题目
题型:不详难度:来源:
I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-lime and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it didn’t bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement-jobs, research papers, awards-was viewed through the lens of gender(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture(培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
1. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination
C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind
D. She finds space research more important
2. Form Para 3, we can infer that people would attribute (归结于) the author’s failures to___
A. the very fact that she is a woman
B. her involvement in gender politics
C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
3. How does the author feel when talking about her class?
A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. concerned
4. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of the generation
B. women have more barriers on their way to academic success
C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family
D. Women now have fewer problems in pursuing a science career
答案
BABC
解析
1. 第一段和第二段
2. 第二段: So were my failures.
3. 第三段: You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45.
4. 第三段: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments.
核心考点
试题【I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Parents may start to notice a change in their child’s behavior if the child starts drinking. Kids who drink sometimes stop doing things they normally liked to do. They may keep telephone calls and meetings a secret and not want anybody to touch their things. They act moody (喜怒无常) and do not have the same eating and sleeping habits.
Parents need to stay involved (牵涉) in their kids’ lives. They should talk to their children about their problems to be aware of any changes.
Parents can be the best protection. Children who get a lot of love can feel good about themselves. It helps them resist(抵抗) doing bad things even when other kids are doing them. Parents can also help set a good example by not drinking and driving. They can have firm rules in the home that everyone follows.
Give the children good ideas on how to say “no” to drinking, even when they are at a party. Try not to overreact or panic (惊慌) if the child tries alcohol. How you handle it can affect their attitude. It may be helpful to talk to other parents about setting up curfews (宵禁令) and rules about parties or other events.
小题1:Which of the following is NOT the reason why some kids have an early start of drinking?
A.They want to show their maturity (成熟) by drinking alcohol. |
B.Drinking alcohol is much cooler than taking drugs. |
C.They are affected by many other people around them. |
D.They can get liquor easily. |
A.Nothing serious will happen to them. |
B.They keep the same eating and sleeping habits. |
C.They can control their moods quite well. |
D.Sometimes they act secretly. |
A.punish them at once |
B.ask the police for help |
C.ask their children’s friends for help |
D.set up curfews and rules about parties or other events with other parents |
Teen health. B. Teen education.
Teen drinking D. Parents’ worries.
For three years, no matter 38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 39 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 40 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 42 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 43 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 44 her.
“Did she have an accident? Something 45 ?” I thought to myself about her 46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47 her. I began to realize that part of our 48 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51 markers in our lives. They add weight to our 52 of place and belonging.
Think about it. 53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 55 , person?
36. A. Make B. Take C. Give D. Have
37. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried
38. A. what B. how C. which D. when
39. A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy
40. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned
41. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially
42. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered
43. A. long B. often C. soon D. much
44. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired
45. A. better B. worse C. more D. less
46. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune
47. A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt
48. A. happy B. enjoyable C. frequent D. daily
49. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests
50. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably
51. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful
52. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense
53. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However
54. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning
55. A. unnamed B.unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal
There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultrarich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in fortyseven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year.
Laksmi Mittal,an Indian born steel tycoon (巨头)enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled (变成四倍)to thirteen billion dollars making him the world’s third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years — there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably underrepresented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list — among them is JK Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company’s recent stock market debut. The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.
小题1: Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year’s Forbes magazine?
A.Laksmi Mittal. | B.Ingvar Kamprad. |
C.JK Rowling. | D.Silvio Berlusconi. |
A.300 | B.180 | C.70 | D.150 |
A.No Chinese has entered the top sixty richest people in the world. |
B.Russia is a developing country. |
C.This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list. |
D.There are more billionaires(亿万富翁) in New York than any other city in the world. |
A.There are more billionaires in London than in Moscow. |
B.Ukraine is a very rich country in the world. |
C.JK Rowling’s novels have sold very well. |
D.The IT industry is a profitmaking industry. |
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changednew houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring,the ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the rightor the lefthand lane? After a while,of course,the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course,has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrestseven with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.
小题1:According to the passage,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?
A.Buses on the road. | B.Films on television. |
C.Advertisements on the billboards. | D.Gas stations. |
A.To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips. |
B.To persuade you to take a long bus trip. |
C.To explain how bus trips and television shows differ. |
D.To describe the billboards along the road. |
A.bus drivers who aren’t reckless | B.driving alone |
C.a television set on the bus | D.no billboards along the road |
A.the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun |
B.they both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in between |
C.the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses |
D.both traveling and watching TV are not exciting. |
A.exciting | B.comfortable | C.tiring | D.boring |
“Baidu’s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying. Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official.
Like many teens, Huang Ruoru, an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province, doesn’t think that getting music from websites is wrong. She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends. When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others’ work without paying.
However, other teenagers have different ideas. Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,” she said. “So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuing③ file-sharers.”
Notes:
① relaxation n. 娱乐
② lawsuit n. 诉讼
③ pursue vt. 追赶,追击
Choose the best answers according to the above:
小题1:Which of the following best describes the passage?
A.Music on the Internet is of better quality. | B.Downloading material can be illegal. |
C.It’s good to get free music on the Internet. | D.Baidu is a popular web company. |
A.they got copyrighted songs without paying |
B.they downloaded copyrighted music for people |
C.they make copyrighted files for free downloads |
D.they offer free music on line |
A.A bit guilty. | B.A little sad. | C.Extremely angry. | D.Awfully sorry. |
A.Getting more money from web companies. |
B.Enabling people to download favorite songs. |
C.Helping to improve the music. |
D.Making pop singers more popular. |
A.Web companies are still ignoring the copyright laws. |
B.Teenagers haven’t got money to buy CDs. |
C.Teenagers are probably still downloading free music. |
D.Teenagers prefer CDs with copyright to pirated music. |
最新试题
- 1阅读以下材料,回答问题:材料一:唐太宗说:“自古皆贵中华,贱夷狄,朕独爱之如一。”“盖恩泽洽,则四夷可使如一家;猜忌多,
- 2已知空间四边形ABCD的各边及对角线相等,AC与平面BCD所成角的余弦值是( )。
- 3已知数列为递减的等差数列,是数列的前项和,且.⑴ 求数列的前项和⑵ 令,求数列的前项和
- 4(本题满分12分,每小题6分)(1)若为基底向量,且若A、B、D三点共线,求实数k的值; (2)用“五
- 5The invention of the typewriter was a great_______ to commu
- 6下面是一幅漫画,请说明漫画的内容及其寓意,要求语言简明,句子通顺,不超过70个字。(5分)
- 7________ we stood at the top of the building, we were able t
- 8泡沫灭火器内装有NaHCO3饱和溶液,该溶液呈现碱性的原因是______(用相关离子方程式表示);灭火器内另一容器中装有
- 9读地球公转线速度变化图。当地球公转线速度为N时,该日郓城一中日出—正午—日落,旗杆的影子朝向变化可能是(
- 10一晨跑运动员以5m/s的速度奔跑在一平直公路上,与之相邻的铁路上有一火车从其身后驶来,火车速度为25m/s,车身全长12
热门考点
- 1(2分)两个磁铁之间有一个小磁针,小磁针静止时的指向如图所示,请在图中标出两个磁极的极性和磁感线的方向.
- 2若关于的实系数方程有两个根,一个根在区间内,另一根在区间内,记点对应的区域为.(1)设,求的取值范围;(2)过点的一束光
- 3某蔬菜加工厂承担出口蔬菜加工任务,有一批蔬菜产品需要装入某一规格的纸箱。供应这种纸箱有两种方案可供选择:方案一:从纸箱厂
- 4下列说法正确的是( )A.物质的密度越小,放入水中后受到的浮力越大B.额外功占总功的份数越少,机械的效率就越高C.电功
- 5当海南岛春耕大忙时期,黑龙江还是冰天雪地,其主要原因是我国[ ]A、跨纬度广 B、跨经度广 C、地形复杂多样 D
- 6What was it ________ he was so eager to get?A.whatB.thatC.wh
- 7汽油机的汽缸上部有______;在汽油机的四个冲程中,靠惯性完成的有______、______和______.
- 8下列电器中其工作电压与其它三个不同的是( )A.收音机B.电视机C.洗衣机D.空调
- 9下列有关物质分类的说法正确的是( )A.NO2能与碱反应生成盐和水,属于酸性氧化物B.BaSO4难溶于水,属于弱电解质
- 10As he reached _____ back door, Jack saw _____ strange sight.