| Divorces in Japan have more than
doubled, from just over 95 000 in 1970 to 206 955 in 1996, according to health
ministry statistics. One in three Japanese marriages now ends in
divorce. Atsuko Okano was in one of those failed marriages. Three years ago, she found herself alone in her 30s, with children to raise and a future full of question marks and social shame. But she al so saw an opening — and became a consultant helping people like herself. "My husband was cheating on me," she recalls. "I did everything to bring him back to me but it didn’t work, so I dumped him." Such frankness is a major characteristic of Japan’s recently divorced — and a striking break with the past. Divorced people — particularly women—have long been looked down upon in Japan, where self-sacrifice and family stability are regarded ms ideals. I A. are granted respectability after they get divorced B. are becoming brave enough to challenge the taboo of divorce C. still regard the security of the family unit as very important D. are becoming more financially independent [简答题]
Shut-Ins in Japan Akiko Abe has barely seen her 25-year-old son in six years, yet they live in the same small house. He leaves his room only when he’s sure his parents are out or asleep, she said. She can tell when he has used the kitchen, and she knows he goes to the living room to watch television and use the computer at night. She has waited patiently for him to tire of his isolation, sometimes standing outside his door and talking, to herself as much as to him. But, afraid that many more years would pass like this, she finally approached an organization that works with shut-ins by making home visits. "It will be difficult, because he won’t open his door," she said quietly. As many as a million Japanese—most of them young men—are considered shut-ins, either literally cloistered(隐居)in their rooms or refusing to work and avoiding all social con tact for periods ranging from six months to more than 10 years. Forty-one perc [填空题]Europe and Japan need more labor force because the population growth in these countries has been very low.
[填空题]Private schools in Japan are more modern and spacious than state-run lower secondary schools.
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Shut-Ins in Japan Akiko Abe has barely seen her 25-year-old son in six years, yet they live in the same small house. He leaves his room only when he’s sure his parents are out or asleep, she said. She can tell when he has used the kitchen, and she knows he goes to the living room to watch television and use the computer at night. She has waited patiently for him to tire of his isolation, sometimes standing outside his door and talking, to herself as much as to him. But, afraid that many more years would pass like this, she finally approached an organization that works with shut-ins by making home visits. "It will be difficult, because he won’t open his door," she said quietly. As many as a million Japanese—most of them young men—are considered shut-ins, either literally cloistered(隐居)in their rooms or refusing to work and avoiding all social con tact for periods ranging from six months to more than 10 years. Forty-one percent li A. They do not live in the same place. B. The son returned to home very late. C. The son leaves his room only when he’s sure his parents are out or asleep. D. The parents are very indifferent to their son. [单项选择]More has been learned since 1945 about the chemical changes in the body than in all human history before （）time.
A. in B. that C. which D. the [填空题]Recently more and more attention has been
focused to the problem of preserving the 62. ______ environment. The fact that a Government Ministry being called the Department of the Environment has 63. ______ been created shows how unimportant the issue is 64. ______ considered to be. Over the past thirty years or so the quality of many people’s lives have deteriorated in some respects 65. ______ because of technological progress. Those people living near airports are constantly attacked by the noise of increasingly larger and more powerful jet aircraft taken off and landing. The motor car has been 66. ______ responsible for many changes in the environment. On the one hand it has brought mobility to millions of 我来回答: 提交
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