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　　One of the interesting things about Cuba is its educational system. As in many other countries, schools are free. What is unusual is that schools combine study with manual work. Each school has a plot(一块) of land where the children work for each day. They plant vegetables, which they weed and water, and later they harvest the crops. In this way, they develop good working habits and learn how important it is to produce. Usually, children do not like vegetables such as spinach(菠菜), green beans, or cabbage. But by growing vegetables themselves, Cuban children soon develop a taste for them. During the summer, older children also go to the country to help the farmers with the crops.

　　In this system, the children spend part of their school time studying and the rest working in the open air helping increase the nation’s production.

1．How is Cuba’s educational system different from that of other countries?

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A．Schools are free.

B．Schools force childen to work.

C．Manual work is emphasized.

D．Schools produce a lot of crops.

2．How do Cuban children spend their school time?

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A．Fewer hours for classroom study than for manual work.

B．Part of the classroom study and the rest for manual work.

C．Half of the time studying and the other half working on the land.

D．Most of the time studying and the rest playing in the open air.

3．What do children do for their manual work?

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A．They plant vegetables.

B．They harvest the crops they grow

C．They help the farmers with the crops.

D．All of the above.

4．Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

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A．The nation’s production is increased.

B．Children go to the country to help the fanners with the crops once a year.

C．Children enjoy working in the open air.

D．Children grow less interested in study.

5．What does the word“taste”mean here?

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A．A kind of sense

B．Liking

C．Ability to enjoy beauty

D．Small quantity