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Dowries -- such as jewelry, clothes, cars and money -- are traditionally given by the bride"s family to the groom and his parents to ensure she is taken care of in her new home.
The custom was outlawed more than five decades ago. But it is still widely practiced, with the groom"s family demanding even more money after marriage, leading to mental and physical abuse that can drive the woman to suicide.
"The Angry Brides game is our way of throwing a spotlight on the nuisance (陋习) of dowry," said Ram Bhamidi, senior vice president and head of online marketing for Shaadi.com, a matrimonial (婚姻的) website with two million members.
"According to a 2007 study, there is a dowry-related death every four hours in India. We condemn this and have consistently run campaigns on social media to help create awareness of the issue."
The name of the app, available on the group"s home page, is a spinoff from the globally popular "Angry Birds" game. Its home page shows a red-clad, eight-armed woman resembling a powerful female Hindu goddess. Underneath, there is a caption: "A woman will give you strength, care and all the love you need ... NOT dowry!"
To play the game, users have to try and hit three dodging grooms -- a pilot, builder and doctor. There is a wide array of weapons to choose from, including a stiletto shoe, a frying pan, broomstick, tomato and loafer.
Each groom has a price tag, starting at 1.5 million rupees ($29,165). Every time the player hits a groom, his value decreases and money is added to the player"s Anti-Dowry Fund, which is saved posted on their Facebook page.
"Since we launched the game last week, more than 270,000 people have liked the app. Both men and women seem to be playing it," said Bhamidi.
小题1:What caused "Angry Brides" to appear online?
A.Women"s rights" being seriously abused. |
B.Anger at the practice of demanding dowries. |
C.The bride"s giving a great many dowries. |
D.The popularity of Angry Birds online. |
A.The custom of giving dowries has been in practice for five decades. |
B.Lack of abundant dowries may lead to the bride"s being in violence. |
C.The illegal practice of dowries is still popular in many African countries. |
D.More dowries the bride gives mean a high social status of her family. |
A.relation | B.connection | C.copy | D.fake |
A.There are a variety of weapons to choose from. |
B.Ram Bhamidi thinks highly of the game. |
C.Men players don"t find the game enjoyable. |
D.The game character looks like a Hindu goddess. |
A.Women"s unfair treatment in the marriage. |
B.The popularity of the game "Angry Brides". |
C.The groom"s demanding too many dowries. |
D.How to build an equal relation in the marriage. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:B
解析
试题分析:为表达对索要嫁妆的陋习的愤怒,模仿“愤怒的小鸟”而成的游戏“愤怒的新娘”在网络上走红。这款游戏旨在引起人们对这一仍然在很多南亚国家盛行的非法行为的重视。
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:Anger at the practice of demanding dowries, which can lead to violence against brides, has caused a takeoff of "Angry Birds" called "Angry Brides"可知是为表达对索要嫁妆的陋习的愤怒,选B
小题2:细节题:从第一段的句子:which can lead to violence against brides, 可知这种行为可能导致新娘遭到暴力。选B
小题3:猜词题:从后面的句子:from the globally popular "Angry Birds" game. 可知是模仿的愤怒的小鸟。选C
小题4:细节题:从最后一段的句子:Both men and women seem to be playing it," said Bhamidi.
可知男的女的都喜欢这个游戏,选C
小题5:主旨题:从最后一段的句子:"Since we launched the game last week, more than 270,000 people have liked the app.可知这篇文章讲的是“愤怒的新娘“这个游戏的流行。选B
点评:为表达对索要嫁妆的陋习的愤怒,模仿“愤怒的小鸟”而成的游戏“愤怒的新娘”在网络上走红。这类阅读理解要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点。
核心考点
试题【Anger at the practice of demanding dowries, which can lead to violence against b】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis, despite being the most expensive, beat rivals across the globe to head the list for the third consecutive years, scoring a total of 59 percent in votes on several categories by travellers.
London taxi drivers were voted both friendliest and most knowledgeable. Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi licence.
New York’s yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage points from last year even though Manhattan’s cab drivers tied with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest.
Travellers said New York had the most available taxis.
Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world’s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.
“Travelling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travellers have upon arrival in a new city. In fact, the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of travelling from the airport to their hotel,” a spokesman for hotels.com said in a statement.
The global poll scored city based taxis for their levels of cleanliness, value, quality of driving, knowledge of the area, friendliness, safety and availability.
Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with a total score of 26 percent, Berlin with 17 percent, and Bangkok famed for its tuk-tuks scoring 14 percent.
Madrid’s taxis were ranked sixth in the poll, followed by Copenhagen and Dublin with 11 percent and Frankfurt and Paris with 10 percent.
Taxis in Sydney fell short of the top 10, scoring badly in the areas of value for money, availability and knowledge of the area.
The survey for hotels.com, part of the Expedia group, was conducted among over 1,900 travellers between May 11-28 this year.
小题1:What does the underlined word “rigorous” in the third paragraph mean _______?
A.official | B.lawful | C.strict | D.important |
A.listing the ranks of the taxi service of the European cities |
B.listing the ranks of the taxi service of the cities concerned |
C.different kinds of reading forms and famous travel websites |
D.interviewing the taxi drivers and travellers of the cities |
A.driving skills | B.good manners |
C.the sense of cleanliness | D.the sense of safety |
A.The global taxi drivers should be trained strictly. |
B.The global taxi drivers should be given an exam. |
C.The global taxi drivers have different driving skills. |
D.The global big cities’taxis service is scored by a travel website. |
Nathan Childs is an expert on rice markets. He notes that the harvest for the latest growing season was the largest on record. But India, Vietnam and others have restricted exports(限制出口) to keep prices down at home and protect supplies.
Thailand’s agriculture minister says his country will never restrict rice exports. He told the Reuters news agency Thursday that Thailand has enough supplies to meet demand at home and for export.
Thailand is the world’s largest rice exporter. Recent signs of an increase in supplies have helped ease record prices for Thai rice. Prices rose last week above one thousand dollars a ton.
Vietnam, the second biggest exporter, has banned(禁止) exports until June. And Vietnamese officials have now warned that non-food traders who buy rice for speculation(投机活动)will be severely punished.
Some experts say speculation is a necessary part of market activity. But the head of the U.N. Environment Program blames it for the high food prices. “We have enough food on this planet today to feed everyone.” Achim Steiner told the Associated Press.
Earlier, a member of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission didn’t accept the idea that speculators are the main cause. Bart Chilton blamed reduced harvests and grain supplies and the falling value of the dollar.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called heads of major international agencies to a meeting this week in the Swiss capital, Bern. He says high food prices could harm world trade, economic growth, social progress and political security.
小题1:What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Vietnam has banned rice exports to other countries. |
B.Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world. |
C.Some families are too poor to afford enough food. |
D.Rising prices of food have led to the world food crisis. |
A. Thailand. B. Switzerland. C. Vietnam. D. The USA.
小题3:All of the following are the results of rising prices of food EXCEPT ____.
A.the worst food crisis |
B.reduced harvests and grain supplies |
C.people spending more money on food |
D.pushing one hundred million people into hunger |
A.High food prices. |
B.The falling value of the dollar. |
C.Enough rice supplies in some countries. |
D.Restricted food exports in some countries. |
While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.
Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
小题1: The opening paragraph is mainly intended to _________.
A.provide some key facts about Confucius |
B.attract the readers’ interest in the subject |
C.show great respect for the ancient thinker |
D.prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations |
A.fight for a chance to learn Chinese |
B.try to get high scores in Chinese exams |
C.have a great interest in studying Chinese |
D.take an active part in Chinese competitions |
A.Forgotten Wisdom in America |
B.Old Thinker with a Big Future |
C.Chinese Culture for Westerners |
D.Huge Fans of the Chinese Language |
A.a biography | B.a history paper |
C.a newspaper | D.a philosophy textbook |
Sports like Khmer boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia. But Chea, who has been skating for 6 months, says skating has already become his favorite sport.
The skaters are learning tricks like launching off a jump or half-pipe and flying through the air on their narrow wooden boards.
A non-governmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes weekly programs at the park. Skateistan started its work in Afghanistan years ago. Rory Burke is working with the group which expanded to Cambodia last year.
Rory Burke points out, “Yeah, it’s definitely not a typical Cambodian pastime (消遣). And I think the idea of ‘why skateboarding’ is that it’s not been done before here. We want to use skateboarding as something saying, ‘Hey, this is new, this is something different.And that kind of itself becomes a little bit of hook. People see it and they think and they say, ‘Wow, what is that?’ and they want to get involved. ”
Skateistan partners with local groups that work with young people. The park is on the grounds of the group known as PSE, where children attend school and learn a trade. There are almost one hundred twenty participants. They all come from troubled lives.
Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha is a student at PSE. “Sometimes I don’t do well in subjects like math,” he says, “I feel bad when I find it hard to keep up with my lessons. So that is why I skateboard ---to improve my bad feelings. ’,
He says he began skateboarding more than a year ago. Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off.
Rory Burke says learning to deal with the difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.
小题1: According to the passage, PSE is a group ______.
A.that works with Cambodian students |
B.for young Cambodians to learn a trade |
C.for young Cambodians in troubled lives |
D.for young Cambodians taking skateboarding |
A.It was born in Afghanistan years ago. |
B.It is easy for young Cambodians to learn. |
C.It is as popular as Khmer boxing in Cambodia. |
D.It is a good sport to help get good feeling again. |
A.something strange |
B.something quite new |
C.something different |
D.something attractive |
A.a sport liked by most young Cambodians |
B.an increasingly popular sport in Cambodia |
C.a sport used to better young Cambodians’ life |
D.a good way to train young Cambodians’ learning skills |
The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year,1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.
People interested in jobs in Beijing’s rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. Bjbys. com from February 1 through March 15.
“We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers,” Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.
The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan
( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.
Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city"s countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing"s Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.
Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.
The ministry predicts that 4. 95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.
In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.
小题1:The underlined word “recruit” in the first paragraph probably means______.
A.employ | B.force | C.encourage | D.train |
A.once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salary |
B.the government guarantee a gradually high salary for the successful candidates |
C.working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful |
D.the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce |
A.the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful |
B.local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge |
C.university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas |
D.Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries |
A.more and more graduates will work as junior officials |
B.the universities should not have so many students |
C.there are more and more graduates in recent years |
D.it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays |
A.What is the best career? |
B.Graduates go to the countryside. |
C.Job hunting for university graduates. |
D.A good choice for university graduates. |
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