第二节  阅读简答 （共3个小题，每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第70至第72小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。（共3个小题，每小题2分，满分6分）

The research found that female students were more faithful, less likely to miss lectures, and more likely to believe that their marks reflected their abilities than male students. Female students were also more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors.

Women were also more likely to choose their universities because they liked the courses offered.

In contrast, men were likely than women to miss lectures due to “other affairs” and “laziness”, and to believe that playing sports was an important part of university life.

Generally, people think that women’s success comes from more emphasis on coursework, but the research showed that female geographers at Brunel did better in their exams than in their coursework.

Dr Smith said, “ Most women feel that getting grades is the most important part of university life. They believe that they need to work harder in order to compete in the male-dominated environment they will encounter at work. Good grades are viewed as an ‘insurance policy’ for success. Men, on the other hand, prefer going out and playing sports to academic work.

 “ This research shows how important it is to get all young people working hard and teach them the value of higher education,” he said.

70. What is the main purpose of the research? (Please answer within 15 words.)

71. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Men would play rather than academic work. (Please answer within 12 words.)

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72. Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence according to the underlined words. (Please answer within 12 words.)

Most women think _________________________________________________________

in the competition against men.

写作 (满分15分)                                                 

众所周知，每个人都希望能保持一份好心情，因为好心情对我们的学习和工作都非常重要。因此，如何保持一份好心情也是大家关心的话题。根据下面的提示和要求写一篇英文演讲稿，就如何保持好心情谈谈你的看法。

注意：词数120左右。可适当增加内容，使文章连贯通顺。短文开头及结尾已给出。

Good morning, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “How to keep a good mood”.

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That’s all. Thank you!

 –It’ll take me at least 2 hours to do this!

  –Oh, ______! I could do it in 30 minutes.

A. come on                  B. pardon me      C. you are right                D. don’t mention it

 Lots of problems _______ from the newly –built apartment .

A. rise                                   B. raise                       C. lift                                     D. arise

 Plastic bags won't be allowed to be used for free in the supermarkets. They can't _________ easily, which does great harm to our environment.

A. break off                B. break in         C. break down      D. break out 

Which do you enjoy ______our weekend, fishing or watching TV?

A.spending     B. to spend      C. being spent      D. spend

We have to give up this plan, for we are ____ funds.

A. lack for     B. lack in       C. lacked          D. lacking in

 I insisted ____ to see a doctor, but he insisited nothing _____wrong with him.

A. on him to go; should be        B. he went; be

C. he go; was                     D. he should go; is

---Does the young man standing there ______the company?

---No. The company is _____his father.

A.be in possession of;  in the possession of

B.possess;  in the possession of

C.take possession of;  in possession of

D.possess;  in possession of

 Unwilling to _____his children, the old couple moved to the nursing home.

A. be burdened with             B.be burdened by

C. be a burden with             D. be a burden on