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Parents in low-income countries don"t send their daughters to school because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else"s family and bear children.Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school----the prophecy (预言) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环)of abandonment.
An educated mother, on the other hand.has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices.She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance.The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys.will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle (良性循环).
Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economic advantages as well.Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling.Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available deal, but they are just the beginning.Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.
小题1:The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is _______.
A.expensive | B.troublesome |
C.rewarding | D.labor-saving |
A.It has developed the interest of a growing number of economists |
B.It is in the first place in many developing countries |
C.It deserves greater attention than other social project |
D.It will get greater returns than other known deal |
A.unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries |
B.the economic and social benefits of educating women |
C.the major contributions of educated women to society |
D.the potential earning power of well-educated women |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
解析
试题分析:文章介绍在发展中国家教育女孩的重要性,以及教育女性带来的社会和经济利益比其他已知任何的事情回报更多。
小题1:推理题:从第一段的句子:Educating girls quite possibly gets a higher rate of return than any other deal available in the developing world.可知作者认为在发展中国家教育女孩子是有回报的,选C
小题2:推理题:从最后一段的句子:Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available deal, but they are just the beginning.Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.可知教育妇女比其他已知任何的事情都有更多的回报,选D。
小题3:主旨题:从最后一段的句子:Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economic advantages as well.可知这篇文章讲的是教育女性带来的社会和经济利益,选B
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试题【Educating girls quite possibly gets a higher rate of return than any other deal 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Kids have fun learning phonetics, spelling and even a new language. Children are not willing to learn math tables or difficult words at school. They find it fun to sit in front of a computer and learn language and solve mathematical problems. In this age of computers, computers are becoming an important part of the child"s daily curriculum with parents opting to teach these children new things each day with the help of online educational games.
Computers are also known to improve the motor skills in children. In addition, the level of these games can be adjusted according to the level and learning ability of the kids. The makers of the games keep the kids" interest in mind while designing them so that their interest is maintained. Another advantage of these games is that you can find free online games and do not have to invest in these expensive products. Other activities that are available on the internet include online coloring games. This is also a constructive way that children can use to pass their leisure time.
Another advantage is that the children can lay in the comfort of their homes. Kids who are fond of playing on the computer can spend their time learning educational material instead on video games that teach violence.
Parents have to keep an eye on their kids and make sure that they do not spend their time on the computer playing games that could be harmful for them. It is essential to direct the kids to educational sites that have beneficial games and are known to help the progress of these children.
小题1:What is the main idea of this text?
A.Online games can be harmful to kids. |
B.Online games can be helpful to kids. |
C.Kids like to play games online. |
D.Parents are worried about their kids. |
A.they have trouble operating the computer |
B.phonetics and spelling are useless |
C.staying in the classroom is boring |
D.mathematical problems are difficult |
A.The kid"s expense. | B.The kid"s interest. |
C.The kid"s level. | D.The kid"s ability. |
A.help parents keep an eye on their kids |
B.make it easier to solve mathematical problems |
C.establish closer relationship between parents and kids |
D.leave kids comfortable at home |
Despite its name, the 7.9-inch iPad Mini is one of the largest among the mini-tablets. It"s gotall the aesthetics of its earlier 9.7-inch iPad and is unbelievably thin-just 7.2 mm, 23 percentthinner than the iPad.
Apple"s iPad Mini
Release date: Nov 2,2012 (Wi-Fi version)
Operating system: iOS 6
Size: 19.9 x 13.5 x 0.7 cm
Prices: $329 (16GB Wi-Fi), $429 (32GB Wi-Fi), $519 (64GB Wi-Fi), or $459 (16GB Data)
$559 (32GB Data), $659 (64GB Data)
Google may have been forced to cancel its Android event in New York City on Oct 29 due to the threat of hurricane Sandy, but that isn"t stopping it from making same big announcements. For starters, Google has confirmed (证实)that the Nexus 10 will be running Android 4.2 out of the box, so get excited. It will also come equipped with a 10-inch display running at an impressive 2560x1600 resolution. On the inside, it"ll have a A15 dual-core (双核)processor running alongside 2GB of RAM(内存),so expect the Nexus 10 to be a speedy little tablet. Google"s Nexus 10 Release date: Nov 13,2012 Operating system: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Size: 26.4 x 17.8x0.9 cm Prices: $399 (16GB), $449 (32GB)
Microsoft"s Surface is a bold product with some great touches. It doesn"t feature a camera and focuses on Office software, which suggests Microsoft is focusing this product on an executive toy. There"s no 3G connection (only Wi-Fi) so owners won"t have to worry about an extra contract.
The real delight, however, is Metro, the impressive navigation interface (导航界面).It is beautifully designed with brightly colored squares for navigation. Pre-orders for Surface in the US sold out over the weekend, so it would seem customers are excited.
Microsoft"s Surface
Release date: Oct 26,2012
Operating system: Windows 8 RT
Size: 27.5 x 17.2 x 0.9 cm
Prices: $499 (32GB M-Fi)
小题1:What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A.The three biggest companies made a new product together. |
B.A technology has been introduced to tablet industry. |
C.The three companies launched their new products nearly at the same time. |
D.The tablet market, in October was out of control. |
A.Wi-Fi version | B.Operating system |
C.Prices | D.Size |
A.6 | B.5 | C.4 | D.3 |
A.Microsoft"s Surface. | B.Apple"s iPad Mini. |
C.Google"s Nexus 10. | D.A15 dual-core processor. |
The limitations of this explanation, however, have been apparent for some time, since people with obvious injuries sometimes report feeling no pain at all. Later, researchers proposed that Descartes’ model be replaced with what they called the gate control theory of pain. They argued that before pain signals reach the brain, they must first go through a gating mechanism in the spinal cord(脊髓). In some cases, this imaginary gate could simply stop pain signals from getting to the brain.
Their most amazing suggestion was that what controlled the gate was not just signals from sensory nerves but also emotions and other “output” from the brain. They were saying that pulling on the rope need not make the bell ring. The bell itself—the mind— could stop it. This theory led to a great deal of research into how such factors as mood, gender, and beliefs influence the experience of pain. In a British study, for example, researchers measured pain threshold and tolerance levels in 53 ballet dancers and 53 university students by using a common measurement: after immersing your hand in body-temperature water for two minutes to establish a baseline condition, you put your hand in a bowl of ice water and start a clock running. You mark the time when it begins to hurt: that is your pain threshold. Then you mark the time when it hurts too much to keep your hand in the water: that is your pain tolerance. The test is always stopped at 120 seconds, to prevent injury.
The results were striking. On average female students reported pain at 16 seconds and pulled their hands out of the ice water at 37 seconds. Female dancers were almost three times as long on both counts. Men in both groups had a higher threshold and tolerance for pain, but the difference between male dancers and male nondancers was nearly as large. What explains that difference? Probably it has something to do with the psychology of ballet dancers—a group known for self-discipline, physical fitness, and competitiveness, as well as by a high rate of chronic(慢性) injury. Their driven personalities and competitive culture evidently accustom them to pain. Other studies along these lines have shown that outgoing people have greater pain tolerance and that, with training, one can reduce one’s sensitivity to pain.
There is also striking evidence that very simple kinds of mental suggestion can have powerful effects on pain. In one study of 500 patients undergoing dental procedures, those who were given a placebo(安慰剂) injection and promised that it would relieve their pain had the least discomfort— not only less than the patients who got a placebo and were told nothing but also less than the patients who got actual drug without any promise that it would work.
Today it is abundantly evident that the brain is actively involved in the experience of pain and is no more bell on a string. Today every medical textbook teaches the gate control theory as fact. There’s a problem with it, though. It explains people who have injuries but feel no pain, but it doesn’t explain the reverse, which is far more common— the millions of people who experience chronic pain, such as back pain, with no signs of injury whatsoever. So where does the pain come from? The rope and clapper are gone, but the bell is still ringing.
小题1:The primary purpose of the passage is to .
A.describe how modern research has updated an old explanation |
B.support a traditional view with new data |
C.promote a particular attitude towards physical experience |
D.suggest a creative treatment for a medical condition |
A.The brain can shut pain off at will. |
B.The brain plays no part in the body’s experience of pain. |
C.Pain can be caused in many different ways. |
D.Pain is an automatic response to bodily injury. |
A.offered an extremely new and original explanation |
B.was just opposite to people’s everyday experiences |
C.was grounded in an ridiculous logic |
D.was so sensible it should have been proposed centuries before |
A.costly, because it troubles millions of people |
B.puzzling, because it sometimes has no obvious cause |
C.disappointing, because it does not improve with treatment |
D.worrying, because it lies beyond the reach of medicine |
A.scientific judgments are difficult to understand |
B.theoretical investigations are generally useless |
C.researchers still have a long way to go before the puzzle is made clear |
D.there is always something puzzling at the heart of science |
Taking a look at why cloning might be beneficial, among many cases, it is arguable that parents who are known to be at risk of passing a genetic limitation to a child could make use of cloning.If the clone was free of genetic limitations.then the other clone would be as well.The latter could foe inserted in the woman and allowed to ripen to term.Moreover, cloning would enable women, who can"t get pregnant, to have children of their own.
Cloning humans would also mean that organs could be cloned, so it would be a source of perfect transfer organs.This, surely would be greatly beneficial to millions of unfortunate people around the world that are expected to lose their lives due to failure of single (or more) organ (s).It is also arguable that a ban on cloning may be unlawful and would rob people of the right to reproduce and limit the freedom of scientists.
Arguments against cloning are also on a perfectly practical side.Primarily, I believe that cloning would step in the normal "cycle" of life.There would be a large number of same genes, which reduce the chances of improvement, and, in turn, development—the fundamental reason how living things naturally adapt to the ever-changing environment.Life processes failing to do so might result in untimely disappearance.Furthermore, cloning would make the uniqueness that each one of us possesses disappear.Thus, leading to creation of genetically engineered groups of people for specific purposes and, chances are, that those individuals would be regarded as "objects" rather than people in the society.
Scientists haven"t 100 per cent.guaranteed that the first cloned humans will be normal.Thus this could result in introduction of additional limitations in the human "gene-pool".
Regarding such arguable topics in "black or white" approach seems very innocent to me personally.We should rather try to look at all "shades" of it.I believe that cloning is only legal if its purpose is for cloning organs; not humans.Then we could regard this as for "saving life" instead of "creating life".I believe cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable.
小题1:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Genetic limitation will be beneficial for some women |
B.A large number of genes will prevent us from developing |
C.Prohibition of cloning might limit the freedom of scientists |
D.First cloned humans might be normal according to scientists |
A.Cloning should be entirely banned. |
B.Cloning should be used in creating life. |
C.Cloning will take away the right to reproduce. |
D.Cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs. |
A.In a story book |
B.In a magazine |
C.In a science fiction |
D.In a brochure |
“A very destructive seven-year old child kicked my legs and scratched at my hand,” said one teacher. “I broke up a fight and was kicked,” said another. Many people have heard stories like this. But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.Every child, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born, has the right to achieve their potential, regardless of their parents’ wealth and class. And we recognize that, as a nation, it is a long way to achieve this goal. But rights come with responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of neglecting the latter.
Far too many children are behaving badly at school, even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough,but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behavior of their parents. Too many are starting school unable to hold a knife and fork, unused to eating at a table,and unable to use the lavatory properly.
We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep, has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.
Schools cannot right the wrongs of society and teachers cannot become substitute parents. Both parties need to work together. Parents must be helped and given confidence to take back control. They are responsible for setting boundaries for their children’s behavior and sticking to those boundaries when the going gets tough. They are responsible for setting a good example to their children and for devoting that most precious of resources---time---so that children come to school ready and willing to learn.
小题1:
What problem do people ignore in the writer’s opinion?A.The school violence |
B.The pressure of students’ learning |
C.The right to achieve students’ potential |
D.Students’ responsibilities |
小题2:
The writer’s attitude to the behaviors of parents may be that of .A.dissatisfaction | B.sympathy | C.understanding | D.tolerance |
小题3:
The underlined part in Paragraph 4 may mean .A.children don’t live with their parents in the same room |
B.parents care little about children’s life at home |
C.children spend little time with their parents at home |
D.parents attempt to establish a good relationship with their children |
小题4:
From the last paragraph,we can infer that
.A.school can’t correct the wrongs that society does to teachers |
B.teachers have no responsibility for playing the role of parents |
C.parents should spend time with children making them ready to learn |
D.students are responsible for making themselves known in society |
小题5:
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Children’s behavior at school is worrying people |
B.Parents expect schools to correct their children’s bad habits |
C.There is no point in parents’teaching children at home |
D.Don’t blame teachers when it’s parents who are failing |
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