JapanismadeupofachainofislandsthatlieoffthecoastofAsia.PeoplecametoliveinJapanfromthenearbycountriesofChinaandKorea.FromtheseoldercountriestheJapaneseborrowedideasinventionsandhabits.

FormanyyearstheJapanesebuilthouseslikethoseinChina.TheydressedthemselveslikeaChinese.FromChinacametheirwayofwritingandtheirhabitofdrinkingtea.

InmorerecenttimestheJapanesehaveborrowedthingsfromourcountrytheUnitedStates.Theyhaveagovernmentlikeours.Theydomuchworkinscienceaswedo.BaseballisafavoritesportinJapanjustasitishere.

ThingschangewhentheycometoJapan.TheJapaneseimproveonalmosteverythingtheyborrow.TheartofgardenmakingcamefromKoreaandChinabuttheJapanesegardensarespecial.Eachgardenhasawaterfallapondandsmallbridges.TherearefewflowersinJapanesegardens.Butthegardensaregreenduringalltheyearroundbecausetheyhavemanyevergreens.Japanesegardenshaveadifferentkindofbeauty.

1.Thefirstparagraphofthepassagetellsusthat________centuriesago.

A．theJapaneseborrowedideasonlyfromChinaandKorea

B．peoplecametoliveinJapanfromneighbouringAsiancountries

C．JapanismucholderthanKorea

D．manyJapanesecamefromtheUnitedStates

2.Inthethirdparagraphofthepassagetheitalic(斜体)words“justasitishere”mean”________”

A．justasitisintheUnitedStates

B．justasitisinChina

C．justasitisinJapan

D．justasitisinAsia

3.WhydidtheJapanesechangethethingstheyhadborrowed?

A．Theywantedverymuchtobedifferentfromothers.

B．Theydidn’tlikethemthewaytheywere.

C．Theywantedvisitorstolikethechange.

D．Theytriedtomakethembetter.

4.Fromthepassagewecanseethat________.

A．Japanesegardensaredifferentfromthoseinothercountriesbutnotverybeautiful

B．Japanesegardensarefulloflifeduringalltheseasons

C．Japanesegardensarenotverybig

D．TherearemanyflowersinJapanesegardens

5.ChooseastatementfromthefollowingsentencesthatisNOTtrue.

A．ThegovernmentofJapan