Question

Japanese students work very hard 1.many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures 2. their parents. Their parents always tell them to study harder so3.they can have a wonderful life in the 4. . Though this may be a good idea for those clever students, it can have terrible results for others. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the 5.. They feel that everyone else hates them. And they don’t want to go to school at all. They became dropouts(辍学).

Though most Japanese parents are worried 6. their children, they do not help them7.any way. Many parents think it is the teachers’ work to 8. their children. They only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real meaning of the life. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with 9., how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.

Many Japanese schools usually have strict rules about many things, 10.as the students’ hair, their clothes and things in the school bags. Such rules are bad to the feelings of the students.

Answer

1.but

2.from

3.that

4.future

5.exams

6.about

7.in

8.help

9.others

10.such

【解析】试题分析：本文主要讲述了日本学生尽管学习非常努力但不开心，因为父母带给他们很大的压力，同时学校制度也在某种程度上给学生以不小的压力。

1.but

句意：日本学生非常努力地工作，但是很多人非常不快乐。根据句意，前后句表示转折，故答案是but 。

2.from

句意：他们感到来自于父母的沉重的压力。根据句意，这种压力是来自于父母， from表示来自于。

3.that

句意：他们的父母总是告诉他们要努力学习，以便他们将来可以有一个美好的生活。so that 以便于，后跟目的状语从句。结合句意，答案为that。

4.future

句意：他们的父母总是告诉他们要努力学习，以便他们将来可以有一个美好的生活。in the future在将来。结合句意可知，答案为future 。

5.exams

句意：他们中的许多人都很努力在学校，但在考试中失败。结合前面的语境理解，许多学生学习努力，但有巨大的压力，因此在考试中会失败。故答案是exams。

6.about

句意：虽然大多数日本父母担心他们的孩子，他们不用任何方式帮助他们。worry about sb.担心某人。根据句意，故答案是about 。

7.in

句意：虽然大多数日本父母担心他们的孩子，他们不用任何方式帮助他们。in …way以……的方式，用介词in。根据句意，故答案是in 。

8.help

句意：许多家长认为帮助孩子，这是教师的工作。根据前面的句子“…they do not help them in any way.”再结合句意，可知答案填help。

9.others

句意：大约有40%的学生说没有人教他们如何与他人相处，如何明辨是非，如何体现着爱和关心别人，甚至关心他们的父母。根据“…how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others,”结合句意，如何与他人相处，故答案是others 。

10.such

句意：通常很多日本的学校有很多严格的规定，比如说学生头发，在他们的衣服和书包。such as 表示列举，例如的意思，是固定短语。根据句意，故答案是such。

点睛：短文填空题重点考查一些固定短语的用法和对短文内容的理解等，是比较难的一种考试题型。做这类题时，首先要整体把握短文大意。然后结合上下句，仔细推敲每个空所填单词的词性。如果是固定短语，算是较简单的；是连词，须结合具体语境去理解，如第一小题，根据语境，前后句表示转折，故答案填转折连词but；第三小题，so that 后跟目的状语从句。孩子将来能过上美好的生活正是父母要求他们努力学习的目的。这样理解，不难填出答案that。第八小题，动词不定式在宾语从句中作真正的主语，此处需要填一个动词原形。结合前面的句意，父母把帮助孩子的任务全部推到了教师的身上，故答案填help。