4、Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in for an unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer（锁止器）, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.

　　The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro- processor and memory, and a GPS （全球定位系统） satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle's engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted．

　　In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.

　　Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won't allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition （点火） key. In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.

　　But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner's keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system.

　　If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal.

　　Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicle's movements via the car's GPS unit.

1. The remote immobilizer is fitted to a car to ______.

A．prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner

B．help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief

C．prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops

D．allow the car to lock automatically when stolen

2. By saying “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed”, Martyn Randall suggests that ______.

A．it takes a longer time for the car thief to do the stealing

B．self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft

C．the thief has to make use of computer technology

D．the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old

3. _______ is essential in making a modern car tougher to steal.

A．A coded ignition key                  B．A unique ID card

C．A special cellphone signal        D．A GPS satellite positioning receiver

4. Why does the tracking system set a 100-metre minimum before sending an alarm to the operations centre?

A．To leave time for the operations centre to give an alarm.

B．To give the driver time to contact the operations centre.

C．To keep police informed of the car's movements.

　　D．To allow for possible errors in the GPS system.

5. The operations centre will first ______ after receiving an alarm.

A．start the tracking system.                     B．contact the car owner.

C．block the car engine.                            D．locate the missing car.

3、Educating girls quite possibly provides a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world．Women's education may be unusual territory for economists, but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives （激励）, provides guideposts（路标） that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.

　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school —the prophecy （预言） becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious（恶性的） circle of neglect.

　　An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus changed into a virtuous circle.

　　Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.

1. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ______.

A．troublesome           B．labor-saving            C．rewarding               D．expensive

2. What does the underlined phrase “deprived of” mean?

A．supplied with                B．prevented from receiving 

C．relieved of                D．worried about having

3. What does the author say about women's education?

A．It deserves greater attention than other social issues.

B．It is now given top priority in many developing countries.

C．It will provide greater returns than other known investments.

D．It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.

4. The passage mainly discusses _______.

A．unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

B．the potential earning power of well-educated women

C．the major contributions of educated women to society

D．the economic and social benefits of educating women

2、Hu Min:   Thank you for talking to me today, Mr. Rivera．First of all, what is UNESCO?

Mr. Rivera: UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It was founded on 16 November 1945, shortly after the United Nation was founded．Today, 191 nations are members of UNESCO.

Hu Min:  What does UNESCO do?

Mr. Rivera: Well, we are a kind of laboratory for new ideas. We imagine a better world and we encourage governments to carry out plans to improve their countries.

Hu Min:  From its name, it seems that UNESCO is concerned about many different things.

Mr. Rivera: You’re right. But I think our biggest concern is education. Our goal is free education for all children all over the world．We are especially concerned about educational opportunities for girls. UNESCO just started a program called GET EQUAL. By 2015, we want all girls to have equal access to education. We also want everyone to get training for jobs. And we want to help more adults learn how to read and write.

Hu Min:   How is UNESCO involved in culture?

Mr. Rivera: Probably our most important cultural program is World Heritage. We have chosen important natural and historic places in many countries that need protection. In fact, China has 30 World Heritage sites, including Mount Taishan, Mount Emei, Summer Palace and the tomb of the First Qin Emperor.

Hu Min:   Is UNESCO concerned about the environment?

Mr. Rivera: Of course! In 2005 ,we started a 10-year program called ‘Water for Life’. We want people everywhere to have enough clean water. So many children around the world die every year because they do not have clean water to drink. In some countries, women have to walk long distances to carry water to their homes.

Hu Min:  Well, time flies! It is as if we had only talked for a minute! Well, Mr. Rivera, it has been very interesting talking to you!

1. How will girls possibly benefit from the GET EQUAL program by 2015? （回答词数不超过7个） 

2. How have the 30 World Heritage sites of China benefited from UNESCO’s work? （回答词数不超过10个）

3. In what ways is UNESCO’s work mainly discussed in the interview? （回答词数不超过4个）    

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Hi, Phil,

Yours truly,

                                                                                                           Jack

25、—Mike got “F” in his history test.

—           ? He has been working so hard on it.

A．How come           B．So what         C．What for        D．Why not

24、           is often the case with elder people, my grandma talked about my new hairstyle for

at least 50 minutes nonstop.

A．That         B．Which         C．As           D．It

22、—What’s the matter with your boyfriend ?

—I can’t stand        when he often ignores me and talks with other girls.

A．one                 B．that                 C．him                 D．it

21、Everyone was so busy celebrating Tom’s birthday that they failed to notice how much they      ________their neighbors.

A．had bothered                          B．would bother

C．have bothered                         D．were bothering