LastyearIhadawonderfulexperience.IwentonastudentexchangetoJapan.ItwasanexcitingtimeofmylifeandIlearnedmanythingsabouttheschoolsysteminJapan.IwasinGrade11whichissecondyearofhighschoolinJapa

　　LastyearIhadawonderfulexperience.IwentonastudentexchangetoJapan.ItwasanexcitingtimeofmylifeandI learnedmanythingsabouttheschoolsysteminJapan.IwasinGrade11whichissecondyearofhighschoolinJapanbutIwasyoungerthanmostofmyclassmates.That’sbecauseJapanesechildrenenterfirstyearofelementaryschool(小学)inAprilfollowingtheirsixthbirthday.IstartedschoolwhenIwasstillfiveyearsold.

　　InJapanChildrenattendelementaryschoolforsixyearswheretheystudyJapanesearithmeticsciencesocialstudiesmusiccraftsphysicaleducationandhomeeconomics(simplecookingandsewingskills).DuringtheirthreeyearsinmiddleschoolEnglishisaddedtothislist.MostschoolshaveaccesstocomputersandtheInternet.

　　Theclassesinmyschoolseemedratherbigtomearound30studentsinatypicalhighschoolclass.Weatelunchintheclassroominsteadofacafeteriaandenjoyedahealthynutritiousmealpreparedbytheschoolorbyalocal“schoollunchcentre”insteadofeatingthesamedrysandwicheseveryday.IreallyliketheJapaneseinterpretationofschoollunches.Ialsoenjoyedthefieldtripsandactivities.AtJapaneseschoolstherearemanyschooleventsduringtheyearsuchasfielddaywhenstudentscompeteintug-of-warfieldtripsandartsandculturalfestivals.

　　ThewriterwenttoJapan_____lastyear.

　　A.tovisithisfamilymemebers B.tofinishhishighschoolthere

　　C.tostudyasanexchangestudent D.todoresearchonschoolsysteminJapan

　　ChildreninJapanmaystarttheirelementaryschoolattheageof____.

　　A.5 B.6 C.7 D.11

　　JapanesestudentsstarttolearnEnglish_____.

　　A. beforetheystarttheirschoolyear B.whentheyareinelementaryschool

　　C.whentheyareinmiddleschool D.whentheyareinhighschool

　　Inthewriter’scountrytherearenormally_____studentsinahighschoolclass.

　　A.lessthan30 B.exactly30 C.morethan30 D.Notcertain

　　Inthewriter’scountrystudentsprobably_____.