It is not only experts in China who are arguing over whether women should work a
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It is not only experts in China who are arguing over whether women should work after marriage or not. Worldwide this question is being discussed as an interestingly large number of married women enter the workplace. Take the United States for example. Since 1960, the percentage of married women in the work force has jumped from 31.9 per cent to 59.4 per cent.
American women first moved into the paid labour force during the World War II, when men left their jobs to fight. In the last fifty years, more and more women have worked outside the home. And over these years of developing, Americans have changed their social values as a result. In 1975, women aged 35 and above made up half of all working women. And by 1980, 60 per cent were women at the age of 45 and above.
Now in Japan, women’s work group is M-shaped with middle-aged women and those aged 20-25 at the two peaks. According to statistics(统计)， 37.7 per cent of Japanese women at childbearing age(25-29) still engaged themselves in work in 1980. and the number reached 50 per cent the next year.
Being a housewife has always been regarded as a “graceful occupation” in Japan. Some young Japanese women believe it is good to be a “ professional housewife”. However, old attitudes have been changing everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessary. In recent years, a great number of city housewives have poured out of homes to take part time jobs. Even the UN has given its support.. The 34th Congress of the United Nations in 1979 put forward the decision for formal agreement on the getting rid of discrimination(歧视) against women.
So far, most UN members have agreed on it, but some still haven’t, including the United States.
小题1:From the first passage, we can learn that ________________.| A．experts encourage women to take paying jobs. | | B．men encourage women to take paying jobs | | C．government encourage women to take paying jobs. | | D．more and more people begin to care about women’s life |
小题2:In the United States _________________.| A．married women are lazier than their husbands. | | B．Husbands are lazier than their wives | | C．Few married women used to work outside | | D．More married women used to work outside |
小题3:Married women in Japan________________.
A, all work outside their homes
B. seldom work outside their homes
C. have different opinions on their working outside
D. all do housework at their homes
小题4:More and more women have taken jobs outside for the reason that ____________.| A．they have no children to take care of | | B．they have no housework to do | | C．they want to make more friends | | D．they want to improve their living conditions |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章主要就婚后女性是否该出去工作这个问题进行了讨论。
小题1:根据文章内容Even the UN has given its support.. The 34th Congress of the United Nations in 1979 put forward the decision for formal agreement on the getting rid of discrimination(歧视) against women.可知越来越多的人开始关心女性的生活，故选D。
小题2:根据So far, most UN members have agreed on it, but some still haven’t, including the United States，选C。
小题3:根据Some young Japanese women believe it is good to be a “ professional housewife”. However, old attitudes have been changing everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessary，故选C。
小题4:根据However, old attitudes have been changing everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessary，故选D。
点评：议论文是用来表达自己对某一问题的观点的文章，要求观点鲜明，所以总结文章论点和段落主旨基本上是必考题。阅读时要注意把握中心句、主旨句和中心段落，了解文章大意，这样在做题时才能得心应手。 |
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Almost a decade ago, the federal government dropped $10 million for an Earth-monitoring satellite that never made it into space. Today it sits in a closet in Maryland. Cost to taxpayers for storing it: $1 million a year. And that"s just what"s hiding in one closet. Who knows what"s in the rest of them?
Because we think the government should be held to at least the same standards as a publicly traded company, and because as taxpayers, we"re America"s shareholders, we performed an audit （财务检查）of sorts of the federal books. We"re not economists, but we do have common sense. We tried to get help from Congressional staffers from both parties, as well as various watchdog groups and agencies. In the end, we found that the federal government wastes nearly $1 trillion every year.
That"s roughly equal to the amount collected annually by the Internal Revenue Service in personal income taxes. Put another way, it"s also equal to about one-third of the country"s $2.9 trillion total annual budget. And reclaiming that lost trillion could help wipe out the country"s annual budget deficit（赤字）, improve education, and provide health insurance for those who don"t have it.
So how do you define "waste"? David Walker of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal watchdog agency, calls it "the government"s failure to give taxpayers the most for their money." For our part, we used the kind of household test you would use on a piece of meat sitting in your refrigerator: If it smells rotten, it"s waste. Our government regularly pays for products and services it never gets, wildly overpays companies to do things it could do more cheaply itself, loses money outright due to lax（不严格的）accounting and oversight, and spends money randomly on unnecessary programs.
How exactly does the federal government waste your hard-earned tax dollars? We"ve identified what we consider ten of the worst ways.
小题1:The underlined sentence in Paragraph1 really means .| A．there are many other closets | B．there are some other satellites | | C．there is something else in the closets | D．the waste may be quite amazing |
小题2:Which of the following can best describe the feeling of the author?| A．Annoyed. | B．Calm. | C．Surprised. | D．Not concerned. |
小题3:Which of the following statements may be right?| A．The country’s annual budget is usually decided by the public. | | B．The government failed in launching the satellite. | | C．The government is only wasting money in space experiments. | | D．The amount collected annually in personal income taxes is equal to the country’s budget. |
小题4:The best title for the passage would be .| A．Protecting Our Rights! | | B．Our Country Is In Danger! | | C．The Government Is Wasting Our Tax Dollars! | | D．How to Prevent Government from Wasting Money! |
小题5:What might be talked about if the passage is continued?| A．The government’s taking some steps to stop wasting taxes. | | B．Presenting people’s feelings against the government’s wasting taxes. | | C．Giving suggestion to help the government solve the financial problem. | | D．Listing how the government is wasting taxes. |
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In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
小题1:Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because _______.| A．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries | | B．they hope their children may easily find a job there | | C．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries | | D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends |
小题2:“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.| A．with university education | B．speaking no English | | C．without parents | D．living abroad alone |
小题3:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Parents want better education for their kids. | | B．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family. | | C．Parents feel lonely and miss their families. | | D．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem. |
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First Lady Michelle Obama is a big fan of volunteering. Volunteering means working for free to help someone else. Mrs. Obama says volunteering is very important. “It should be part of everyone’s life, ” she says.
Many teens agree. They say that helping others feels great and makes a difference. These days, more teens volunteer than work for pay. Teens clean up parks, walk dogs at animal shelters , visit the elderly and more.
Some cities ---- including Seatle, Chicago, and Washingtong,D.C. ----require high school students to volunteer. Students must volunteer in order to graduate. The student volunteers learn new skills and help their communities (社区).
Many parents are in favor of the idea ---- they say volunteering helps teens build job skills. But most teens don’t want to be forced to volunteer. They say they are busy. And they say volunteering is only fun if it’s a choice.
Read both sides of the debate (辩论) and decide.
YES
● Volunteering can help teens get into college or get a job.
● Many cities and towns need help. Volunteers can help keep important programs going.
● Not all teens will volunteer if it isn’t required. Schools should repuire students to do all they can to get ready for adult life.
NO
● Most teens are already very busy with classes, homework, jobs and sports. Forcing them to do more isn’t fair.
● It should be up to each person. Helping out doesn’t feel as good if you have to do it.
● Finding a volunteer job isn’t always easy. Students shouldn’t be kept from graduating because of something they can’t control.
小题1:The writer mentions Michelle Obama in order to ,| A．introduce the topic of the text | | B．explain what volunteering is | | C．tell what she does for the US | | D．show she enjoys volunteering |
小题2:According to the text, in Chicago, .| A．finding a volunteer job is quite easy | | B．more people would rather work for pay | | C．volunteering is a must for high school students | | D．college students have to volunteer before graduation |
小题3:The underlined part “are in favor of “ in the text means” .| A．drop | B．develop | C．catch | D．like |
小题4:Which question does the text mainly discuss?| A．Is volunteering good for students? | | B．What is the best time to volunteer? | | C．Should students be required to volunteer? | | D．Which volunteer jobs should students do? |
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Tired of all the pushing in supermarkets? Fed up with waiting in endless lines to pay for what you have bought? Angry at wasting time in traffic jams only to find no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store? If this is you, then online shopping is the answer to your dreams of trouble-free shopping.
Online shopping brings its own challenges. Here are a few things to bear in mind when browsing (浏览) various websites. The claim (声称) made by online sites is that shopping online is a safe and secure way to make purchases. The evidence challenges this. In any case, you only have to be the victim(受害者) of fraud (欺骗) once to experience all the problems that come with this form of stealing. Use only sites that have a trusted history and an excellent reputation(名声).
Another problem is that the appearance of items in reality is often quite different from what you see on your computer screen. This might not be a problem if you are buying washing up powder but could be a major disappointment when that beautiful blue dress you ordered turns up in green. Also, product descriptions are sometimes simply untrue! Perhaps the wisest plan is to purchase items whose design and color are not essential to customer satisfaction.
Some even argue that online shopping indirectly contributes to global warming. Yes, your car can stay parked but how are online goods delivered? Often by some large van pouring out carbon monoxide and adding to our already desperate traffic problems. You are also by now becoming increasingly irritated(使烦恼) by the fact that the delivery is late !
Without question, online shopping is here to stay and it has its benefits. However, perhaps it is not as wonderful as some of its supporters claim it to be.
小题1:How can online shoppers avoid fraud?| A．By choosing big websites. | | B．By collecting shopping evidence. | | C．By seeking advice from the police. | | D．By using only trusted websites. |
小题2:What does the author tell us about online shopping in Paragraph 3?| A．Don’t believe product descriptions easily. | | B．Product appearances are always not good. | | C．It is usually wise to buy colorful products. | | D．It is normal for a blue dress to change into green. |
小题3:The author agrees with the fact that .| A．online shopping is a safe way to make purchases | | B．customers are never satisfied with products | | C．online shopping has nothing to do with global warming | | D．delivery delay often makes online shoppers unhappy |
小题4:What is the author’s attitude towards online shopping?| A．It is very popular. | | B．It is a wise choice. | | C．It is a double-edged sword(双刃剑). | | D．It is a waste of time. |
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Women, as all research suggests, are far more critical of their appearance than men. Most of them are likely to feel dissatisfied with their reflection in the mirror.
It is quite possible that men looking in the mirror are either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women---if anything, they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness. Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
Why are women so much more self-critical than men? Because women are judged more on their appearance than men, and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible. Women are continually bombarded (轰炸) with images of the “ideal” face. And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV, magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly. It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
Also, most women trying to achieve the impossible standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century. In 1917, the physically perfect woman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone. Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average women, now they weigh 23% less. The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population---and that’s just in terms of weight and size. If you want the ideal shape, face etc., it’s probably more like 1%.
小题1:The passage is mainly to _____________.| A．compare different views on beauty between women and men | | B．tell us that standards of female beauty are very high | | C．explain why women are more critical of their appearance than men | | D．show us that women pay more attention to their appearance than men |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT the reason why women are more critical of their appearance?| A．People pay more attention to their appearance than men’s. | | B．The criterion (标准；准则) used to judge women’s beauty is more critical and less changeable. | | C．Idealized images of female beauty are constantly shown in different media. | | D．Women tend to pursue perfection by nature. |
小题3:Which statement is true about men?| A．Few men will feel pleased when they are looking themselves in the mirror. | | B．Men looking in the mirror usually ignore the flaws in their appearance. | | C．It is likely that men will consider themselves more attractive than they really are. | | D．Men don’t care about their body image. |
小题4:Nowadays, if an average woman weighs 110 pounds, then a physically perfect woman should weigh about _________.| A．85 pounds | B．101 pounds | C．90 pounds | D．135 pounds |
小题5:What can be inferred from the last paragraph?| A．Most women try to achieve the standards of beauty. | | B．The standards of female beauty. in the past were more easily achieved than today. | | C．Women are more unrealistic in their pursuit of beauty than men. | | D．Less than 5% of the female population can achieve the current media ideal for women. |
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