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The job market continues to suffer the effects of last year’s financial crash. On the one hand more women have entered the labor market over the years, and on the other hand the economic recession (衰退) has hit men harder than women. In October the unemployment rate for men was almost 11% compared to 8% for women.
Industries that traditionally use lots of men have suffered deep cuts. For example, manufacturing (制造业) and building lost more jobs last month. But health care and temporary employment services have had job growth. Both of those industries employ high percentages of women.
Thirty years ago, women earned sixty-two cents for every dollar that men earned. Now, for those who usually work full time, women earn about eighty percent of what men earn. And a recent study from the University of California, Davis, reveals that women hold fifty-one percent of well-paid management and professional jobs. Yet the study also shows that men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at most companies. The results have remained largely unchanged for five years.
Also, a new research paper in the journal Sex Roles looks at the experiences of women who are the main earners in their families. Rebecca Meisenbach at the University of Missouri in Columbia interviewed fifteen women. She found that they all value their independence and many enjoy having the power of control, though not all want it. But they even feel more pressure and worry. That is partly because of cultural expectations that working women should still take care of the children. Also, men who are not the main earners may feel threatened.
小题1:Which of the following is a reason why women have a larger share of jobs?
A.Women workers are paid less than men. |
B.More women now have higher education than men. |
C.The economic recession has affected men more than women. |
D.Industries that traditionally use lots of men now need more women. |
A.manufacturing | B.building | C.health care | D.farming |
A.$260 | B.$310 | C.$400 | D.$500 |
A.hopes to be less independent | B.has the power of control |
C.feels a bit threatened | D.is less worried |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析
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试题【Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs. The lates】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
The scientists’ study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of “leisure noise,” saying children and teenagers should be protected from increasingly high sound levels---with loud mobile phones also coming in for criticism(批评).
“There has been increasing concern about exposure from the new generation of personal music players which can reproduce sounds at very high volumes without loss of quality,” the Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said in a statement.
“Risk for hearing damage depends on sound level and exposure time,” it said. More and more young people were exposed to the great threat(威胁)that leisure noise posed to hearing, it said.
Commission experts said that between 50 and 100 million people listen to portable music players on a daily basis.
If they listened for only five hours a week at more than 89 decibels(分贝), they would already be beyond EU limits for noise allowed in the workplace, they said. But if they listened for longer periods, they risked permanent hearing loss after five years.
The scientists calculated the number of people in that risk category at between five and 10 percent of listeners, meaning up to 10 million people in the European Union.
Sales of personal music players have soared in EU countries in recent years, particularly of MP3 players.
"I am worried that so many young people ... who are frequent users of personal music players and mobile phones at high acoustic levels, may be unknowingly damaging their hearing ," she said in the statement.
小题1:Which of the following can be the best title of the article?
A.Youngsters across Europe: suffer permanent hearing loss. |
B.MP3 players: sell best but do harm to youngsters |
C.The scientists’ study: requested by the EU |
D.EU warns youth: turn your MP3 players down! |
A.textbook | B.medical report |
C.teen magazine | D.governmental newspaper |
A.were uncovered | B.felt | C.realized | D.were faced with |
A.besides the high sound levels, scientists also criticized loud mobile phones. |
B.if one listened for 5 hours more a week at 100 decibels, he would risk permanent hearing loss. |
C.it is only the level of the sound that can do damage to hearing. |
D.the scientists said there were 5-10 percent of MP3 listeners risking hearing loss around the world. |
Blogs (博客) are the place where young people go to reveal their souls, to vent(发泄), and even to gossip.
Many people enjoy the freedom in blogging. Some, however, find that putting one’s life online can have a price. Some students in America got suspensions (暂停) because on their blogs they posted threatening words to their teachers.
Recent surveys found that nearly a fifth of teens who have access to the Web have their own blogs. And 38% of teens say they read other people’s blogs. By comparison, about a tenth of adults have their own blogs and a quarter say they read other people’s online journals.
With the development of the Internet, more and more people will be engaged in blogging.
In another survey, 79% of teens agreed that people at their age aren’t careful enough when giving out information about themselves online. Besides, careless blogging can also affect blog viewers. When you are angry or frustrated, your blog is the first place you turn to. The words you post then may not be rational which you may regret later. To minimize (减少) the negative effect, change the permission setting and make such posts “private” so that only you can read them.
As long as you are careful with what you post, blogging is a great means of staying in touch with friends and displaying one’s creative works.
68. Blogs are the place where people _________.
A. go online to have a chat B. go online to enjoy freedom
C. go online to express themselves freely D. exchange their views online
69. The fact that some American students got suspensions is used to show that ________.
A. people should be careful with what they write
B. people should not put their life online
C. American students are limited in blogging
D. anyone who has access to the Web has his blog
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71. The passage is mainly about _________.
A. the number of people who have blogs B. the use people make of blogs
C. advantages and disadvantages of blogs D. the author’s suggestions about blogging
No 小题4: was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 小题5: of her daughter. She stopped at 小题6: of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to 小题7: this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 小题8: at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 小题9: listening to the service, all the while letting her 小题10: wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t 小题11: until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!” 小题12: she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 小题13: to be true.
It was night, but she was so 小题14: by the message that she started walking home. 小题15: the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 小题16: her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 小题17: open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 小题18: , the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s 小题19: . The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 小题20: .”
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第一节完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21--30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Experts believe that young people are drinking more alcohol than ever. They say it"s not just the __21__ that teenagers consume that"s worrying them but also what they do when they"re drunk.
A recent survey found that 40% of British teens drank at least once every month and that younger teens were often __22__ to take their first drink by older friends.
As one teen said, "When you"re with all your friends and having a good time, if someone gets out some alcohol you just __23__ it and drink."
The government believes part of the problem is the availability of __24__ alcohol and has introduced a law to ban such drinks. Others oppose the law because they say it __25__ targets poorer drinkers.
One young drinker interviewed thinks price is __26__ and that teens, determined to get drunk, will find a way. But alcohol expert Professor Martin Plant says the evidence supporting the new law is __27__. He said, "The science is absolutely clear. Putting in a minimum price will __28__ alcohol consumption by young drinkers. This is the first real development that offers the __29__ of cutting the size of the alcohol problem, and luckily the government has __30__ the opportunity."
21. A. time B. types C. products D. amount
22. A. promised B. encouraged C. forced D. charged
23. A. go along with B. come into C. turn to D. get away with
24. A. sweet B. strong C. cheap D. expensive
25. A. intentionally B. unfairly C. rightly D. completely
26. A. irrelevant B. unreasonable C. inexpensive D. unknown
27. A. weak B. existing C. convincing D. approving
28. A. prevent B. reduce C. balance D. delay
29. A. issue B. choice C. time D. promise
30. A. missed B. given C. taken D. used
Eat, drink and be merry. That’s what Spring Festival is all about. But there are millions of people, too, who love to let happiness go up in smoke.
Offering cigarettes to guests is a traditional Chinese way of showing respect to them. A cup of tea and cigarettes are perhaps the most common way of welcoming a guest in China, especially during festive occasions.
No wonder, 40 percent of the people surveyed(调查) recently said they would smoke at least twice the usual number of cigarettes during the Spring Festival because of all those gatherings and parties. Only 20 percent of the respondents said they would refuse a cigarette when offered one. Why can’t the others do the same? Because they could be seen as being rude, said more than half in the respondents. 15 percent feared they could be taken as “someone who cannot get along well with others”.
The Think-tank Research Centre for Health Development and sohu. com survey shows 61 percent Chinese think offering a cigarette is useful for socialising, and 52 percent have offered cigarettes to others. The study surveyed 3,800 people, and 64 percent of them were men.
One-third of those surveyed were smokers, out of which 57 percent said they couldn’t give up smoking because of the offering-and-accepting culture. “People have accepted offering cigarettes as an effective way of making friends,” research centre director Wu Yiqun says.
China has more than 350 million smokers, catering to the tobacco market that is worth 500 billion yuan. “The survey shows we still have a lot of work to do,” Wu says. “It is time to let people know that offering a cigarette is a bad habit and it should be given up immediately.”
59. The passage is written with the purpose of ________.
A. telling us a custom about the Chinese Spring Festival
B. introducing a way to make friends with Chinese
C. stopping smoking during the Chinese Spring Festival
D. telling us that offering cigarettes is a bad habit
60. The third paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A. the fact that smokers are greatly increasing during the festival
B. the reason why refusing cigarettes is acceptable
C. the fact that many people have to smoke more cigarettes during the festival
D. it is rude to attend parties without smoking cigarettes
61. Which of the following may NOT be the reason that makes many people fail to refuse the offered cigarettes?
A. It’s impolite to refuse. B. Smoking is harmful for non-smokers.
C. They want to be friendly D. It’s a kind of social habit.
62. The writer mentions the 500 billion yuan tobacco market because ________.
A. the tobacco market is not developing smoothly
B. the writer thinks that smoking wastes a lot of money
C. smoking is helpful to the tobacco market
D. the tobacco market attracts too many smokers
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