B

　　“Equal pay for equal work”is a phrase by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.

　　Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision. so it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against married women working at all. When wives go out to work. they say,the home and children are given no attention to. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time jobs. they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing：making a nice home and bringing up children.

　　Women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and to have freedom to choose between a work and home life,or a mixture of the two. Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.

　　1．The women use the phrase“equal pay for equal work”to ask for society to________.

　　A．pay men less than women

　　B．give women harder work

　　C．pay men and women the same amount of money for the same work

　　D．pay people more who do harder work

　　2．Some people believe that________.

　　A．women can’t do what men can

　　B．men have to work much harder than women

　　C．man can earn money more easily than women  D．men’s duties are different from women’s

　　3．Some people holding even stronger opinions say that________.

　　A．women should be kind to their husbands

　　B．women are too weak to take full-time jobs

　　C．home is the best place for women

　　D．women should only take part-time job

　　4．The women who disagree say that________.

　　A．women need chances to go out of the home more often

　　B．women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want

　　C．women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes

　　D．if women are given equal pay,they can do everything instead of men

　　5．According to this passage some women want to give up(放弃)________.

　　A．their present position in society

　　B．their marriage

　　C．their right to equal pay

　　D．their home life

 

It has been laid down that each student must _____ a composition to the teacher once a week.

　　A. turn in  B. give up C. put forward D. bring out

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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers". You may think that this is rather    36  , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as    37   as people of any other occupation, though we must     38    that their job is not a    39     one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are     40    .We are likely to forget their     41    .Our dustbins are    42    regularly, but we    43     stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to    44    the rubbish, the general    45    soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages.

During the first few days it was regarded as a    46   .But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so    47    any more.    48    the strike continued, people could not    49    the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to    50   it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was    51    high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a（n）    52    attraction that the people of London were not at all     53    to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of    54   dustmen rather more    55    and won't take them for granted any more.

A.clever             B.silly             C.interesting       D.reasonable

A.sensitive        B.careless         C.hopeful           D.shy

A.realize           B.believe          C.know                D.admit

A.necessary        B.difficult        C.romantic        D.heavy

A.away             B.up               C.down                D.in

. A.existence       B.presence          C.absence            D.performance

A.cleaned       B.filled             C.emptied            D.burned

A.generally        B.frequently         C.sometimes      D.seldom

A.take away    B.take off        C.take up            D.take on

A.society            B.citizen             C.public             D.community

A.trick            B.joke               C.trouble            D.show

A.pleasing        B.excited           C.stupid            D.funny

A.When         B.While                 C.As                  D.Because

A.bear              B.contain         C.manage          D.control

A.keep off         B.give up          C.take care of        D.get rid of

A.crowded         B.piled              C.fixed                D.put

A.business        B.industrial        C.tourist               D.agricultural

. A.disappointed     B.serious          C.nervous             D.happy

A.its                 B.her            C.his                  D.their

A.highly         B.eagerly        C.lowly           D.entirely

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence can be more useful than crying for     !That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of  __   from boy to man with family hardships  ( 艰难)tell us.

    Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was     11, his father became mentally（心理上） ill and one day came back with an abandoned ( 被抛弃的)baby girl. A year later, Hong‘s mother and younger brother both      home because of poverty ( 贫困)and pressure ( 压力)from his ill father.

  The burden  ( 负担)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to    the adopted  ( 领养的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

  Hong didn’t　  　. Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to    a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.

After Hong’s story went public, people were     to tears by his selflessness. Hard      his life was, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted   , because they needed his help. With his hard –won money, he even helped other students     against misfortunes ( 厄运).

Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds     us of what we usually ignore（忽略）: love and care for others. Without these,      of us could survive.

Hong    donations  ( 捐献) from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could     his own work. Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to      around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed     to rise above misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes.

Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower, no hardship can    a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t  ___   about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society     you will find the world smiling back.    

1.A. money               B. food        C. clothes                       D. help

2.A. caring              B. growing              C. moving            D. turning

3.A. only                  B. already               C. ever                D. still

4.A. stayed                B. went                 C. sold                           D. left

5.A. bring up             B. give up               C. stick to            D. devote to

6.A. go away         B. give up           C. run out            D. turn down

7.A build                 B. rent        C. buy               D. borrow

8.A. encouraged          B. moved      C. inspired                       D. made

9.A. as              B because             C. unless.                        D. while

10.A. brother         B. daughter       C. sister                          D. uncle

11.A. struggling              B. learning            C. running                     D. turning

12.A. leave                  B. remember             C. remind                           D. tell

13.A. anyone                B. everyone          C. none                         D. no one

14.A. threw away    B. turned out         C. ran out                     D. turned down

15.A. depend on   B. stick to             C . refer to          D. turn to

16.A. show           B. eat                C. sell                D. share

17.A. a chance           B. an ability            C. a spirit            D. a belief

18.A. bury           B. defeat             C. kick                         D. knock

19.A. worry         B. care                C. complain              D. joke

20.A. and           B. or                  C. when             D. Until

 

Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired（退休），but she needed to keep  1   . She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her  2 with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she  3   other old folks like her. By talking with them，she  4   two things. Old people had abilities that were not  5   .  But old people also had some   6   . She found a new purpose for herself then.  

Through the years，she  7   to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new  8  ： Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called“Sixty Plus”， which was about   9   old . She writes about the problems of old people，especially their problems with being  10   .  

Anna Douglas uses her   11  ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands  12   problems begin. For example，one of her   13   said that his grandchildren  14   the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas  15   some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.  

“It's important to know  16   about your grandchildren's world，”says Mrs Douglas. “That means questioning and listening，and   17   is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them，”she continues. “Never try to   18   your grandchildren or other young people. Never   19   your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do.   20   ，they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well. ”

1. A. free         B. rich         C. powerful         D. busy

2. A. service      B. money        C. students         D. books

3. A. observed     B. met          C. comforted        D. answered

4. A. recognized   B. followed     C. enjoyed          D. demanded

5. A. studied      B. agreed       C. gave             D. used

6. A. mistakes     B. problems     C. questions        D. characters

7. A. had          B. ought        C. was              D. used

8. A. subject      B. life         C. way              D. plan

9. A. getting      B. respecting   C. employing        D. supporting

10. A. unknown     B. refused      C. misunderstood    D. discouraged

11. A. thinking    B. working      C. writing          D. leading

12. A. that        B. when         C. why              D. whether

13. A. visitors    B. readers      C. listeners        D. friends

14. A. got         B. entered      C. left             D. passed

15. A. invented    B. chose        C. suggested        D. imagined

16. A. everything  B. something    C. anything         D. nothing

17. A. listening   B. speaking     C. pleasing         D. advising

18. A. praise      B. scold        C. trouble          D. encourage

19. A. speak out   B. give up      C. get back         D. stick to

20. A. Commonly    B. Surprisingly C. Happily          D. Naturally