2020 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬 ) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment(難堪 ) in the United States. I had a parttime job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middleaged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and told me about how sensitive(敏感 ) Americans are and how they dislike the word “old”. I then walked back to the table and said sorry to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a p erson is going to retire(退休 ) or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup（化妝） , hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them an y more。 I still respect them. 58. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______. A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay 59. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______. A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited 60. In Jack’s hometown, _______. A. people dislike being called “old” B. people are proud of being old C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants 61. After this experience, Jack _______. A. lost his job in the restaurant B. made friends with the couple C. no longer respected the elderly D. changed his way with older people D Six years ago, Ann graduated（畢業(yè)） from college with a degree of Art. Now she is twentynine and works for a large puter pany. She takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the puter program PowerPoint. “I enjoyed the college, but my job doesn’t use the information I learned at college,” Ann says. “The course is helping me to do my job better.” In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is being more mon(普通的 ).In many countries, some people return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or even older to get a higher degree. More people are taking training courses to improve their working skills after work. People can also get degrees or training through the Inter. Ann’s sixty yearold mother and father are taking courses in Art and Music. “We love these two subjects. Learning is so much fun,” they say happily. “It’s never too old to learn.” 62. Ann graduated from college when she was . A. twentynine B. twentysix C. twentythree D. twenty 63. The underlined word ‘degree’ means ‘ ’ in Chinese. B. 程度 C. 學位 D. 位置 64. More people are taking training courses after work in order to . A. improve their working skills B. enjoy Art and Music C. study puter programs D. make more money 65. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Ann doesn’t want to use the information she learned at college. B. People in the past usually stopped studying after graduating from college. C. People can only get information from their teachers. D. Ann’s parents are too o ld to learn Art