57. According to the passage , it’s necessary to teach students          .

A. how to study well

B. how to get on with others

C. to show love and care for others

D. all above A, B and C

56. “ Dropouts” are those who          .

A. make troubles in and out of school        

B. go about or stay home instead of being at school

C. try hard but always fail in the exam

D. lose hope and give up some of their subjects

55. People gave him a strange look because         .

A. they thought he was doing something bad

B. they were surprised to see the bright car

C. Mr. Perkin looked strange when he was angry

D. Mr. Perkin didn’t know how to open the car  

( C )

Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy . They feel heavy pressure from their parents . Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future . Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students , it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted (有天赋的) enough . Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope . Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer . they become dropouts .

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children , they don’t help them in any way . Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teacher’s work to help their children . To make matters worse , a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends ―― they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world .

Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags . Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students . Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others , how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others , even for their parents .

54. What happened when Mr. Perkin came back from work that day ?

            A. Lot of people watched him.      

            B. He couldn’t open his car with his key.

53.          , so Mr. Perkin was even more pleased .

A.   The colour of his car was bright    

B.   His car was much newer than others

C.   He had the same car as others        

D.   Few people had the same cars as his

52. Mr. Perkin liked to          .

A. be different from other people

B. be the same as other people

C. spend his money on everything

D. have new and strange things

The following week, Mr. Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta 400. He was very pleased with it and drove to work in it the next day. He was even more pleased with his new car when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and both sides of him.

Mr. Perkin parked his car in a big car-park near his office. But when he came back from work, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that Mr. Perkin did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a strange look, so he stopped . Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400 left.

51. The paintings shown in Room 51 are most probably     than those in Room 33.

A. older                       B. newer                      C. cheaper             D. smaller

( B )

Mr. Perkin stood at the bus stop and watched the cars going by. Many of the cars were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr. Perkin always wore the same clothes, ate the same food, did the same things after work as other people. Mr. Perkin did not like to be different.

50.          has the most paintings shown in the museum.

       A. Gainsborough           B. Titian                       C. Claude              D. Bellini

49. If you want to look at paintings by Van Gogh, go straight to        .

       A. the East Wing                                              B. the West Wing

       C. the North Wing                                                  D. the Sainsbury Wing