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ber of a group. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents. In the recent parison 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. Sixtytwo percent of the more individually oriented (強調(diào)個性發(fā)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 universitybased program, it will increase the children39。 A. Japanese parents are more involved in preschool education than American parents s economic success is a result of its scientific achievements D. Japan39。 A. problem solvingB. group experience C. parental guidance D. individuallyoriented development 43. In Japan39。 A. preparing children academicallys artistic interests D. shaping children’s character 44. Free play has been introduced in some Japanese kindergartens in order to ___________. B. cultivate children’s creativity 46. Miss Wang is now working in a joint venture as a business woman. Her major work is to contact the foreign businessmen through s, calls and letters. She has no trouble municating with the Englishspeaking people face to face. However, when it es to business writing, she is not sure about the grammar and the form. 47. Mr. Zhang taught himself English. Three months ago, when he was required to work as a sales representative in Britain, he had trouble in municating with his English customers. The problem is with his pronunciation and intonation. He wants to find some websites offering spoken English teaching with correct pronunciation and ideal sound effects. 48. Ms Wilson is now teaching English in China. She has found that the major problem with her students’ reading prehension lies with their limited vocabulary. However, memorizing a list of 1020 new words every day is a boring task for the students. She wants to find some games from the Internet, so that her students may have interest in learning and using the words. 49. Li Yue is not interested in reciting English texts. He says it is boring. He is more interested in practicing his newly learned English expressions in classroom activities. But when he is at home on holiday, he has no one to talk to in English. His mother suggests him looking for interactive websites from the Internet. 50. Zhang Ming is going for his undergraduate study in America. His friend has rented a room for him from an old American couple. This is his first time to go abroad and stay with the natives. To get along well with them, Zhang Ming is eager to learn English idioms and everyday topics. So, he searches the Internet for some useful website