What a pretty girl,      ?

 A．isn’t it  B．is it   C．is she  D．isn’t she

In the Harry Potter films, Hermione Granger is better than her male friends and is considered the brightest pupil in her grade. Isn’t it often the same in schools of our real world?
“It’s surprising but true that most of the top students have been girls since primary school. Girls are class leaders, club presidents and the top ones in exams,” said Wang Feixuan, 15, who studies at a Chengdu school. By any measure, Wang herself is a high-achiever. She is a top student, a team leader in her school’s sports club and a winner in national English and IT competitions.
But why do so many girls outperform their male peers?
In Sun Yunxiao’s latest book Save Our Boys, he points out that the education system is “more suited to girls, who are good at memorizing and like to sit quietly and read.” Yet he also says that girls have to do so much more when they compete with males for honors, top universities and later good jobs. They can feel great pressure nearly every day.
This seems to be the same in most countries in the world. Young women in the United States are also reported to feel the same pressure to be perfect.
“Let’s look at what we ask of our teenage girls,” says Professor Stephen Hinshaw in an interview. He thinks that it’s no longer enough that a girl does well in school and is a caring friend. On the TV, on the Internet and everywhere, girls see images of impossible perfection.
Today’s young women must be good learners, good athletes, and fill their after-school lives with other activities. But they are also asked to have the styles and looks of popular stars. “Be pretty, sweet and nice. Be athletic, competitive and get straight. Be impossibly perfect.” Stephen Hinshaw sums up.
【小題1】The passage suggests that               .

A．our society asks far too much of teenage girls

B．teenage girls shouldn’t be so perfect at school

C．boys are always lazy ones rather than girls

D．American girls have less pressure than Chinese girls

【小題2】 According to the passage, it is true that               .

A．boys are less smart than girls throughout school life

B．boys usually don’t have so much pressure as girls do

C．girls are all fond of the Chinese education system

D．girls are better at school because boys don’t work hard

【小題3】The underlined word “outperform” means               .

A．hate

B．misunderstand

C．like

D．defeat

【小題4】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Impossibly Perfect Is Possible．	B．Why Are Girls So Perfect?
C．Perfect? Pressure Every Day!	D．Perfect: Boys or Girls?

In the Harry Potter films, Hermione Granger is better than her male friends and is considered the brightest pupil in her grade. Isn’t it often the same in schools of our real world?

“It’s surprising but true that most of the top students have been girls since primary school. Girls are class leaders, club presidents and the top ones in exams,” said Wang Feixuan, 15, who studies at a Chengdu school. By any measure, Wang herself is a high-achiever. She is a top student, a team leader in her school’s sports club and a winner in national English and IT competitions.

But why do so many girls outperform their male peers?

In Sun Yunxiao’s latest book Save Our Boys, he points out that the education system is “more suited to girls, who are good at memorizing and like to sit quietly and read.” Yet he also says that girls have to do so much more when they compete with males for honors, top universities and later good jobs. They can feel great pressure nearly every day.

This seems to be the same in most countries in the world. Young women in the United States are also reported to feel the same pressure to be perfect.

“Let’s look at what we ask of our teenage girls,” says Professor Stephen Hinshaw in an interview. He thinks that it’s no longer enough that a girl does well in school and is a caring friend. On the TV, on the Internet and everywhere, girls see images of impossible perfection.

Today’s young women must be good learners, good athletes, and fill their after-school lives with other activities. But they are also asked to have the styles and looks of popular stars. “Be pretty, sweet and nice. Be athletic, competitive and get straight. Be impossibly perfect.” Stephen Hinshaw sums up.

1.The passage suggests that              .

A．our society asks far too much of teenage girls

B．teenage girls shouldn’t be so perfect at school

C．boys are always lazy ones rather than girls

D．American girls have less pressure than Chinese girls

2. According to the passage, it is true that              .

A．boys are less smart than girls throughout school life

B．boys usually don’t have so much pressure as girls do

C．girls are all fond of the Chinese education system

D．girls are better at school because boys don’t work hard

3.The underlined word “outperform” means              .

A．hate

B．misunderstand

C．like

D．defeat

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Impossibly Perfect Is Possible．	B．Why Are Girls So Perfect?
C．Perfect? Pressure Every Day!	D．Perfect: Boys or Girls?

 

       Tess still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive, hardly knowing whether to return or move forward, when a figure came out from the dark door of the tent. It was a tall young man, smoking.

       He had an almost black face, though red and smooth. His moustache was black with curled points, though he could not be more than twenty, three or-four. There was an unusual force in his face, and in his daring rolling eyes.

       ‘Well, my beauty, what can I do for you?’ said he, coming forward．And seeing that she was quite at a loss: ‘Never mind me. I am Mr. d’Urberville. Have you come to see me or my mother?’

This differed greatly from what Tess had expected．She had dreamed of an aged and dignified face. She tried to keep calm and answered— ‘I came to see your mother, sir.’

       ‘I am afraid you cannot see her—she is ill in bed,’ replied the representative of the house; for this was Mr. Alee, the only son of the noble family. ‘What is the business you wish to see her about?’

       ‘It isn’t business—it is— I can hardly say what!’

       ‘Pleasure?’

       ‘Oh no. Why, sir, if I tell you, it will seem—’

       Tess’s sense of a certain ridicule was now so strong that, despite her general discomfort at being here, her rosy lips curved（彎曲） towards a smile, much to the attraction of the young man.

‘It is so foolish’, she stammered（急急巴巴地說(shuō)）; ‘I fear I can’t tell you!’

       ‘Never mind; I like foolish things. Try again, my dear,’ said he kindly.

       ‘Mother asked me to come,’ Tess continued; ‘a(chǎn)nd, indeed, I was in the mind to do so myself. But I did not think it would be like this. I came, sir, to tell you that we are of the same family as you.’

       ‘Ho! Poor relations?’

       ‘Yes.’

       ‘Stokes?’

       ‘No; d’Urbervilles.’

       ‘Ay, ay; I mean d’Urbervilles.’

       ‘Our names are worn away to Durbeyfield; but we have several proofs that we are d’Urbervilles. The local scholars hold the view that we are,—and —and we have an old seal（印章） and a silver spoon marked with the same castle as yours. So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you, as we’ve lost our horse by a bad accident; we can hardly make a living.’

       ‘Very kind of your mother, I’m sure.’ Alec looked at Tess as he spoke, in a way that made her uneasy. ‘And so, my pretty girl, you’ve come on a friendly visit to us, as relations?’

       ‘I suppose I have,’ looking less confident and uncomfortable again.

       ‘Well—there’s no harm in it. Where do you live? What are you?

                                         —-Tess of the d’Urbervilles By Thomas Hardy

1．How does Tess feel in the whole course of the meeting with Alec?

       A．Excited and hopeful.                   B．Nervous and uncomfortable.

       C．Surprised but comfortable.              D．Pleased but embarrassed.

2．In the eyes of Tess, Alec is _______________.

     A．forceful and daring                    B．unfriendly and talkative

     C．a(chǎn) gentle and reliable man                 D．older than she had expected

3．Why does Tess pay the visit to the d’Urbervilles?

     A．To see Alec himself.

     B．To see Alec’s mother.

     C．To confirm that they are of the same family.

     D．To make known their relationship and seek help.

4．Alec appears quite friendly to Tess mainly because __________.

     A．Tess is his distant relation               B．Tess looks polite to him

     C．Tess is a pretty girl                    D．Tess looks ridiculous

12 East Point Road, Fannie Bay

Near Darwin, Australia

25 October, 2006

Dear Emily,

How are you? Things are not too bad for me at the moment. I still have the cough that Dr Maclaren isn’t interested in and my back hurts when I sit too long. The leg problem is much better, though.

Our big excitement her recently was visitors form England. A rather pretty young girl came to the home, with no warning, and said she was my great niece. All the nurses made a big fuss(大驚小怪) of her and wanted to know who she was. She is a charming girl called Carol who is traveling around the Northern Territory with a friend( also a girl, thank heavens). They had come in the rainy season and her friend kept complaining that it was raining. Silly girl. Her name is Selina, which is a silly name, too.

Carol and Selina did all the things tourists do here. They went to Kukudu National Park and Tim Tim Falls and took the wonderful photos.

Carol was quite interested in my stories about Darwin in the old days. I lived through the bombing in World War Ⅱ, you know. I know you Londoners think London was the only place that was bombed, but it wasn’t.  And I nearly died when the wind storm hit at Christmas in the 1970s. I told Carol all about that. One of the ladies who live here had some photos of that, too. That was nice, but one woman, Mrs Apthorpe, wouldn’t leave us alone when Carol was here. We don’t get many young people here, I know, but Carol had come to see me, not Mrs Apthorpe.

Well, I must stop now. It’s time for my afternoon medicine and then I must have nap. I hope you are keeping well.

Love Mabel Green

1．Which of the following is true about Mabel Green?

      A．She likes traveling.                               B．She is in poor health.

       C．She is in her forties.                             D．She doesn’t like young people.

2．What does Mabel Green care about?

       A．The nurses.

       B．The two visitors.

       C．Her health and her memories.

       D．Tourism in the Northern Territory.

3．Where do you think Mabel Green lives?

       A．In her own home.

       B．At a hospital of London.

       C．In a house with Mrs Apthorpe.

       D．In a nursing home for old people.

4．Whom does Mabel Green dislike?

      A．Only Selina.

       B．Dr Maclaren and Mrs Apthorpe.

       C．Dr Maclaren, Mrs Apthorpe and Selina.

       D．Dr Macharen, Mrs Apthorpe, Emily and Selina.