As boys and girls grow older, they _______their interests and become more confident.
A.equip B.expand C.large D.produce
科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:050
April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls' horizons(视野)and raise their self-confidence(自信).
For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, “girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, a nurse or a chief executive(主管),”says the chairman of Our Sons and Daughters Chartable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. “Now the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more self-confident when they are faced with a choice of work.”
Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers Green High School for girls in the north of London has made the Day a necessary part of careers education.
Zarina Bart, 15, from Palmers Green, went with her mother Gwen to her Lawyer's Office this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day. “I learned how to fill in a legal aid(法律援助)and I read details(细节)of a case. Then I went to see the actual trial(审判),” she said.
Zarina found it interesting to see her mother at work. “It's really strange seeing Mum at work--running around, getting serious and telling people what to do.” She has always liked the idea of going into law and thinks it likely that she will follow in her mother's footsteps. Having a chance to see how her mother works has given her more self-confidence.
Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.
(1) The writer's purpose in writing this text is to ________.
[ ]
A.introduce to us a special day for girls
B.broaden girls' view and raise their confidence in themselves
C.show us that girls can do things as well as boys
D.tell us how the special day for girls came into being
(2) We can infer that the aim of “careers education” is mainly to ________
[ ]
A.teach children to respect their parents
B.help children to get along with grown-ups
C.help children learn about the future jobs
D.get children to be fit for the social life
(3) A particular mention of Zarina's story ________
[ ]
A.serves as an example of how the Day works
B.shows a successful mother's effect on the daughter
C.explains why a girl should go to see her mum's office rather than her dad's
D.shows what a woman lawyer's daily work is like
(4) After seeing her mum at work, Zarina Bart ________.
[ ]
A.learned how to work as a lawyer
B.decided to become a lawyer
C.started to work with her mum
D.felt more certain about her future
(5) In the text the writer especially suggests the importance of________.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:051
Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East Tennessee is a body of water known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest underground lake. The Lost Sea is part of an extensive (covering a large area) and historic cave system called Graighead Caverns.
The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian nation. The cave expands (becoming large in size) into a series of huge rooms opening on the side of the mountain. One mile from the entrance, in a room called“The Council Room”,many Indian artifacts(手工艺品)have been found.
For many years it had been considered that there was a large underground lake somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. That year, a thirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled into a small opening three hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water.
Today, tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed boats. More than thirteen acres ( 英亩 ) of water have been mapped out so far and still no end of the lake has been found. Even though teams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent (the size of a large area)of it is still unknown.
1. The Lost Sea is completely different from any others because it is______.
A. part of a historical cave system
B.the biggest underground lake in the world
C.listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
D.the largest body of water in Tennessee
2. The Graighead Caverns have been known______.
A.throughout history
B.since the time of the Indian nation
C.since 1905
D.since divers explored them
3. Who discovered the Lost Sea in recent times?
A. Ben Sands. B. Boys.
C. The Cherokee Indians. D. Scientists.
4.What was found in“The Council Room”?
A. A small natural opening. B. A large cave.
C. Another series of rooms. D.Manyold Indian objects.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that the Graighead Caverns presently serve as______.
A. an underground lab B.an Indian meeting ground
C.a place of interest D.a museum
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年福建省三明一中、二中高二上学期期末联考英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls' horizons(视野)and raise their self-confidence.
For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, “girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, a nurse or a chief executive(主管).”says the chairman of the Our Sons and Daughters Charitable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. “Now the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more self-confident when they are faced with a choice of work."
Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers Green High School for girls in north of London, has made the day a necessary part of careers education.
Zarina Bart, 15, from Palmers Green, went with her mother Gwen to her Lawyer's office this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day. "I learned how to fill in a legal aid form and I read details of a case. Then I went to see the actual trial." she said.
Zarina found it interesting to see her mother at work. “It's really strange seeing Mum at work--running around, getting serious and telling people what to do.” She has always liked this idea of going into law and thinks it likely that she will follow in her mother’s footsteps. Having a chance to see how her mother works has given her more self-confidence.
Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.
【小题1】The writer’s purpose in writing this text is to ______.
A.tell how the special day for girls came into be. |
B.show us the girls can do as well as boys. |
C.introduce a special day for girls to us. |
D.broaden girls’ view and raise their confidence. |
A.girls can do as well as boys in any field. |
B.girls need more opportunities in society compared to boys. |
C.girls will follow their parents’ jobs after watching them work. |
D.girls will be more confident than boys due to the special day. |
A.tells what a woman lawyer’s daily work is like |
B.serves as an example of how the Day works. |
C.shows a successful mother’s effect on the daughter. |
D.explains why a girl should go to see mum's office rather than dad. |
A.parents’ job. |
B.support from society. |
C.understanding of the parents. |
D.girls’ self-confidence. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年安徽宿州泗县二中高三第三次模拟英语卷(解析版) 题型:填空题
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Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment (投资)available in the developing world. Women's education may be unusual territory for economists(经济学家), but enhancing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics(经济因素), with its emphasis on incentives, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived(剥夺)of an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest(投资)in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the 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 art kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school - the prophecy (预言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy.
Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of female1. in developing countries
Opinion |
Educating girls in more2. than any other investment. |
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Families |
From low-income families |
From educated mothers’ families |
Attitudes |
Girls are of less3. than boys. |
Development should be for all4. . |
5. |
There is6. invests ment in daughters. Girls are made to may at home, 7. housework. |
Girls and boys have8. chances. |
Significance |
Educating girls9. to social benefits, conceit advantages and health practices, including faruly planning. |
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10. |
Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖南省2010届高三6月份适应性模拟考试英语试卷 题型:任务型阅读
PART FOUR WRITING
SECTION A
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender (性别) gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) says, "Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information.
After re-examining a thousand studies, the AAUW researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom.
An instructor of a computer lab says he's already noticed some difference. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, "Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow."
Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls' computer usage was falling behind boys. Karen Gould with the company says, "The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not that they're too violent, or too competitive. Girls just said they're unbelievably boring." What girls want, Purple Moon found, is characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives. "What we definitely found from girls is that there is no intrinsic (内在的) reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing," says Karen Gould.
The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this: the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century.
What has caused the new gender gap in technology?
I. The present situation:
Before high school: ◆Girls use computers 71 boys.
In high school: ◆Girls make up 72 in computer science classes.
◆Girls feel less comfortable with the computer.
◆Boys use computers 73 often than girls after class.
◆Boys feel more 74 when using computers.
II. The 75 of the situation:
What they do with a computer:
◆Girls prefer to use computers for _ 76 .
◆Boys prefer to use computers for 77 and understanding information.
How they feel about a computer:
◆Girls are afraid of breaking it.
◆Boys are 78 such worry.
Their 79 to computer games:
◆Girls think they are boring because the characters are irrelevant to their lives.
◆Boys don’t have such feelings.
III. The appeal from 80 :
◆The technology gender gap must be closed.
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