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Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge(劇增)of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse(反面)of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriage. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. Data show that economic downturns tend to putting off marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. As the economy comes to life, the number of marriages also rises.
The increase in divorce rates follows to the increase in women working outside the home. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusions. The impact of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good provider may increase the chances that a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible(似是而非的). Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family’s financial and emotional stability.
Psychological factors also should be considered. For example, a wife blocked from a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seeking a divorce. On the other hand, if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go together to create a stronger and more stable union.
Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, in most cases, men have remained the main breadwinners. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.

  1. 1.

    The word “portend” (Line 2, Para.1) is closest in meaning to“_____”.

    1. A.
      defy
    2. B.
      signal
    3. C.
      suffer from
    4. D.
      result from
  2. 2.

    It is said in the passage that when the economy slides_____.

    1. A.
      men would choose working women as their marriage partners
    2. B.
      more women would get married to seek financial security
    3. C.
      even working women would worry about their marriages
    4. D.
      more people would prefer to remain single for the time being
  3. 3.

    If women find fulfillment through work outside the home,_____.

    1. A.
      they are more likely to dominate their marriage partners
    2. B.
      their husbands are expected to do more housework
    3. C.
      their marriage ties can be strengthened
    4. D.
      they tend to put their career before marriage
  4. 4.

    One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that_____.

    1. A.
      they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom
    2. B.
      they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands
    3. C.
      they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations
    4. D.
      they tend to suspect their husbands? loyalty to their marriage
  5. 5.

    Which of the following statements can best summarize the authors view in the passage?

    1. A.
      The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country.
    2. B.
      Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage.
    3. C.
      In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain independent
    4. D.
      The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case.

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There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penage. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.
It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back..
From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.
The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (擁抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.
I looked forward to the return journey

  1. 1.

    The author expected the train trip to be_________

    1. A.
      adventurous
    2. B.
      dull
    3. C.
      exciting
    4. D.
      pleasant
  2. 2.

    What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?

    1. A.
      The mountains along the way
    2. B.
      The friendly country people
    3. C.
      The crowds of people in the streets
    4. D.
      The simple lunch served on the train
  3. 3.

    Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph?

    1. A.
      choose
    2. B.
      enjoy
    3. C.
      prepare for
    4. D.
      carry on
  4. 4.

    Where was the writer going?

    1. A.
      Butterworth
    2. B.
      The Causeway
    3. C.
      Johore Baru
    4. D.
      Singapore
  5. 5.

    What can we learn from the story?

    1. A.
      Comfort in traveling by train
    2. B.
      Pleasure of living in the country
    3. C.
      Reading gives people delight
    4. D.
      Smiles brighten people up

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Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems．While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves．University of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient．
“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density（密度）”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU．“The radioisotope（放射性同位素） battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries．”
Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems （M/NEMS）．Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe．
“People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems．”
His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor（半導(dǎo)體）．Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor．
“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶體結(jié)構(gòu)） of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem．”
Together with J．David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery．In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials．Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair

  1. 1.

    The text is most probably a ______.

    1. A.
      science news report
    2. B.
      book review
    3. C.
      newspaper ad
    4. D.
      science fiction
  2. 2.

    Liquid semiconductor is used to ______.

    1. A.
      get rid of the radioactive waste
    2. B.
      test the power of nuclear batteries
    3. C.
      decrease the size of nuclear batteries
    4. D.
      reduce the damage to lattice structure
  3. 3.

    According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery ______.

    1. A.
      uses a solid semiconductor
    2. B.
      will soon replace the present ones
    3. C.
      could be extremely thin
    4. D.
      has passed the final test
  4. 4.

    Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4______.

    1. A.
      to show chemical batteries are widely applied
    2. B.
      to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used
    3. C.
      to describe a nuclear-powered system
    4. D.
      to introduce various energy sources

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ple — their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree(可可樹)by South American. Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Eu??rope, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish peo??ple starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饑荒)" of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.
according to an. Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee, bush. He tried one and experienced the " wide-awake" feeling that one third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

  1. 1.

    according to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

    1. A.
      Food.
    2. B.
      Clothing.
    3. C.
      Ideology.
    4. D.
      Language.
  2. 2.

    The word "some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to________.

    1. A.
      some cocoa trees
    2. B.
      some chocolate drinks.
    3. C.
      some shops
    4. D.
      some South American Indians
  3. 3.

    Thousands of Irish people starved during the " Potato Famine" because________

    1. A.
      they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else
    2. B.
      they were forced to leave their homeland and move to America
    3. C.
      the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes
    4. D.
      the potato harvest was bad
  4. 4.

    according to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

    1. A.
      One third of the world’s population drinks coffee.
    2. B.
      Coffee is native to Colombia.
    3. C.
      Coffee can keep one awake.
    4. D.
      Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

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I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o’clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

  1. 1.

    The writer is probably ______.

    1. A.
      a worker
    2. B.
      a college teacher
    3. C.
      a boss of a company
    4. D.
      a secretary
  2. 2.

    He learned ______ that there would be a concert last Friday.

    1. A.
      from his friends
    2. B.
      from one of his colleagues
    3. C.
      over the radio
    4. D.
      from the newspaper
  3. 3.

    He could go and buy the ticket ______.

    1. A.
      any day before work hours
    2. B.
      both before and after work hours
    3. C.
      only during lunch time
    4. D.
      on Saturday and Sunday
  4. 4.

    The word “relieved” in the last two sentences may best be replaced by “______”.

    1. A.
      surprised
    2. B.
      pleased
    3. C.
      puzzled
    4. D.
      sorry
  5. 5.

       The story is about ______.

    1. A.
      a good concert
    2. B.
      someone enjoying a good concert
    3. C.
      someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends
    4. D.
      someone failing to buy the concert ticket

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