April 27 is an unusual day in Britain. It’s called Take Our Daughter to Work Day. It was from America in 1994 . On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can teach girls more about the society(社会) where they live.

　Now the girls can have a close look at what their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a job. Mary experienced a day of work at her mother’s office. This helped her understand her mother’s work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future.

　Schools and many companies support(支持) the activity, too. Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.

　Experts(专家) think that girls with more self-confidence are more possible to be successful than common girls. If their parents can set good examples(榜样) both at work and at home for them, they will do better than others.

(　 ) 46.Where was Take Our Daughter to Work Day from?

　　　　A. America. 　　　 B. China. C Britain. D. Australia.

(　 ) 47. On Take Our Daughter to Work Day, thousands of girls_______.

　　　　A. go on a journey with their parents　 B. have a party with their friends at home

　　　　C. go to the work places of one of their parents D. take part in a school activity freely

(　 ) 48. What does the underline word confident mean in Paragraph2?

　　　　　　 A 相信　　　 B 自信　　　 C 自负　　 D 自重

(　 ) 49. Which of the following is NOT true about Take Our Daughter to Work Day?

　　　　　　 A. It is an unusual activity on April 27 in Britain.

　　　　　　 B. Schools and many companies support this activity

　　　　　　 C. Many girls like this day because they won’t go to school.

　　　　　　 D. Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.

(　 ) 50. According to the experts, being______ is the most important to girls in their future.

　　　　　　 A. smart and careful　 　　　 B. confident　 C. hard-working 　　　 D. friendly

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Everyone may play a t____1._____ on others on April Fool’s Day(愚人节). And my father did last April Fool’s Day.

It was Sunday and we were all sitting at the table when my father s____2._____ smiled and said to us, “Oh, I forgot to tell you the g____3.____ news. There is a letter from you grandma. She is coming to see us this afternoon. I’m going to m____4.____ her at the station.” With these words he went out.

How happy we were! We didn’t see our grandma for nearly a year and we m____5.____ her very much. After lunch my mother and I went s____6.____. We bought a lot of food that Grandma liked. My sister cleaned the house. It was four o’clock when we finished and sat around the table, waiting for Grandma. At last the door opened and came in my father a_____7.___.

“W____8._____ is Grandma?” we asked.

Father laughed and said, “April Fools. Today is April F___9.___, April Fool’s Day.”

We were disappointed(失望) after we hear this b____10._____ we all laughed.

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Today is April Fools’ Day. Do you like playing jokes on o          (1)? If you do, today is your day! April Fools’ Day is quite p         (2) in the West. In many countries, the day is celebrated with h          (3) tricks and jokes. In France, people try to put a paper fish on someone’s b          (4). Then they shout “April fish! April fish!” In Portugal, friends happily t         (5) flour(面粉) at each other. And in England, tricks are p            (6) only before noon; anything later is considered bad luck.

Newspapers and radio and TV stations have also j            (7) in the fun. The BBC played a famous trick in 1957 c         (8) “The Spaghetti Tree.” It was a TV special that     e         (9) how spaghetti(意大利面) was grown on trees in Switzerland. Many people were fooled and called BBC to ask how to p         (10) a spaghetti tree. The BBC answered, “place a piece of spaghetti in … tomato sauce(酱) and hope for the best.”

Today is a day for laughter and lots of f           (11). No matter what tricks you are going to play, remember not to h          (12) others.