While boys of her age bring home low marks, the girl may easily get good grades. Girls see

hmaking is still the most common way for boys to meet girls.

Professional matchmakers can make thousands of American dollars by introducing suitable marriage partners to each other, but partners also play a role in the process during which young Koreans meet.

In Confucius Korea, when marriage is regarded as more of a business contract than a sacred thing, the scene of the first meeting is repeated hundreds of times a day in coffee shops in the main hotels around Seoul.

The business of continuing the family lineage (血统) and keeping the bloodlines pure is often too important to be left to romance and chance encounters.

Often, the girl will work out a system of secret signals with her mother, from which her parents ca. . tell if she is interested.

For example, if the girl orders a coffee it might mean that she wants her parents to leave her alone with the boy, while a milk shows that she wants them to stay.

Sometimes the matchmaking is not always so formal, with the introduction being made by friends.

But whether through friends or families, there is hardly a Korean man or woman in the country who has not gone through this process—sometimes six or seven times.

The word "matchmaking" in this passage means______.

A．a very formal ritual(仪式)attended by boys and girls

B．introducing boys and girls to know each other for the purpose of marriage

C．producing matches to make a fire or light a cigarette

D．arranging games between men and women

hmaking is still the most common way for boys to meet girls.

Professional matchmakers can make thousands of American dollars by introducing suitable marriage partners to each other, but partners also play a role in the process during which young Koreans meet.

In Confucius Korea, when marriage is regarded as more of a business contract than a sacred thing, the scene of the first meeting is repeated hundreds of times a day in coffee shops in the main hotels around Seoul.

The business of continuing the family lineage (血统) and keeping the bloodlines pure is often too important to be left to romance and chance encounters.

Often, the girl will work out a system of secret signals with her mother, from which her parents ca. . tell if she is interested.

For example, if the girl orders a coffee it might mean that she wants her parents to leave her alone with the boy, while a milk shows that she wants them to stay.

Sometimes the matchmaking is not always so formal, with the introduction being made by friends.

But whether through friends or families, there is hardly a Korean man or woman in the country who has not gone through this process—sometimes six or seven times.

The word "matchmaking" in this passage means______.

A．a very formal ritual(仪式)attended by boys and girls

B．introducing boys and girls to know each other for the purpose of marriage

C．producing matches to make a fire or light a cigarette

D．arranging games between men and women

ailable in the developing world.

Women's education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing 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 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 art 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 circle (恶性循环) 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 transformed into a virtuous circle.

Few will dispute 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 impact on health practices, including family planning.

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

A．troublesome

B．labor-saving

C．rewarding

D．expensive

Cheating is, of course, nothing new. But today,educators are finding that cheating on the part of students hasbecome more frequent than in the past. Whether it is copying a friend&39;s homework, using a preparedsheeton an exam, stealing advance copies of a final, writing down rules in one’s hand, or paying someone else to write a term paper, cheating appearsto have gained acceptance among agrowing number of studentsbetween 13 and 19.

In a 1978 study of cheating at twenty-two high schools in Georgia, it was found that cheating was common among good and poor students alike — although both boys and girls said they thought boys cheatedmore.

Why is student cheating on the rise？ No one really knows. Some blame cheating on a general loss of good values among today&39;s youth. They point to facts showing increaseddamageof public thin gs and school stealing and think that reports, such as Watergate have disappointed youth about the honesty of people in higher positions.

Others think that today&39;s youth are far more practical than their forefathers. In the late sixties and e arly seventies, students were filled with imaginations about changing the world, but today&39;s students feel great stressto succeed.

According to Paragraph1, Charlene took the test out because_____ .

A.her friends could answer none of the problems

B.she tore the testpaper to pieces

C.she stepped her shoeson the test paper

D.she did not want to fail in the math test

Charlene passedthe test because_____ .A.sheansweredall the questions by herself

B.shedid the test by cheating

C.shepersuadedher teacherto give her a B

D.shereturned to the classroom to redo the test

Which of the following is not an example to show that cheating is becoming more and more common？A.A student pays another for doing a test paper.

B.A student writes down something to be testedbefore anexam.

C.A student getswell preparedin his studiesbefore an exam.

D.A student getshomework from his classmateandthen copies it.

The 1978 study of cheating in Georgia shows that ______.A.only studentsin the 24 high schools cheatedin examinations

B.both good and poor studentscheatedin examinations

C.boys liked cheating while girls did not like it

D.more girls cheatedin examinations than boys did

One of the facts for the rise of cheating is that _____.A.more and more public things are damaged

B.good values disappoint students

C.more and more students begin to steal

D.honestpeople are in higher positions

A Gial Chess Champion

In the year 2000, a smiling gidl from Guntur, India, created a record Koneru Humpy, who turned 13 on March 31 that year, won the under- 14 boys' title in the National Children Chess Championship. She became the first Indian female player to win a boys' title.

Humpy was born in 1987. She began playing chess at the age of sir in 1993. She picked up the finer points of the game so well that one year later, in 1994. she won the very first tournament(锦标赛)she played in

Humpy was trained by her father, Ashok Koneru, a chess player himself He stopped teaching chemistry at a college to concentrate on coaching his daughter. After be let his job, he faced financial problems while training and travelling with his young daughter. But the local government came to his financial aid The Bank of Baroda sponsored(赞助)Humpy and gave her a desk -top computer. Now she has a notebook computer as well, which she carries for tournaments.

Humpy practices for six hours delay with her father. Her preparation is mostly on the chessboard Now she has started preparing with computers, hike many seniors do. The eighth grade student of Guntur has also been greatly encouraged by her school She is given time to prepare for chess and her teachers give her special classes. With such support, Humpy is sure to win many more chess titles in her carcer.

Humpy won a national boys title when she was thirteen()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy didn' t start playing chess until she was seven()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy lost the first tournament she played in()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy' s father used to be a college teacher()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy' s father got no support from the local government()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy' s father bought Humpy a notebook computer()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy spends six hours on chEss-playing every day()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy spends six hours on chess-playing every day()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Many senior players make preparations on the chessboard()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humtpy is a top student at her school()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Humpy' s school allows her not to attend regular classes()

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world .women’s education may be unusual territory for economists ,but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue .and economics ,with its emphasis on incentives ,provides guideposts 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 expert themto make an economic contribution to he 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 kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling ,trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect.

An educated mother ,on the other hand ,has greater earning abilities outside the home and facesan entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insiston the development of all her children ,ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance .Theeducation of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls ,as well as of boys ,will be education and healthy . The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle. Few will dispute that education women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economicadvantages as well .Most obviously ,there is the direct effect of education on the wages of femaleworkers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns areimpressive by the standard of other available investments ,but they are just thebeginning .Education women also has a significant impact on health practices,including family planning.

The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ()

A.troublesome

B.labor –saving

C.rewarding

D.expensive

By saying“…the prophecy becomes self –fulfilling…”(Lines45，para.2).the author means that ()A.girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

B.girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

C.girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach

D.girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home

The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when ()A.women care more about education

B.girls can gain equal access to education

C.a family has fewer but healthier children

D.parents can afford their daughters’education

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 yield greater returns than other known investments

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

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

in the fall of 1977. Today, she is Vice-President of Daimler Chrysler, and head of the Small Car Platform. Engineering Department which is directly responsible for the design and development of the Neon, Doge Viper, and all future small cars.

"Many different departments are involved, in bringing a product to market," said Hess, referring to the 2000 Neon. "A company looks into renewing a particular vehicle when its marketplace demand is good, and the profits increase our shareholder's value," explained Hess. "We look to our market research in determining which options we'll keep the same or delete, and which ones we want to add to improve our appeal."

Now that the Neon 2000 is on the market, her team will use survey and research results to determine which option packages work best for the consumer, and what improvements, if any, need to be made. And the best goes on.

Hess supervises 1 200 engineers while managing a successful life as wife and mother. Her secret, she said, is to "always try to give 150 percent in everything I do. The only way I can really balance my work and family is 'by cheating at both ends'. " "For example," Hess said, "I always take my boys to school on the first day of the year--so I come in a little late. A few times a year I leave work for a couple of hours to see my son in a play or to attend his swim meet."

Like most other successful women in the auto industry, Hess's day begins early and ends late. In her case, coaching her son's basketball game ends some of Hess's days. "Occasionally," she adds," I come in to work on the weekends to catch up on paperwork and mail and have also been known to be called to work while I am on vacation."

What is Cindy's chief responsibility now？

A．Renewing promising car models.

B．Supervising production.

C．Doing market research.

D．Developing small cars.

instead, according to new research.

The survey conducted earlier this month by Nestle Box Tops for Books, which asked parents about their children' s reading habits, found that half of UK children spend less than two hours reading per week. A further one in 10 had not read a book in the past month, and of those who do read regularly, one in four avoid non-fiction titles. More than half of the parents surveyed believed their children should read more non-fiction books.

"It is essential that young children read at least one book a week and, in particular, educational books," said family counsellor Jenni Trent Hughes.

But others believe such a stem approach to reading may not help children. "We can mm children off it by simply saying it' s something they must be doing," said Amelia Foster, who runs Reading Connects for the National Literacy Trust, an organisation that encourages reading for pleasure to enhance classroom achievement.

Ms Foster said the survey results might not give children enough credit. Previous studies have found that 75% of 11 to 18-year-olds enjoyed reading, and 83% read in their spare time.

Past reading surveys have found distinct differences in the reading habits of boys and girls. Girls tend to be more enthusiastic about reading in general, but particularly fiction (perhaps helping to explain why Jacqueline Wilson, author of Sleepovers and Bad Girls, is the most borrowed author from public libraries), while boys are drawn to books about a place, subject, or hobby that interests them.

Nicola Davies, author of Poo: A Natural History of the Unmentionable, said while working with underachieving boys she found they responded to non-fiction better than fiction. "You can get them to write poetry but they won' t read it;" she said.

Ms Davies would like to see children' s non-fiction take off in the way adult non-fiction has in recent years, thanks largely to titles like Longitude that employ strong narratives. This may encourage boys to read more, she said.

"There' s a lot of really crap non-fiction out there. It' s absolute ' paint by numbers, pile them high, and sell them cheap'. But it' s not really addressing the issue. Non-fiction as it is cutting offa whole route into reading, especially for boys," added Ms Davies.

But the consequences of these trends may run deeper. Some worry that steering clear of non-fiction may effect the development of a child' s imagination, even going so far as to impact their future career choices.

Nicola Jones credits her choice of studying zoology at university to her childhood Encyclopedia Britannica. "There was this fantastic bit in the back on transparencies of human bodies, and it absolutely fired my imagination about the workings of the human body. Children' s imagination needs all sorts of fuel. And that' s what' s going to drive them, give them intrinsic motivation. It' s what makes your intellectual cars go." For this reason Ms Jones is planning a conference next year that will address how non-fiction can be transformed into something more children will want to read.

Which of the following belongs to non-fiction？

A．Encyclopedia.

B．Novel.

C．Poetry.

D．Short story.

reacher. By the age of four, she was singing and playing the piano in the church choir; she began writing her own songs shortly afterward. Amos moved to Los Angeles in her late teens to become a pop singer.

Atlantic Records signed her in 1987, recording an uninspired album called Y Kant Tori Read. The following year, the record was a complete failure, attracting no attention from radio or press and selling very few copies, nevertheless, she didn't lose her record contract. By 1990, Amos had adopted a new approach. Atlantic sponsored a trip to England in 1991, where she played a series of concerts in support on an EP, Me and a Gun. It gained positive reviews throughout the media, and both the EP and the concerts sold well.

Little Earthquakes, Amos first album as a singer and songwriter, was released in late 1991 and sold well in both the U.S. and the U.K. delivered in early 1993, Under the Pink, the follow-up to Little Earthquakes, was a bigger hit, selling over a million copies.

Two years later, she delivered her third album, Boys for Pele, her most ambitious and difficult record to date.

Known for the sexual way that she plays the piano while in concert and for her radical and often rebellious lyrics, Toir has developed a huge fan base and much critical acclaim. She is now happily married, has just recently given birth to a baby girl, and continues to please her millions of fans earning some new ones along the way.

Which of the following was Amos’ first album as a singer and songwriter？

A．Y Kant Tori Read.

B．Little Earthquakes.

C．Under the Pink.

D．Boys for Pele.

which she knew none of the answers.Rather than fail, she took the test out with her and filled in the answer swith the help of her friends. During a break, shegot back into the classroom without being seen, crumpled the test with her shoe, and left it lying on the floor. The teacherthought it hadbeen drop pedwhen the testswere collected; shecorrected it, and Charlene received a B.

Cheating is, of course, nothing new. But today,educators are finding that cheating on the part of students hasbecome more frequent than in the past. Whether it is copying a friend&39;s homework, using a preparedsheeton an exam, stealing advance copies of a final, writing down rules in one’s hand, or paying someone else to write a term paper, cheating appearsto have gained acceptance among agrowing number of studentsbetween 13 and 19.

In a 1978 study of cheating at twenty-two high schools in Georgia, it was found that cheating was common among good and poor students alike — although both boys and girls said they thought boys cheatedmore.

Why is student cheating on the rise？ No one really knows. Some blame cheating on a general loss of good values among today&39;s youth. They point to facts showing increaseddamageof public thin gs and school stealing and think that reports, such as Watergate have disappointed youth about the honesty of people in higher positions.

Others think that today&39;s youth are far more practical than their forefathers. In the late sixties and e arly seventies, students were filled with imaginations about changing the world, but today&39;s students feel great stressto succeed.

According to Paragraph1, Charlene took the test out because_____ .

A.her friends could answer none of the problems

B.she tore the testpaper to pieces

C.she stepped her shoeson the test paper

D.she did not want to fail in the math test

Charlene passedthe test because_____ .A.sheansweredall the questions by herself

B.shedid the test by cheating

C.shepersuadedher teacherto give her a B

D.shereturned to the classroom to redo the test

Which of the following is not an example to show that cheating is becoming more and more common？A.A student pays another for doing a test paper.

B.A student writes down something to be testedbefore anexam.

C.A student getswell preparedin his studiesbefore an exam.

D.A student getshomework from his classmateandthen copies it.

The 1978 study of cheating in Georgia shows that ______.A.only studentsin the 24 high schools cheatedin examinations

B.both good and poor studentscheatedin examinations

C.boys liked cheating while girls did not like it

D.more girls cheatedin examinations than boys did

One of the facts for the rise of cheating is that _____.A.more and more public things are damaged

B.good values disappoint students

C.more and more students begin to steal

D.honestpeople are in higher positions

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