sports clubs (baseball, soccer, judo, kendo, etc) and culture clubs (English, broadcasting, science, etc). New students usually are encouraged to select a club shortly after the school year begins in April. Clubs meet for two hours after school each day and many clubs continue to meet during school vacations.

　　语篇解读：本文介绍了日本学生去学校、在学校和课外活动的相关情况。

　　1．Most Japanese high school students often have their lunch ．

　　A．in restaurants　 B．in school cafeterias

　　C．at home D．in homeroom classrooms

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第二段可知"大多数学校的学生午饭是早晨从家里带来的"，故排除A、C两项；由"... at lunch­time，classrooms can be noisy, lively places."可知"学生是在教室吃午饭的"。

　　2．Students in the USA go to school about days a year.

　　A．180 B．200

　　C．240 D．300

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第三段中的"Japanese students spend about 240 days a year at school, 60 days more than American students."可知，美国学生一年上学的天数约为180天。

　　3．The underlined word "rarely" in the fourth paragraph means " "．

　　A．always B．never

　　C．seldom D．often

　　解析：选C　词义猜测题。根据后半句"... so the clubs are relatively stable"可知，rarely意为"很少"，与C项(不常；很少)意思一致。

　　4．From the passage we know that ．

　　A．there are less than 40 students in each class in Japanese high schools

　　B．students must stay in homeroom classrooms for physical education

　　C．there are few subjects for students to choose except the required ones

　　D．there will not be any club activities during school vacations

解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第二段可知，日本中学每个班通常有40至45名学生，故A项错误；根据第二段可知，学生体育课不是在教室上的，故B项错误；根据文章最后一句可知，很多学校的俱乐部在假期期间正常活动，故D项错误；根据文中第三段最后一句"Given the number of required subjects, electives (选修科目) are few."可知，C项正确。