英语部分

　　Passage one

　　Long bus rides are like television shows .They have a beginning ,a Middle and an end –with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes .The commercials are unavoidable .They happen whether you want them or not .Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the

　　bus window . “buy super clean toothpaste”. “Drink Good’n Wet Root Beer .””Fill up with Pacific Gas .”Only if you sleep ,which site equal to turning the television set off ,are you spared the

　　unending cry of “You Need It ! Buy It Now !”

　　The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting ,Even if you’ve traveled that way before .usually some things have changed-new houses ,new buildings ,sometimes even a new road .The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so . If the driver is particularly reckless or daring ,the ride can be an thrilling as a suspense story .Will the driver pass the truck in time ?Will the driver move into the right or the left –hand lane ?After a while,of course,the excitement dies down .sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride .Food always makes bus rides more interesting .But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of foodyou eat .Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.

　　The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning .You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that .The seat ,of course ,has become harder as the hours have passed.By now you’ve sat with you legs crossed ,with your hands crossed behind your head .the end comes just at the right time . There are just no more ways to sit.

　　1、According to the passage ,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long

　　Bus trip?( )

　　A Buses on the road B Films on television C Advertisements on the board D gas stations

　　2、What is the purpose of this passage ?( )

　　A To give the write’s opinion about long bus trips

　　B To persuade you to take a long bus trip

　　C To explain how bus trips and television shows differ

　　D To describe the billboards along the road

　　3、The write of this passage would probably favor ( )

　　A bus drivers who weren’t reckless B driving alone C a television set on the bus D no

　　billboards along the road

　　4、The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because ( )

　　A the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

　　B they both have a beginning ,a middle ,and an end , with commercials in between

　　C the drives are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

　　D both travelling and watching TV are not exciting

　　5、The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are ( )

　　A exciting B comfortable C tiring D boring

　　Passage two

　　Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world .women’s education may be unusual territory for economists ,but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social

　　issue .and economics ,with its emphasis on incentives ,provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education

　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expert themto make an economic contribution to he family :girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children .Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling ,trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect.

　　An educated mother ,on the other hand ,has greater earning abilities outside the home and facesan entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insiston the development of all her children ,ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance .Theeducation of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls ,as well as of boys ,will be education and healthy . The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

　　Few will dispute that education women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economicadvantages as well .Most obviously ,there is the direct effect of education on the wages of femaleworkers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns areimpressive by the standard of other available investments ,but they are just thebeginning .Education women also has a significant impact on health practices,including family

　　planning.

　　6.The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ( )

　　A troublesome B labor –saving

　　C rewarding D expensive

　　7、By saying“…the prophecy becomes self –fulfilling…”(Lines45，para.2).the author means

　　that ( )

　　A girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

　　B girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

　　C girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach

　　D girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home

　　8、The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when ( )

　　A women care more about education

　　B girls can gain equal access to education

　　C a family has fewer but healthier children

　　D parents can afford their daughters’education

　　9、What does the author say about women’s education?( )

　　A It deserves greater attention than other social issues

　　B It is now given top priority in many developing countries

　　C It will yield greater returns than other known investments

　　D It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists

　　10、The passage mainly discusses ( )

　　A unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

　　B the potential earning power of well –educated women

　　C the major contributions of educated women to society

　　D the economic and social benefits of educating women