Questions 1 through 3 are based on the following passage. |
( )1. A. Her school was in a small village. B. She was outstanding at school. C. She was the only Asian girl there. D. Her parents were in London. ( )2. A. London. B. Bath. C. Swindon. D. Oxford. ( )3. A. Coming across a radio producer. B. Taking an earlier train. C. Meeting a professional artist. D. Wearing tow odd shoes. |
THE CLASSROOM is a man's world, where boys get two thirds of the teachers' attention — even when they are in a minority— taunt (辱骂) the girls without punishment, and receive praise for sloppy work that would not be tolerated from girls. They are accustomed to being teachers' pets, and if girls get anything like equal treatment, they will protest eagerly and even wreck lessons.
These claims are made in a book out this week, written by Dale Spender, a lecturer at the London University Institute of Education. She argues that discrimination against girls is so deeply in co educational schools that single sex classes are the only answer. Her case is based on tape recordings of her own and other teachers' lessons. Many of them, like Spender, had deliberately set out to give girls a fair chance. “Sometimes,” says Spender, “I have even thought I have gone too far and have spent more time with the girls than the boys.”
The tapes proved otherwise. In 10 taped lessons (in secondary school and college), Spender never gave the girls more than 42 per cent of her attention (the average was 38 percent) and never gave the boys less than 58 percent. There were similar results for other teachers, both male and female. In other words, when teachers give girls more than a third of their time, they feel that they are cheating the boys of their rightful share. And so do the boys themselves. “She always asks the girls all the questions,” said one boy in a classroom where 34 per cent of the teachers' time was allocate d to girls. “She doesn't like boys, and just listens to the girls.” said a boy in another class, where his sex got 63 per cent of teacher attention. Boys regarded two thirds of the teacher's time as a fair deal — and when they got less they caused trouble in class and even complained to higher authority. “It's important to keep their attention,” said one teacher, “Otherwise, they play you up something awful.” Spender concludes that, in mixed classes, if the girls are as boisterous and pushy as the boys, they are considered “unladylike”, if they are docile and quiet, they are ignored.
26. If boys are better treated in class, ____ would be better.
A) single sex classes and co educational classes B) co educational classes
C) single sex classes D) None of the above
27. Dale Spender obtained the evidence for her claims by ____ .
A) her own lessons in secondary school and college
B) the other teachers' tape recordings
C) both male and female teachers
D) tape recordings of her own and other teachers' lessons
28. What are the boy's reactions when girls are given more attention?
A) They will keep the teachers' attention again.
B) They will make some trouble and complain to the headmaster.
C) They will play up the teacher something awful.
D) They will feel they are cheated by teachers.
29. The word “boisterous” in the last paragraph probably means ____.
A) rough B) brave C)troublesome D) emotional
30. The best title for this passage would be ____.
A) boys are teachers' pets
B) boys do better in co educational classes
C) single sex classes are better than co eduationed classes
D) girls do better than boys
A、To a park.
B、To an art museum.
C、To a shopping center.
D、To a cinema.
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An unemployed man is desperate to support his family. His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local toughs. He applies for a cleaner's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him,"You will be hired at minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can contact you easily. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day." Greatly surprised, the man said that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this, the manager replies,"You must understand that to a company like ours that means you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high tech firm. Good day." Unable to believe what he hears, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling beautiful tomatoes. He buys a crate (柳条箱), carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than two hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. From that day on, he repeats the tomato business and becomes increasingly successful as time goes on. By the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse. The tomato company has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work and the business grossed a million dollars. Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. The insurance adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance salesman is surprised," No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be if you'd had all of that five years ago!" "Ha! If I'd had all of that five years ago, I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.15 an hour!" the man replies. |
1. The man's kids drop out of school because ____. |
A. they want to hang around with the local toughs B. their mother watches TV all day C. their father is only a cleaner D. their family is very poor |
2. The man applies for a cleaner's job ____. |
A. but he can't accept it because the pay is too low B. and he gets it though the pay is only $5.15 an hour C. but he is turned down because he doesn't have an e-mail address D. but he misses the chance because they fail to contact him |
3. The man's tomatoes sell well because ____. |
A. the tomatoes look very beautiful B. he has chosen the right place to sell them C. many jobless people help him D. the tomatoes are contained in beautiful crates |
4. From the conversation between the man and the insurance salesman in the last paragraph we can infer that ____. |
A. the man will buy a computer soon B. it's very easy to do tomato business C. one does not necessarily have an e-mail address to be successful D. the man is not able to buy any life insurance without an e-mail address |
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
In the past, operations were difficult. Until the middle of the eighteen fifties, surgery.
In some countries, up to 90 percent of patients died from infection after operations. In 1865, however, Joseph Lister, a British surgeon, found an answer to the problem. He used an “antiseptic” during and after operations. This killed the dangerous bacteria and most of his patients lived. Since then, surgeons have used antiseptics in all operations. Surgery has developed in many important ways since the day of Joseph Lister. Today, when patients go to hospital for an operation, they can expect the best treatment, in clean and hygienic conditions.
Operations were difficult and dangerous until_______.
A.1850
B.the middle of 1850
C.the middle of the fifties of the eighteenth century
D.the middle of the fifties of the nineteenth century
In the passage, surgery means__________.A.The performing of an operation
B.cure
C.treatment
D.medicine
Which topic of the following best suits the passage?A.Operations were difficult in the past
B.The devotion of Joseph Lister to medical science
C.Surgery has become safer
D.Developments in surgery
Joseph Lister was________.A.a Frenchman
B.a German
C.an Englishman
D.an American
In the past, up to 90 percent of patients died after operations mainly because__________.A.bacteria entered the cuts in the patients’ bodies and infection took place
B.the conditions in hospitals were bad
C.the skill of surgeons was not so good
D.there were no good medicine at that time
When you take a pill, you and your doctor hope it will work —and that helps it work. That’s not a new idea. But now researchers say they know just how much of a drug’s effect comes from the patient’s expectation: at least half.
When patients in the midst of a headache attack took a dummy (假的) pill which they thought of as a widely used headache drug, it reduced their pain. It worked almost as much as when they took the real drug thinking it was a placebo (安慰剂).
“There was no difference between the real drug and the placebo dressed up with a nice word in reducing pain,”researcher Ted Kaptchuk says. “Basically we show that words can actually double the effect of a drug. That’s pretty impressive.”
And if it works when treating headaches, it also might work for a wide variety of other illnesses. The findings have interesting implications for doctors and patients, because what doctors say about a medicine appears to have a lot to do with its benefits. Beyond that, it raises a question of whether drug companies should take subjects’expectations into account when they test a new drug.
The study is the latest in a series that’s helping to work out the mysteries of the placebo effect. Before the study, the group has already shown that placebos can have the effect of active medicine in patients with asthma (哮喘), and that even when patients know they’re taking a placebo, they can get relief from the pain.
32. According to the first two paragraphs, what’s new of the research is that _____.
A.half of the drug’s effect, if not more, is from the patients’expectations
B.dummy pills could be thought of as a widely used headache drug
C.your and your doctor’s hope helps the drug work
D.placebos work better than real drugs
Placebos can have the effect of active medicine in reducing pains when doctors _____.A.conduct tests on the effect of new drugs
B.take the patient’s expectations into account
C.tell patients that placebos are mysterious
D.describe the placebos’good effect to patients
It has been proved that placebos have the effect of active medicine in treating asthma _____.A.before Ted’s research
B.after Ted’s research
C.during the process of the Ted’s research
D.upon the completion of Ted’s research
According to the passage, the findings have interesting implications in that _____.A.what doctors say about a medicine seems much related to its benefits
B.the researchers have worked out all the mysteries of the placebo effect
C.drug companies should believe the subjects in drug test
D.placebos might help in treating all illnesses
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