◆Getting to school
Japanese high school students do not drive cars. Many either walk or ride bicycles if the distance is not too great. In other cases, students must take public buses and trains. After junior high school, students attend schools based on their high school entrance examination scores. So some students travel a great distance to attend the school. The school day begins at 8：30.
◆At school
Then students assemble in their homeroom classes for the day's studies. Each homeroom has an average of 40－45 students. Students stay in their homeroom classrooms for most of the school day. Only for physical education, laboratory classes, or other subjects requiring special facilities (设备) do students move to different parts of the school. Between classes and at lunchtime, classrooms can be noisy, lively places. Some schools may have a cafeteria (自助餐厅), but most do not. In most schools, students bring a box lunch from home, prepared by the mother in the early morning hours.
Japanese students spend about 240 days a year at school, 60 days more than American students. Students in high schools take three years' each of the following subjects: mathematics, social studies, Japanese, science, and English. Other subjects include physical education, music, art, and moral studies. All the students in one grade level study the same subjects. Given the number of required subjects, electives (选修科目) are few.
◆Afterschool activities
Club activities take place after school every day. Students can join only one club, and they rarely change clubs from year to year, so the clubs are relatively stable. Clubs are made up of sports clubs (baseball, soccer, judo, kendo, etc) and culture clubs (English, broadcasting, science, etc). New students usually are encouraged to select a club shortly after the school year begins in April. Clubs meet for two hours after school each day and many clubs continue to meet during school vacations.
1．Most Japanese high school students often have their lunch ________.
A．in restaurants B．in school cafeterias
C．at home D．in homeroom classrooms
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第二段可知“大多数学校的学生午饭是早晨从家里带来的”，故排除A、C两项；由“... at lunchtime，classrooms can be noisy, lively places.”可知“学生是在教室吃午饭的”。
2．Students in the USA go to school about ________ days a year.
A．180 B．200
C．240 D．300
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Japanese students spend about 240 days a year at school, 60 days more than American students.”可知，美国学生一年上学的天数约为180天。
3．The underlined word “rarely” in the fourth paragraph means “________”．
A．always B．never
C．seldom D．often
解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据后半句“... so the clubs are relatively stable”可知，rarely意为“很少”，与C项(不常；很少)意思一致。
4．From the passage we know that ________.
A．there are less than 40 students in each class in Japanese high schools
B．students must stay in homeroom classrooms for physical education
C．there are few subjects for students to choose except the required ones
D．there will not be any club activities during school vacations
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段可知，日本中学每个班通常有40至45名学生，故A项错误；根据第二段可知，学生体育课不是在教室上的，故B项错误；根据文章最后一句可知，很多学校的俱乐部在假期期间正常活动，故D项错误；根据文中第三段最后一句“Given the number of required subjects, electives (选修科目) are few.”可知，C项正确。
