III, Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The world was sharply separated into men and women, because that was the way we believed it should be. We hold this firm belief and made efforts to keep this 1. When a baby came to the world, he or she was expected to play different roles—boys were portrayed as noisy and naughty ones who people were more likely to 2 while girls were bound by strict social requirements to be lovely and 3. People became the product of their sex. Their social roles were determined when they were 4. Males were the producers of cool reasoning and were capable of 5. And being emotional was considered as the feature of females and their main activity location was 6.
7, with the development of civilization and women’s self-consciousness, more and more women have realized that such natural and physical differences between man and woman have no 8 with the differences between male and female excellence. Women are now confident to 9 the concepts as “male leadership” and “male power”, which are only terms invented by men and serve in men’s 10.
Such remarkable change in people’s viewpoint may well explain the gradual 11 of single-sex schools. The aim of education is to stimulate imagination, encourage free thinking and keep alive various interests. But the single-sex school follows the same regulations and 12 a set of separate subjects for males or females. In single-sex schools, instead of being offered a rich expansion of experience, students have access to 13 knowledge. Such education harms individual freedom and kills the possibility for a young person to develop into a(n) 14 human. Furthermore, such sexual distinction is also dangerous as it breaks up the sense of community by 15 people into two sex groups, which eventually damages the development of human civilization.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      regret
   2. B.
      division
   3. C.
      union
   4. D.
      step
2. 2.
   1. A.
      spoil
   2. B.
      control
   3. C.
      teach
   4. D.
      face
3. 3.
   1. A.
      active
   2. B.
      humorous
   3. C.
      famous
   4. D.
      gentle
4. 4.
   1. A.
      born
   2. B.
      grown
   3. C.
      praised
   4. D.
      retired
5. 5.
   1. A.
      friendship
   2. B.
      failure
   3. C.
      leadership
   4. D.
      relationship
6. 6.
   1. A.
      at home
   2. B.
      at work place
   3. C.
      in politics
   4. D.
      in education
7. 7.
   1. A.
      In particular
   2. B.
      Furthermore
   3. C.
      In addition
   4. D.
      However
8. 8.
   1. A.
      contact
   2. B.
      attempt
   3. C.
      connection
   4. D.
      excuse
9. 9.
   1. A.
      reject
   2. B.
      reflect
   3. C.
      pardon
   4. D.
      measure
10. 10.
    1. A.
       truth
    2. B.
       sex
    3. C.
       interest
    4. D.
       belief
11. 11.
    1. A.
       extinction
    2. B.
       prospect
    3. C.
       foundation
    4. D.
       definition
12. 12.
    1. A.
       sets up
    2. B.
       brings down
    3. C.
       sticks to
    4. D.
       gives up
13. 13.
    1. A.
       objective
    2. B.
       wrong
    3. C.
       vivid
    4. D.
       limited
14. 14.
    1. A.
       complete
    2. B.
       simple
    3. C.
       domestic
    4. D.
       ordinary
15. 15.
    1. A.
       guiding
    2. B.
       uniting
    3. C.
       isolating
    4. D.
       transporting

He told me the news_____, believe it or not, he had earned $1 000 in a single day.?

　　A. that     B. which?    C. as      D. because??

_________ he insisted he _________ innocent, the less they seemed to believe him．

1. A.
   The better; should be
2. B.
   The more; was
3. C.
   The more; be
4. D.
   The better; must be

.--- Do you know Uncle Tom is crazy about gardening?

---Sure. He ____ his flowers in the garden now.

A. may be watering    B. must be watering

C. could look after   D. ought to watch

Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper，and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron，she read it，and this is what it said：

For cutting the grass $5.00     

For cleaning up my room this week $1. 00

For going to the store for you $0. 50

Baby－sitting my kid brother while you went shopping $0. 25

Taking out the garbage $1. 00

For getting a good report card $5. 00

For cleaning up and raking the yard $2. 00

Total owed： $14.75

Well，I’ll tell you，his mother looked at him standing there expectantly，and boy，could I see the memories flashing through her mind. So she picked up the pen，turned over the paper he’d written on，and this is what she wrote：   

For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me，No Charge.

For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you，doctored and prayed for you，No Charge.

For all the trying times，and all the tears that you’ve caused through the years，there’s No Charge.

For all the nights that were filled with dread，and for the worries I knew were ahead，No Charge

For the toys，food，clothes，and even wiping your nose，there’s No Charge，Son.

When you___________________，the cost of my love is No Charge.

Well，friends，when our son finished reading what his mother had written，there were great big old tears in his eyes，and he looked straight up at his mother and said：“Mom，I sure do love you. ”And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote：“PAID IN FULL”.

1.What’s the best title of the passage?      

2.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Although you have broght me hard thimes andmany tears in these years , you needn’t pay for them.

3.Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(within ten words)

4.What do you learn after reading the passage?(within 30 words)

5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.