TOKYO — Our kids, the Japanese government announced, have forgotten how to behave. They can’t be bothered with housework. If they see someone being wronged, they probably look the other way.

Few countries have placed more importance on being well-behaved in public than Japan. The simplest requests for directions often result in guided tours. Smiling shopkeepers are still the rule. Lost wallets usually make their way to their owners.

But according to recent surveys(調(diào)查), all that may be going the way of the ancient hair-do(發(fā)式). And Japan’s government has gone into something of a crisis mode(危機(jī)時(shí)刻).

A Japanese Education Ministry Survey formed late in 1999 and made public last month found that Japan moves behind other nations in teaching youngsters right from wrong.

It also reported that Japanese children are less helpful and do far less housework than their foreign peers(同齡人) in all classes. But they are better about taking dirty dishes to the kitchens after dinner.

In addition, Japanese kids are more likely to dry their hair and carry cell phones than American and Chinese kids, according to another survey, by a Tokyo-based tank(專家小組).

Children in about 8 per cent of public school classrooms are so disorderly that teachers cannot hold lessons, further recent reports show. children refuse to sit, to listen or to stop talking.

Older and middle-aged Japanese continue to have a solid sense of good manners and social justice(正義, 公正), says Professor Yoshina Hirano from Shinshu University, who was appointed to direct the ministry’s survey.

Despite the knowledge of good manners among adults, the breakdown in manners may be spreading, he said.

1. From the first paragraph, we can infer that _______.

A. the Japanese government had gone bad

B. kids in Japan have a bad memory

C. kids in Japan seldom help their parents with housework

D. kids in Japan are too busy to help others

2. The second paragraph seems to show us that _______.

A. the education system of Japan is better than that of any other country

B. shopkeepers in Japan are too kind to their customers

C. Japanese kids often find wallets on their way to their schools

D. Japanese adults in public places act politely to each other

3. It is implied(暗含) in this passage that Japanese kids _______.

A. spending much time doing their homework    

B. lead an advanced modern life

C. have their hair cut too often          

D. often wash dishes after dinner

1--3    CDB    


解析:

本文指出盡管日本成年人很有禮貌,但日本小孩的不禮貌行為卻在蔓延。

1. C。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第1段第2句They can’t be bothered with housework可知此題答案為C。

2. D。推斷題。從第2段所描述的事情當(dāng)中:在公共場(chǎng)所行為舉止好、指路熱心、微笑服務(wù)、拾金不昧可推知此題答案為D。

3. B。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第6段的描述:dry their hair and carry cell phones可知此題答案為B。

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