Last year I had a wonderful experience. I went on a student exchange to Japan. It was an exciting time of my life and I learned many things about the school system in Japan. I was in Grade 11, which is second year of high school in Japan, but I was younger than most of my classmates. That's because Japanese children enter first year ofelementary school in April following their sixth birthday. I started school when I was still five years old. In Japan, Children attend elementary school for six years, where they study Japanese, arithmetic, science, social studies, music, crafts, physical education, and home economics (simple cooking and sewing skills). During their three years in middle school, English is added to this list. Most schools have access to computers and the Internet. The classes in my school seemed rather big to me, around 30 students in a typical high school class. We ate lunch in the classroom, instead of a cafeteria and enjoyed a healthy, nutritious meal prepared by the school or by a local "school lunch centre" instead of eating the same, dry sandwiches every day. I really like the Japanese interpretation of school lunches. I also enjoyed the field trips and activities. At Japanese schools, there are many school events during the year, such as field day when students compete in tug-of-war, field trips, and arts and cultural festivals. Japanese students start to learn English _ . A) before they start their school year B) when they are in elementary school C) when they are in middle school D) when they are in high school
C
For well over a thousand years, smallpox was a disease that everyone feared. The disease killed much of the native population in South America when the Spanish arrived there in the early sixteenth century. By the end of the eighteenth century, smallpox was responsible for about one in ten deaths around the world. Those who survived the disease were left with ugly scars on their skin. It had long been well known among farmers that people who worked with cows seldom caught smallpox; instead, they often caught a similar but much milder disease called cowpox . A British doctor called Jenner was extremely interested in this, and so he studied cowpox. He believed that, by vaccinating people with the disease, he could protect them against the much worse disease smallpox. In 1796, he vaccinated a boy with cowpox and, two months later, with smallpox. The boy did not get smallpox. In the next two years, Jenner vaccinated several children in the same way, and none of them got the disease. News of the success of Jenner's work soon spread. Vaccination soon became a common method to protect people against other diseases caused by virus, such as rabies , and vaccines were sent across the world to the United States and India. It took nearly two centuries to achieve Jenner's dream of getting free of smallpox from the whole world. In 1967, the world Health Organization (WHO) started a great vaccination program, and the last known case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia in 1977. The story of vaccinations does not end there, however. There are many other diseases that kill more and more people every year. Besides, many new diseases are being discovered. The challenge for medical researchers will, therefore, probably continue for several more centuries Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A) The first experiment with cowpox was made by a British doctor. B) After 1977 smallpox disappeared around the world according to WHO. C) Vaccination had existed among ordinary farmers before being discovered. D) Vaccination can be used to protect people in the world against not only smallpox.
C
Q: A bully is a person who enjoys hurting other people. A bully can hurt people with words or by hitting them. 85% of children in the UK have been bullied at least once. How can I tell if a person is a bully? He or she will... * try to find your weak point--perhaps you are shy, nervous or easily made worried. * make fun of you in front of your friends. * borrow money then won't pay you back. What can I do if a bully bothers me? * Tell the bully to leave you alone. * Do not be afraid to ask other people for help, even though the bully tells you not to. * Do not feel ashamed because you have been bullied. You have done nothing wrong! The bully should feel ashamed. * Do not believe the bad things a bully says about you. What should I do if I see a bully bothering someone? * Help people who are being bullied, even though you don' t know them. * Be a friend to people who are bullied. * Tell a teacher if you see bullying. * Tell bullies to stop, Sometimes bullies are afraid, too. Why do some people become bullies? Some bullies... * have never learnt to think about other people' s feelings. * don' t like themselves, so they are sad. They think they will be happy if they make another person sad. * have been bullied themselves by other bullies. Can bullies change? . Yes! Bullies can change when they learn to think about other people' s feelings. Sometimes bullies must be punished before they understand. Sometimes, bullies just need friends. A bully often _ . A) makes people think about themselves B) borrows money but doesn't return C) helps people when they are in trouble D) thinks about other people' s feelings
A: B
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Not being the greatest fan in the world of live performance, I took a deep breath before I en tered the building, the castle theatre, and prepared myself to be bored, expecting to find it more interesting to watch the audience than the show. Then I got the shock of my life. Wadaiko Inchiro are a group of ten young Japanese men and women using traditional drums with a history going back more than 1500 years. The drums were once used for festivals and religious ceremonies and also as a means of communication during wars. Today they give an ear-blasting performance which punches out rhythms with the power to wind you. They're a welcome relief from the Scottish pipers. Unlike other performances, the best seats are at the back of the house. Not only will your ears be protected from full blast, but you will get a fantastic view of the whole set. On stage are some of the biggest drums you will ever see and a cast wearing red, white and black headscarf. There had been almost no publicity for the show, but the house was full of people desperate, one could only assume, for something a bit different from the unrelenting performances appearing at this world-famous festival. The solid 60-minutes show starts as it means to go on. The drums rumble into fever-pitch action as the ten-strong company strike their sticks with startling control. Their rhythmic frenzy almost immediately drugs you into submission. Trapped inside the beating of the drums, you carried swiftly through warrior war cries to emotional rhapsodies . Not only is this display musically impressive, but the dance is strikingly beautiful. Moving between the enormity of the drums, the slight Japanese characters have complete synchronicity with the flying of their sticks, which they ceremonially cross and use to command. The biggest drum is played only by Inchiro, the leader of the group. When I ask why this is so, he refuses to admit that he is being precious about this monster of an instrument and says, "When someone else can play it as I do, I will happily... The writer took a deep breath before entering the building because she _ . A) was excited B) knew it would be hot in the theatre C) was nervous D) was preparing herself to be bored
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D