But that may have more to do with Japanese life-stvles." In Japan," says educator Yoko Muro, "it’s never a question of whether you enjoy your job and your life, but only how much you can endure." With economic growth has come centralization; fully 76 percent of Japan’s 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, two generation households. Urban Japanese have long endured lengthy commutes (travels to and from work)and crowded living conditions, but as the old group and family values weaken, the discomfort is beginning to tell. In the past decade, the Japanese divorce rate, while still well below that of the United States, has increased by more than 50 percent, and suicides have increased by nearly one-quarter.

　　63. In the Westerner’s eyes, the postwar Japan was_____ .

　　[A] under aimless development

　　[B] a positive example

　　[C] a rival to the West

　　[D] on the decline

　　[答案] B

　　[解题思路]

　　本题的对应信息在文章第一段第一句话“Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe”(战后日本的生产率和社会的和谐为美国和欧洲所称羡，因此很难说迷茫是战后日本的特征)，同时第三段的第一句话“While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics”(虽然日本的教育因强调基础知识而经常受到外国人的赞扬)也是西方人对战后日本的正面评价，因此B选项为正确答案。A、C、D选项的意思都与原文相反，可以很容易排除。