Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women, and almost all pilots were men. Today women fly planes, and men care for patients. The jobs are the same, but not both men and women are working as nurses and pilots.
There are many other examples of changing job roles for men and women. Forty years ago there were no women news reporters on television.
Now women report the news, the weather, and even men’s sports. Women are reporting games and interviewing athletes. Fifty years ago there were almost no women lawyers or doctors, but today over half of all medical students are women.
Today men teach very young children. Men work as librarians and secretaries. Some men stay at home to take care of the house and children. They are called “househusbands” or “stay-at-home dads”. However, many women still work as homemakers.
Jobs are changing. Today men and women are working in every field.According to the passage, what is true today about women?
| A．Women like to be secretaries. |
| B．All doctors are now women. |
| C．Women report news and sports |
| D．There are no homemakers today. |
What is the percentage (百分比) of women students in today’s medical schools?
| A．About forty percent. |
| B．Over fifty percent. |
| C．About twenty percent. |
| D．Less than fifty percent. |
What is said about men in the passage?
| A．Only men are sports reporters. |
| B．All lawyers are men. |
| C．Men never take care of home. |
| D．Some men stay at home with the children. |
Which one of the following is true about men and women today?
| A．Men like their jobs, but women don’t. |
| B．Women don’t like sports, but men do. |
| C．There are no women pilots. |
| D．Both men and women take care of children. |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Jobs of today are changing. |
| B．Women are leaders of the today’s world. |
| C．People change their jobs for fun. |
| D．Men and women fan never be equal. |
Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人疑惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always impossible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows（眉毛）, which in Micronesia means “yes”.
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.
Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they .
| A．should go abroad for vacations |
| B．needed to learn foreign languages |
| C．should often discuss their experiences |
| D．had problems with communications |
People in Micronesia show “yes” by .
| A．nodding heads | B．raising eyebrows |
| C．shaking heads | D．saying “no” |
Tom misunderstood his class at first because .
| A．he did not know much about India culture |
| B．he didn’t explain everything clearly enough |
| C．some students didn’t understand his questions |
| D．he didn’t know where the students came from |
Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
| A．In Bulgaria, nodding heads means “no”. |
| B．Jan taught English on a Pacific island. |
| C．Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. |
| D．In India, only shaking heads means “yes”. |
The passage is mainly about .
| A．body language in foreign restaurants |
| B．class discussion in India schools |
| C．miscommunication in different cultures |
| D．English teaching in other countries |
Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in pubic before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋)he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too，have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.The lady asked the player to sing a song because .
| A．she had paid him for this |
| B．she knew him very well |
| C．she wanted to have a change |
| D．she enjoyed his singing |
Nat King Cole succeeded because .
| A．the lady helped him a lot |
| B．he caught the chance |
| C．he continued to play in the bar |
| D．he stopped playing the piano |
The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean .
| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use |
| C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
From the story we know if you have some talent, you should .[
| A．hide it and wait |
| B．ask others for help |
| C．pay no attention to it |
| D．work hard to improve yourself |
Which could be the best title for the passage?
| A．Sing in the Bar | B．Achieve Success in Life |
| C．Never Lose Heart | D．Find Your Hidden Talent |
A good Chinese TV program（节目）in Hunan TV is very popular now. It is called “Where are we going, Dad?”. This program is about dads and their children who are from 5 different families. They would finish some hard tasks (任务) without their moms in 3 days and 2 nights. The 5 dads had to play "dad" and "mom" role at the same time. The 5 dads, all of them are famous popular stars, They must forget who they are and just remember they are usual fathers. All the cell phones(手机) and toys weren't allowed (允许) to use in the program. They had to live in a very hard environment. At first, all the five children cried, because they were just 4 to 6 years old. They had never lived in the countryside. On the first day, the children’s task was to find a pot, vegetables and fish, and their dads cook dinner. As the time went on, the five lovely children were becoming friendly to each other. They made deep friendship and did difficult tasks together. After they found all the things, their fathers could cook delicious food. They all felt so happy. From this program, the five children made us laugh and cry with them together. They were 4-year-old Kimi and Angela, 5 year-old Cindy and 6-year-old Tiantian and Shitou. It was the whole story in Episode 1(第一集). We hope the second one next Friday evening will be more interesting!
Where is the program “Where are we going, Dad?” showing?
| A．On Jiangsu TV. | B．On Hunan TV. |
| C．On Beijing TV. | D．On Guangdong TV. |
What’s the program about?
| A．5 children. |
| B．5 families. |
| C．5 mums and their children. |
| D．5 dads and their children. |
Why did the children cry at first?
| A．Because they are too young. |
| B．Because they missed their dads. |
| C．Because they wanted to take their toys. |
| D．Because they couldn’t use their cell phones. |
What was their first task on their first day?
| A．To find their mums. |
| B．To help the farmers cook a meal. |
| C．To find some things to cook a meal. |
| D．To make friends with each other. |
What are the names of the five children?
| A．Kimi, Angela, Cindy, Tiantian and Yutou. |
| B．Kimi, Angela, Cindy, Tiantian and Shitou, |
| C．Kimi, Angela, Cindy, Lele and Shitou. |
| D．Kimi, Wendy, Cindy, Tiantian and Shitou. |
Once a great lion was sleeping in a forest (森林). A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion woke up and caught the little mouse very angrily. He was going to eat her. “Oh, dear kind lion!” said the little mouse. “Please forgive (原谅) me. I didn't mean to do you any harm (伤害). Let me go, I shall pay back your kindness and help you.”
“Ha, ha, ha,” laughed the lion, “How can a little thing like you help a great lion? But I’m not hungry now, you can go.” “Thank you very much, kind lion! I hope I shall be able to help you some day.” said the little mouse.
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along and heard “help” from the lion. She began to look for the lion and found him, she ran down to the lion, and said, “You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day.” Soon she cut the ropes (绳子) of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
“Thank you, little mouse!” said the lion, and then they walked away happily.
What was the lion doing before he caught the mouse?
| A．He was walking. | B．He was talking. |
| C．He was eating food. | D．He was sleeping. |
What happened to the lion after some time?
| A．A hunter killed him. | B．A farmer helped him. |
| C．He was trapped. | D．He saw a mouse. |
What did the lion do after he was caught in a trap?
| A．He slept in a trap | B．He cried for help. |
| C．He jumped out easily. | D．He did nothing. |
How did the little mouse help the lion?
| A．She used a knife. | B．She used a rope. |
| C．She asked others to help. | D．She used his sharp teeth. |
What can you learn from the story?
| A．We should help each other. |
| B．We should have sharp teeth. |
| C．We should not hunt the lions. |
| D．We should protect the mouse and the lion. |
A men went into a shop to buy a parrot.There were three parrots in the shop.One was ＄1000; another one, ＄2000; and the third one, ＄3000. The man asked the owner, “Is this brid really ＄1000?That’s so expensive for this kind of parrot.”The owner said， “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” Then the man asked him, “How about this one?What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, he can not only talk but also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on.That”s why he’s so expensive?” Then the man asked, “How about the third one? What can he do that makes him so expensive” The owner of the shop said, “I don’t know.Usually,I have never heard him talk, nor (也不) dance, nor say, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him The Boss(老板).What kind of the shop did the man go into?
| A．A food shop. | B．A flower shop. |
| C．A pet shop. | D．A goldfish shop. |
How many parrots are there in the shop?
| A．Four. | B．Three. |
| C．Two. | D．One. |
What can the bird of $2000 do?
| A．He can talk. |
| B．He can do nothing at all. |
| C．He can talk and sing. |
| D．He can talk and do some amusing actions. |
Why is the third bird the most expensive?
| A．He can do the most things. |
| B．He is the most beautiful. |
| C．He can do some amusing actions. |
| D．The other birds call him The Boss. |
What is the owner of the shop like?
| A．He has a sense of humour. |
| B．He is very hardworking. |
| C．He is very helpless. |
| D．He is very generous. |
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