【正文】 13 / 13。s interests and questions. D　Children who are educated at home are known as home—schoolers. E In some countries，there are children who are educated by their parents at home instead of by teachers at school. F　If the Brazilian rain forests are on the TV news，it could be a perfect time to tall about how rain forests influence the climate，how deserts are formed，and how the polar ice caps affect ocean levels. 第6部分：完形填空(第51—65題，每題l分，共1 5分) 閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出了4個選項，請根據短文的內容從4個選項中選擇l個最佳答案，涂在答題卡相應的位置上。Home Schooling All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does not say they have to be educated at sch001. A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. (46). There are about 300，000 homeschoolers in theUnited States today. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because they do not believe that public schools teach the correct religious values；others believe they can provide a better educational experience for their children by teaching them at home. (47). David Guterson and his wife teach their three children at home. Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children in sch001. (48). For example， when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day，it may start a discussion or reading about climate，snow removal equipment，Alaska，polar bears，and winter tourism. Or a spring evening when the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about satellites and the space program. (49). Home schooling is often more interesting than regular schools，but critics say that home—schoolers are outsiders who might be unfortable mixing with other people in adult life. (50). However，most parents don39。s products because of A his marriage with the daughter of the president. B the close link between him and his pany. C his willingness to work overtime. D his active participation in quality control. 45 The passage mainly discusses A how lifetime employment works in Japan. B what benefits lifetime employment has brought to Japanese workers. C what lifetime employment is. D how lifetime employment is viewed. 第5部分：補全短文(第4650題，每題2分，共10分) 閱讀下面的短文，文章中有5處空白，文章后面有6組文字，請根據文章的內容選擇5組文字，將其分別放回文章原有位置，以恢復文章原貌。s pany is encouraged. 43 Lifetime employment influences one39。 C One39。s interests before those of his immediate family. The j ob security guaranteed by this system influences the way employees approach their work. They tend to think in terms of what they can achieve throughout their career. This is because they are not judged on how they are performing during a short period of time. They can afford to take a longer perspective than their Western counterparts. This marriage between the employee and the panythe consequence of lifetime employmentmay explain why Japanese workers seem positively to love the products their pany is producing and why they are willing to stay on after work，for little overtime pay，to participate in earnest discussions about the quality control of their products. 41 Lifetime employment in the Japanese pany means that the employee A leaves his pany only when business is bad. B gets a job soon after he leaves school or university. C can work there throughout his career. D can have his serious mistakes in work corrected. 42 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A Family and pany interests are equally importants laughter. B The cold weather in winter. C The uncertainty about the weather. D The predictable climate. 39 Which of the following statements is NOT true of the weather in England? A England is covered by heavy fog for ten months of the year. B It tends to make the Englishman cautious. C One cannot be sure when the different types of weather will occur. D You may have a spell of winter in summer. 40 The word lands in the last sentence could best be replaced by A soil. B earth. C countries. D parts. 第三篇Lifetime Employment in Japanese Companies In most large Japanese panies，there is a policy of lifetime employment. What this means is that when people leave school or university to join an enterprise，they can expect to remain with that organization until they retire. In effect，the employee gets job security for lire，and can only be fired for serious mistakes in work. Even in times of business recession，he or she is free from the fear of being 1aid off. One result of this practice is that the Japanese worker identifies closely with his pany and feels strong loyalty to it. By working hard for the pany，he believes he is safeguarding his Own future. It is not surprising that devotion to one39。s variety provides a c