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　　Women might have a higher position at work, but at home their careers tend to give way to their husband’s job, with women most likely to quit when both are working long hours, according to a U．S．study．

　　Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more likely to end up quitting their jobs．

　　An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 nonprofessionals from dual-earner(雙職工)families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week it increased the woman’s possibility of quitting her paid job by 42 percent．Cha said the possibility of quitting increased to 51 percent for professional women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week, and for professional mothers the possibility they would quit their jobs jumped 112 percent．

　　However, it did not significantly affect a man’s possibility of quitting his job if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week, according to the study published in the American Sociological Review in April．For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours were negligible, according to the study．

　　“As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often solve conflict in ways that prioritize husbands’ careers,”Cha, who used data from the U．S．Census Bureau, said in a statement．“This effect is magnified(突出)among workers in professional and managing occupations, where the criterion of overwork and the culture of looking after children tend to be strongest．The findings suggest that the popularity of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional family pattern－breadwinning men and homemaking women．”

(1)

According to the text, we know that ________．

[　　]

A．

men prefer work long hours

B．

women prefer to work outside

C．

men’s careers are unimportant

D．

women are more likely to quit jobs

(2)

The underlined word“negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

unimportant

B．

limited

C．

different

D．

obvious

(3)

Which statement is true according to the text?

[　　]

A．

When there’s conflict between work and family, a husband will give up his work．

B．

Women may still do most of the housework and care for babies or children．

C．

Professional women are more likely to quit the job than professional mothers．

D．

A man’s chance of quitting jobs was influenced if his wife works long hours．

(4)

We can infer from the last sentence that ________．

[　　]

A．

all the workers pay more attention to looking after children

B．

overwork may have no influence on dual-earner couples

C．

traditionally, men usually worked to support the family

D．

most dual-earner couples will return to a traditional family pattern

(5)

In which column of China Daily can you find this passage?

[　　]

A．

Health

B．

Life

C．

Sport

D．

Entertainment

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．C;5．B;
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　　Sociologists, working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men．The number is said to be as high as 6％ in Germany．

　　“Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men's world,”said Dr James Helen, one of the sociologists who did the study．

　　Many men say that they have more duties than women．A man has to make money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more．Some are even against their wives working at all．When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children cannot be taken good care of．If women take full--time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best doing：making a nice home and bringing up the children．

　　Some women disagree．They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose between work and home life．Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances．

　　Anne Harper has a very good job．She also believes in“Women’s Liberation”,“I don’t wish I were a man,”she says,“and I don’t think many women do．But I do wish people would stop treating us like second－class people．At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less．There are still a lot of jobs only to men-usually they are the best ones．If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life．How many women scientists are there…or engineers?”

(1)

Many men think ________．

[　　]

A．

women can’t do what men can

B．

men have to work much harder than women

C．

men can make money more easily than women

D．

women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home

(2)

Some women have different ideas．They say that ________．

[　　]

A．

women need chances to go out of the home more often

B．

women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want

C．

if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men

D．

women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes

(3)

Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man ________．

[　　]

A．

because she believed in “Women’s Liberation”

B．

but she wished to get the same job as men

C．

because she had got a good job

D．

but she wished to be treated the same as a man

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Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones．

B．

Women are second－class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life．

C．

Women do the same jobs as men, but get paid less than men．

D．

There are some best jobs that women have few chances to take．

(5)

Anne Harper thought that ________．

[　　]

A．

women should live a better life than men

B．

women should be really liberated

C．

women should be given better jobs than men

D．

women should live a more wonderful life than men

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　　She watched what she ate at her other meals and soon she was losing weight. Now Jenny's feeling looking so good even her boss notices the difference.

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A．When she entered college.

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　　Congratulations!You are Times person of the year!

　　Previous winners have included Adolf Hitler, Bill Gates and Ayatollah Khomeini．This year it is you．

　　Time magazine has named”You”as its”Person of the Year”in recognition of the way that ordinary internet users have revolutionized the media through blogs, file-sharing and websites such as Wikipedia, YouTube and MySpace．The magazine designed special cover——a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection——for the issue, reflecting the importance of user-generated(使用者自創(chuàng))Internet content as a driving force in the modern world．

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“You”, the Time magazine“Person of the Year”of the year, refers to anyone ________．

[　　]

A．

who reads this updated magazine

B．

who surfs the Internet

C．

who knows the result of the selection

D．

who holds an important position

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The fashionable character of the Internet revolution is ________．

[　　]

A．

to search information on the Internet

B．

to use the Internet to make money

C．

to be cited for“Person of the Year”

D．

to create content onto the Internet

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The usual qualification of“Person of the Year”is that a person or persons must ________．

[　　]

A．

do the most good to the world in the year

B．

live up to the expectation of the world

C．

really affect the world the most in the year

D．

help the world move ahead in the year

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A．

U．S．newly-elected President Obama is cited for“Person of the Year”．

B．

The couple of Gates were cited not for their contributions to the Internet．

C．

“Person of the Year”must be a prize of a person or a group．

D．

A pop star is unlikely to be cited for the“Person of the Year”．

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　　Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight．No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China．Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift－the book“Who Moved My Cheese?”

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　　“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese．”Zhang smiled confidently．

(1)

The whole passage is about ________．

[　　]

A．

people’s opinions about a bestseller of the US

B．

what people think about China’s entry into the WTO

C．

the change in people’s attitude towards changes and challenges

D．

how a book influences the Chinese

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The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of“Who Moved My Cheese”in order to ________．

[　　]

A．

be more competitive with foreign firms

B．

find an excuse for their job cuts

C．

let the workers make a living on their own

D．

encourage the fired workers

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The word“cheese”in the passage can refer to ________．

[　　]

A．

something we depend on for a living

B．

a most important kind of food

C．

change or challenge

D．

way of life

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From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that ________．

[　　]

A．

they have different opinions on changes and challenges

B．

people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies

C．

the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges

D．

they are both greatly encouraged by the book

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Glynis

　　I piled on the pounds and I couldn't lose them．Then I joined a slimming club．My target weight was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months．I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked．But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits．I told myself I'd lose the weight at slimming classes in the next year, but it didn't happen．Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on．I'd lost will power and tried to believe the saying that fish and chips(薯?xiàng)l)didn't make any difference but the scales don't lie．

Roz

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　　I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year．I'd look in the mirror, unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem －perhaps from then on I didn't pay any attention to myself．Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you．I feel a complete failure because I've put on weight again．

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　　Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I'd always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant environment went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year．Every so often I try to go on a diet．I always do well in the first few days, then end up having the children's leftovers(剩菜)or eating chocolate happily －my weakness．I'd like to be slim．I decided to take more exercise when my kids are older．

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What are the four women talking about?

[　　]

A．

Their figure．

B．

Their future life．

C．

Their eating habits．

D．

Their work as a housewife．

(2)

The underlined word “scales” refers to ________．

[　　]

A．

slimming classes

B．

others' suggestions

C．

tools to measure weight

D．

coaches in the slimming club

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[　　]

A．

Glynis．

B．

Roz．

C．

Lesley．

D．

Rosa．

(4)

According to the passage, we can learn that ________．

[　　]

A．

Roz thinks she is a born slimmer

B．

Rosa lost weight after she got married

C．

slimming classes had no effect on Glynis

D．

winning an honor has caused Lesley some worry

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