Computer cannot remember who _______; it simply does what _______.

【译文】 电脑不可能记住谁用过它；它只能按照指令执行。

　 A. has used it; it is told 　 B. will used it; it was told

　 C. uses it; it has told 　 D. has used it; it told

书面表达

　　21st Century要求读者写一写对春节禁放鞭炮的看法，以期了解广大中学生对“禁放”的态度，并引导广大中学生拥护、执行“禁放”。下面是你的看法：

　　(1)放鞭炮危险，不少小孩在春节期间因放鞭炮伤害眼睛，而且还常常引起火灾。

　　(2)放鞭炮太吵闹，声音太大。

　　(3)放鞭炮浪费钱，每年国家为此花去几百万。

　　(4)放鞭炮影响城市卫生，满街的碎纸片，清洁工好几天才能清扫完。

　　根据以上提示写一篇文章，可以适当展开去写。

　　词数：100字左右。

　　参考词语：鞭炮 fireworks

书面表达

　　21st Century要求读者写一写对春节禁放鞭炮的看法，以期了解广大中学生对“禁放”的态度，并引导广大中学生拥护、执行“禁放”。下面是你的看法：

　　(1)放鞭炮危险，不少小孩在春节期间因放鞭炮伤害眼睛，而且还常常引起火灾。

　　(2)放鞭炮太吵闹，声音太大。

　　(3)放鞭炮浪费钱，每年国家为此花去几百万。

　　(4)放鞭炮影响城市卫生，满街的碎纸片，清洁工好几天才能清扫完。

　　根据以上提示写一篇文章，可以适当展开去写。

　　词数：100字左右。

　　参考词语：鞭炮 fireworks

Europe is not a gender-equality heaven. In particular, the corporate workplace will never be completely family-friendly until women are part of senior management decisions, and Europe’s top corporate-governance positions remain overwhelmingly male. Indeed, women hold only 14 percent of positions on Europe corporate boards.

　　The Europe Union is now considering legislation(立法) to compel corporate boards to maintain a certain proportion of women---up to 60 percent. This proposed mandate(强制执行) was born of frustration. Last year, Europe Commission Vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action. Reding invited corporations to sign up for gender balance goal of 40 percent female board membership. But her appeal was considered a failure: only 24 companies took it up.

　　Do we need quotas(定量) to ensure that women can continue to climb the corporate Ladder fairly as they balance work and family?

　　“Personally, I don’t like quotas,” Reding said recently. “But I like what the quotas do.” Quotas get action: they “open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling(女性在工作中遇到的一种无形障碍),” according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.

　　I understand Reding’s reluctance---and her frustration. I don’t like quotas either; they conflict with my belief in meritocracy(精英管理), government by the capable. But, when one considers the obstacles to achieving the meritocratic ideal, it does look as if a fairer world must be temporarily ordered.

　　After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position---no matter how much “soft pressure” is put upon them. When women do break through to the summit of corporate power---as, for example, Sheryl Sandberg recently did at Facebook---they attract massive attention precisely because they remain the exception to the rule.

　　If appropriate pubic policies were in place to help all women---whether CEOs or their children’s caregivers---and all families, Sandberg would be no more newsworthy than any other highly capable person living in a more just society.

53. In the European corporate workplace, generally __________.

　 A. women take the lead

　 B. men have the final say

　 C. corporate governance is overwhelmed

　 D. senior management is family-friendly

54. According to Reding, quotas may help women __________.

　 A. get top business positions

　 B. see through the glass ceiling

　 C. balance work and family

　 D. anticipate legal results

55. The author’s attitude toward Reding’s appeal is __________.

　 A. skeptical             B. objective                   C. indifferent                D. approving

56. Women entering top management become headlines due to the lack of __________.

　 A. more social justice

　 B. massive media attention

　 C. suitable public policies

　 D. greater “soft pressure”