8-10th form Reading "Daily Life in Japanese High School"

1. At School

Japanese students spend 240 days a year ____ school that is 60 days more than the average American student.

2. The students stay _____ their classrooms for most of the school day while the teachers move from room to room.

3. At the end of the day, the students ____ to clean their room.

4. They sweep _____ classrooms and hallways, empty rubbish bins and tidy the playground.

5. After school clubs

Club activities _____ place every day after school for around two hours.

6. In ____ schools, clubs can be divided into two types: sport clubs ( e.g. basketball, football) and culture clubs (e.g. English, chess).

Entrance Examinations

7. Students have to ____ exams to get into high school and university. So their success or failure in these exams can determine a student's whole future.

8. This is because the chance of finding a good job usually depends on ___ school you graduate from.

Evening Schools

9. In Japan around 60% of students go to evening schools to help them ____ for exams.

10. Surprisingly, many students enjoy these extra classes because the teachers are often lively and more interesting than their high school teachers. Japanese students do around two hours of homework every day except for Sundays, when they may do as many ___ three hours.