Passage Four Equal pay for equal work is a phrase used by the American women who feel th

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Reading ComprehensionDirections:There are two passages iⅡthis part． Each passage is follow

Reading Comprehension

Directions:There are two passages iⅡthis part． Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements． For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D．You should decide on the best choice．

Questions 56- 60 are based on Passage One:

Passage One

The law says that women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them．

The reality is very different．Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act,many of them still get paid less than men．

They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won't consider．And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children．

All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government's Women's Unite．

The biggest problem isn't equal pay in workplaces such as factories．It is a sort of work women do．Make a list of the low-paid jobs, then consider who do them．

Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies,and child care helpers． Not a lot of men among that group, are there？

Yet some of those jobs are really important．Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start．

So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly？ There can be only one answer—because they are women．

This is not going to be put right overnight． But the Government which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start．

It is disgraceful(可耻的) that we have gone into the 21st century but still treat women as second-class citizens．

Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and be paid equally as Men()．

A． after 25 years

B． according to the law

C． as a result of the Equal Pay Act

D． because women are as strong as men

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Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. What are the specific

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

What are the specific traits that will assist executives to climb the ladder of success？ Opinions vary widely. Given approximately equal qualifications and circumstances，some claim the success factor is largely a matter of luck-being in the right place at the right time. Others speak of an almost crazy devotion to work，combined with a degree of ruthlessness. One “expert” maintains that it's undoubtedly a matter of how much education your mother had.

To make it big，executives must possess four basic skills：

First，drive. Business success takes an unusual amount of energy. A successful executive-almost by definition-is a striver. He will get tense when he is not striving.

Second，people sense. Some say being able to judge people is more important than a high IQ. The skill can be instinctual(本能的)，but in most cases it is painstakingly learned.

Third，communications ability. Different executives make themselves understood in different ways. Some transmit ideas best face to face；others are masters of the telephone call；still others are persuasive writers. One way or another，they all communicate clearly.

Fourth，calm under pressure. No businessman will get very far if he chokes up.

Some people claim that besides hard work，the success also requires______.

A. equal qualifications

B. specific traits

C. much education

D. a degree of cruelty

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Passage Four Archimedes was a famous Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born arou

Passage Four

Archimedes was a famous Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born around 287 BC and he died in the year 212 BC.

Archimedes is most well-known for one specific idea that he came up with. "Archimedes's Principle" states that a solid object which is immersed in a liquid is pushed up by a force which is equal to the weight of the water that the object moves. For example, if you put a piece of wood and a piece of gold the same size in water, only the wood will float. Both the wood and gold move the same amount of water, but the wood weighs less than this water, while the gold weighs more.

It is believed that Archimedes discovered this principle when the king of Syracuse asked him to solve a problem. The king wanted to know if his crown was pure gold or a mixture of gold and silver. The king, of course, did not melt his crown to find out. The idea came to Archimedes as he lowered himself into his bath. He noticed how the water spilled out of the tub. He decided to use the same idea for the crown. He knew that a gold crown immersed in water would weigh more than one made of silver. The experiment was done and the goldsmith was proved guilty of trying to cheat the king.

48. A good title for the selection is______.

A. Archimedes

B. Archimedes's Principle

C. A Gold and Silver Crown

D. The King of Syracuse

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Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each p

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

(1)

A．He ran through the forest quickly.

B．He stopped dead and was too scared to do anything.

C．He fired his gun at the bear.

D．He lost his balance and fell down the hill.

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If the Dakota Access Pipeline （输油管) is completed, it will carry nearlyhalf a million ba

If the Dakota Access Pipeline (输油管) is completed, it will carry nearlyhalf a million barrels of oil across four states every day. Energy Transfer Partners(ETP), a Texas-based company behind the $ 8 billion project, hopes to finishconstruction this year. But the Standing Rock Sioux, an American Indian tribe (部落), is determined to stop the 1,172-mile pipeline from being built. (79) Both sidesshow no signs of backing down.

The Dakota Access Pipeline was announced in 2014. A section of it will runnear the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. A reservation is an area of land set asidefor American Indians. The tribe says the construction threatens to destroy historicalareas and ancient burial sites. They also say the pipeline could pollute their mainwater source, the Missouri River. In April, the Standing Rock Sioux began a protestagainst the project. They camped at the construction site. Since then, thousands ofpeople, including people from other American Indian tribes, have traveled to the siteto join the protest.

ETP says that the pipeline will have built-in safety measures to protectagainst oil leaks. Workers will also monitor it remotely, and will be able to closevalves (阀) within three minutes if leaks are detected.

American Indians have been staging a nonviolent protest for months. Theprotest took a turn last week when police were called to keep the peace betweenprotesters and armed security guards hired by the company.

(80) Twenty-eight people have been arrested since then and charged withinterfering with the pipeline construction.

Which of the following is the main idea of the passage？

A.The Dakota Access Pipeline will create more markets for oil and gas.

B.The Dakota Access Pipeline will create many job opportunities.

C.American Indians oppose the construction of an oil pipeline.

D.American Indians fight for equal voting rights.

ETP hopes to finish this project in ______.A.2016

B.2017

C.2018

D.2019

Why do American Indians protest against the construction of thispipeline？A.Because it will cost up to $ 3. 8 billion.

B.Because it threatens the region's water supply.

C.Because it will make many people lose their jobs.

D.Because it will force many people to leave their homes.

According to the passage, the workers can___________ in case ofpipeline leaks.A.report it to the local government

B.ask people to leave the leak affected areas

C.call 911

D.close valves

According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOTTRUE？A.This pipeline will cross four states.

B.This pipeline is 1, 172 miles long.

C.All the protesters are from the Standing Rock Sioux.

D.Neither side of the dispute is willing to compromise.

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

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In this passage, "learned" is used ______. A. as a word equal to "educated" B. as

In this passage, "learned" is used ______.

A. as a word equal to "educated"

B. as a word similar to "informed"

C. as a word close to "acquired"

D. as a word opposite to "popular"

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PassageFour Womenearnlessthanmendo.Forexample,in1998thehourlywagesofwomenintheU.S.were26%

Passage Four

Women earn less than men do. For example, in 1998 the hourly wages of women in the U. S. were 26% less than those of men.

The gap between male and female incomes varies with age. The gap between the labor incomes of young women and young men

varies. It's also clear that jobs in which women are concentrated pay less. The larger the number of workers who are women in ran

industry, the lower the average wages.

Why do women earn less than men do？ Can the differences be explained by the fact that women are looked

down upon？ If so, the government has to intervene(干预), to force the employers to pay equal wages to equal jobs. However, there is no agreement among economists about the causes of

the gap. One view argues that women, on the average, have chosen low-paying jobs in which workers enjoy the freedom of entering and leaving the labor force, which reduces their years of experience relative

to men. Other people say the gap can also be explained by the difference in educational background.

Much of the gap, however, has not been fully explained. It might be the result of some prejudice (偏见) against women. It is this part that has produced calls for government action. What would happen if the government did intervene to

increase the wages paid to women？ One possibility is that incomes for women as a group might actually decline (下降). An increase in wage decreases the quantity of labor imput demanded, resulting in decreased employment as the rate of hiring new

workers declines. The result will be a surplus 过剩) of labor. Those who can find jobs might be better off while those who had jobs

might find themselves out of work.

48. Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because______.

A. there are more than enough women in the labor force

B. women have more freedom in selecting jobs

C. women are only provided with low-paid jobs

D. women are less experienced than men

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The passage attempts to establish a relationship between ______.A．the importance of equal

The passage attempts to establish a relationship between ______.

A．the importance of equal rights and that of death penalty

B．executions and murders

C．the murder rate and the imposition of the death penalty

D．the effects of execution and the effects of isolation

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Which do you think would be the best title for this passage？（)A． Work to give women a fa

Which do you think would be the best title for this passage？ ()

A． Work to give women a fair pay deal

B． Time to change the situation

C． Equal work, equal pay

D． Should women be treated as second-class citizens

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阅读理解：根据文章内容，完成选择题。The first year of school in America, known as kindergar

阅读理解：根据文章内容，完成选择题。

The first year of school in America, known as kindergarten, usually begins between the ages of five and six. Among rich countries such a late start is very strange. President Obama believes it is an economic and social problem; his education secretary goes as far as to say that it is "morally wrong”. This statement has some support, as it is clear from research into vocabulary that youngsters from poor families enter kindergarten well behind those from rich families—a disadvantage that usually lasts a lifetime. Children from households on welfare knew 525 words by the age of three, while the children of professionals had mastered 1,116.

Pre-school can help close this gap. So in a speech last month, Mr. Obama called for a partnership between the federal government and the states to expand it to every American child. It later became known that "every" meant those who come from families with incomes of up to 200% above the poverty line—equal to an income of $47,000 for a family of four.

Some critics say that sending children to school at the age of four does not work. The evidence suggests otherwise. For example, on March 20thnew results were announced from a study of 9 to 11 year olds in New Jersey. This report found that disadvantaged children who had attended pre-school had better literacy (读写能力), language, maths and science skills. And two years of pre-kindergarten were better than one.

Some studies also follow the effects of early learning over lifetimes, such as its effect on crime rates and other factors that may eventually burden society. Critics have singled out a government scheme called Head Start, created in 1965, which provides poor households with a range of services including school-based early education.

1. Kindergarten in rich countries other than America usually begins at the age of {A; B; C}

A. four

B. seven

C. six

2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE？{A; B; C} A. Poor pre-school kids have a larger vocabulary than rich kids.

B. President Obama believes that early education can solve all economic and social problems.

C. Rich pre-school kids have a richer vocabulary than poor kids.

3. Which of the following about the New Jersey study is TRUE？{A; B; C}

A. There is no evidence to support the New Jersey study.

B. Two years of pre-kindergarten were better than one.

C. Sending children to school at the age of four is not going to help.

4. The phrase "single out" in the last paragraph means {A; B; C}.

A. choose

B. think about

C. count

5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage？{A; B; C}

A. Secondary Education

B. Pre-school Education

C. Poor Kids' Education

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