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After a lot of weightlifting and 25 exhausting days training, a 52-year-old woman recently became the first female “gripman” on San Francisco’s historic cable cars.
Fannie Barnes passed her written test and completed a final run under the watchful eye of a supervisor, Municipal Railway spokesman Alan Siegel said.
Deep calluses(繭) are already forming at the base of her fingers and there is a hole in her glove. Two other women quit after a single day with injured muscles. “Now they’re going to have to change the word from gripman to grip person, just because of me,” Barnes said earlier, “I’m so excited.”
After almost a year of serious workouts, Barns can pull more than 61 kilos, only 23 kilos less than her body weight. And she’ll need the muscle, for this is no modern, push-button technology. Every time a car starts up again after making a stop, the gripman must haul back on a lever controlling a device that grips the cable, which runs continuously at 14 kilometers per hour. If the grip slips, so does the car. A second person operates the brakes.
In addition to having to throw her weight around on the job, she’s got to throw out some attitude to men who were hard to convince. The city employs 76 men in the job.
“A lot of men said mean things to me and didn’t want to help train me. But I would like to thank the guys who were against me because they gave me even more inspiration to do it.” she said.
Not all the men were against her. Many of the male colleagues yelled out support as she did her training runs. One of her biggest tests was drizzly December morning. She first went down the Hyde Street Hill, considered the most dangerous incline on the cable car routes. “I had to have the will and I had to believe I could do it,” she said. “It was scary, but as I started going down full grip and felt that I was in control, I knew I was on my way,” Barnes already is a pioneer of sorts. She started working as a cable car conductor six years ago, collecting fares and assisting on the back brake. She is one of only three women to have that job. But she said she always wanted the job up front on the car. (400)
What is unusual about Fannie Barnes getting a job as a gripman?
A. She is the oldest one to work as a grpman.
B. She is the first women to work as a gripman.
C. She is the fattest women to work as a gripman.
D. She is the most suitable one to work as a gripman.
What did the 52-year-old woman do when she first began working on the city’s cable car?
A. As a gripman. B. As a conductor. C. As a brakeman. D. As a supervisor.
It can be inferred from the passage that Fannie Barnes is ________.
A. strong and easy-going B. strong-willed and self-confident
C. popular and humorous D. considerate and quick-tempered
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科目：高中英語 來源：安徽省歙州學校2009----2010學年度高一下學期期中考試英語試卷 題型：完型填空
第二節(jié)：完形填空(共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分)
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Cats have no emotions . At least, that's what my husband once claimed. I 36 that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and 37 . He agreed with me, but 38 his opinion that cats don't feel love. 39 , my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.
When my next-door neighbor moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching 40 through the window.
Then one day when I 41 my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian 42 Juliet gazing at him behind the window. It soon became 43 that they were attracted by each other. So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush 44__to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing 45 at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched 46 , and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love... can they?"
Five months later, my neighbor had to 47 because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would 48 to Juliet's leaving.
For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbor moved in, I often 49 Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment 50 his lady. The new neighbor didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I 51 his reason for being there.
Sebastian 51 the small area outside that window as his territory. Other male cats were allowed in the 53 , but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his 54 .
Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he 55 me of the lesson Sebastian taught him... that cats do indeed fall in love.
36. A. argued B. quarreled C. suggested D. discussed
37. A. energy B. power C. strength D. happiness
38. A. referred to B. prepared for C. stuck to D. approved of
39. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Meanwhile
40. A. the environment B. the sky C. her owner D. her boyfriend
41. A. forbade B. prevented C. accompanied D. left
42. A. called attention to B. caught sight of C. took charge of D. paid a visit to
43. A. ambitious B. doubtful C. skeptical D. obvious
44. A. secretly B. straight C. quietly D. worriedly
45. A. lovingly B. angrily C. hungrily D. greedily
46. A. in trouble B. in sorrow C. in amazement D. in horror
47. A. settle B. travel C. apologize D. move
48. A. react B. reply C. reduce D. replace
49. A. took B. caught C. met D. sensed
50. A. in place of B. on the basis of C. in search of D. on account of
51. A. explained B. requested C. blamed D. asked
52. A. discovered B. reformed C. preserved D. marked
53. A. street B. backyard C. window D. village
54. A. birthday B. departure C. death D. arrival
55. A. reminds B. informs C. tells D. accuses
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學年湖南省衡陽市高三第六次月考試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
On the high-speed train Avignon to Paris, my husband and I landed in the only remaining seats on the train, in the middle of a car, directly opposite a Frenchwoman of middle years. It was an extremely uncomfortable arrangement to be looking straight into the eyes of a stranger. My husband and I pulled out books. The woman produced a large makeup case and made up her face. Except for a lunch break, she continued this activity for the entire three-hour trip. Every once in a while she surveyed the car with a bright-eyed glance, but never once did she catch my eye. My husband and I could have been a blanket wall.
I was amused, but some people would have felt uncomfortable , even repulsed(厭惡的）.there is something about making up in public that calls up strong emotional reactions. Partly it’s a question of hygiene. And it’s a matter of degree. Making up --- a private act--- has a way of neglecting the presence of others. I was once seated at a party with a model-actress who immediately waved a silly brush and began dusting her face at the table, demonstrating that while she was next to me, she was not with me.
In fact, I am generally prohibited from making up in public, except when I am in the company of cosmetics moment. In a gathering more professional than social, I would do so.
Kathy Peiss, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst says that nose-powdering in the office was an occasion for outrage in 1920’s and 30’s. Deploring the practice as a waste of company time, trade journals advises managers to discourage it among workers. Peiss theorizes that it was female’s making up in what has been an all-male field that disturb some gentlemen.
Peiss tells me that after the 30’s , pulling out a make-up case was no longer an issue. It became an accepted practice. I asked if she feels free to apply lipstick at a professional lunch herself. Sounding mildly shocked, she says she would save that for the privacy of her car afterward. Why? Because it would be “a gesture of inappropriate feminity(女性化）.” One guess is that most professional women feel this way. There is evidence of the popularity of the new lipsticks that remain in place all day without retouching.
1.According to the author, “My husband and I could have been a blanket wall.” (Line 6, Para.1) most probably means “________”.
A. We were treated with an expressionless face.????
B. We looked at the French woman expressionlessly
C. We used books as a wall to avoid the woman’s eyes
D. We were of no existence in the French woman’s eyes
2.In the author’s opinion, she _______.
A. allows public making up on certain occasions
B. feels comfortable when making up in public
C. only makes up on social occasions
D. makes up before any professional gatherings
3.According to Peiss, nose powdering in an office was criticized mainly for the reason that ____.
A. normal office work was disturbed??????
B. it discouraged women’s interest in career
C. make dominance was emphasized there??
D. it distracted make workers’ focus on work
4.Why do most professional women give up using lipsticks in public?
A. Because they are worried about being looked down upon
B. Because it emphasizes their female features in wrong situations
C. Because it implies women’s disadvantages in academic fields
D. Because they are ashamed to be seen making up in front of males/
5.It can be inferred that in a highly open society, the differences between men and women ______.
A. have attracted little attention??????
B. hinder the social development
C. are attractive topics in talk shows???
D. still call for great concern
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
The Italian island of Sardinia recently lost its oldest citizen. Family members say Antonio Todde died in his sleep early this month. Mr. Todde was 112 years old. It was less than three weeks away from his 113th birthday. Record-keeping experts say he was the world’s oldest man.
His long life and that of other very old Sardinians are the subjects of a scientific project called Akea. Luca Deiana of Sassari University is directing the study. He says the name Akea comes from a traditional greeting on Sardinia. It means “health and life for 100 years”. Professor Deiana and his team started to collect information for the study in 1997. They identified（確定）more than 220 Sardinians who were centenarians—100years old or older. His team required three documents to confirm a person’s age. They were a government birth record, a church record and a statement by a close family member.
The Akea study has produced two major findings. The first is Sardinia’s extremely high number of centenarians. The island had about 135 centenarians for every one million people. In other Western countries, the average is about seventy five centenarians for every one million people. The second major finding is an unusual rate of female to male centenarians. Sardinia has two women centenarians for every male centenarian. In central Sardinia there are equal numbers of female and male centenarians.
Studies in other parts of the world have shown a much higher percentage of female centenarians. The Akea study collected information about the health and diet of about 140 of the centenarians. About ninety percent of those in the study agreed to provide blood for scientific testing. The study team hope to identify genetic material in the blood that can be linked to successful aging. Study leaders say there is no single reason why people on Sardinia live so long. They believe the answer is a combination of genetic and environmental conditions.
1．Centenarians refer to people who are years old.
A．100 B．200 C．300 D．400
2．The general idea of the third paragraph is .
A．Sardinia has a large number of centenarians
B．a(chǎn)n unusual rate of female to male centenarians
C．two major findings of the Akea study
D．Sardinia has equal numbers of female and male centenarians
3．Why do Sardinians live so long according to the study?
A．Because the environment on Sardinia is very good
B．Because they have special genetic material in their blood.
C．Because they have a glass of wine every day.
D．Because they enjoy special genetic and environmental conditions.
4．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A．Other parts of the world have a higher rate of female centenarians than Sardinia.
B．There are equal numbers of female and male centenarians on Sardinia.
C．Sardinia has an unusual rate of male to female centenarians.
D．There are about seventy-five centenarians for every one million people on Sardinia.
5．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Why people on Sardinia live so long. B．The world’s oldest woman.
C．The world’s oldest man. D．A scientific study on centenarians.
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