We  will   have   a   holiday   on   Women’s   Day, ________, March 8th.

A．or rather

B．that is

C．in general

D．such as

 

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

1.An ______ (诚实 )student never cheats in the examination.

2.The news______ (播送) over the radio soon spread in the whole country.

3.Why don’t you call on my sister on your______(到达) in Harbin？

4.The students were lying on their ______(胃部).

5.When I said some people were so stupid, I wasn’t ______(指) to you.

6.She as well as her friends ______(参加) in a party to celebrate Women’s Day every March 8.

7.The weather of Xi’an in ______(一月) is very cold, especially at night.

8.Freddy _______(不常), if ever, reads a book.  

9.In the ______(二十) century, country music became more and more popular in America.

10.With his new ____(照相机), he took lots of pictures when he visited the city.

 

As the world prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, a new report details the progress and challenges girls face in getting an education.
The report – from the Education for All Fast Track Initiative – highlights the importance of girls’ education for economic(经济的) and social development. It follows progress in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritania, Mozambique and Niger.
Prema Clarke, author of Fast-tracking Girls’ Education, says, “Progress for girls’ education is that they can leave their homes, leave their families and come to a place to study and to learn.  And that’s a big achievement because otherwise these girls have to stay at home, looking after their brothers and sisters, doing the cooking or doing the cleaning.”
She says progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and those of Education for All “is allowing and enabling girls and forcing countries to look at this issue(问题) and to ensure that interventions (干预) help girls attend school.”
Benefits
Improving education for girls brings many benefits, says Clarke. “It means that girls can then enter the workforce. They can look after their own families much more effectively. They can prevent child death rate. They can educate their own girl children when they begin to expand their own families.” Studies show that having an educated female population helps to improve a country’s health and economic well-being.
Warnings
The report says, “In developing countries, too many girls are not in school, and many girls face continuing health risks and danger just walking to class.”
“Especially in the fragile and post-conflict countries and in many of the African countries, this is a real issue,” she says. Till now, the interventions have been so focused on providing schooling and providing teachers, etc. And now I think there is much more expanded focus on looking at specific（特定的）communities of girls within at-risk groups that now need much more specific attention and much more creative solutions(解决方法) to help them attend school.”
【小题1】The underlined word “highlights” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A．shows

B．stresses

C．remarks

D．improves

【小题2】 According to Clarke, improving education can provide girls with all the opportunities EXCEPT _______.

A．to educate their own girl children	B．to prevent child death rate
C．to enter the workforce	D．to study abroad

【小题3】This passage is intended to _____.

A．promote the progress in girls’ education

B．talk about the benefits of improving girls’ education

C．give some information about the education girls are facing

D．sing high praise for the girls’ education

【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．the girls’ educational situation in developing countries is still serious

B．girls were free to go wherever they wanted to in the past

C．there are enough teachers in most of the African countries

D．International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 8 in 1900

It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland’s oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women’s Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives (档案) by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: “We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校评议委员会) at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn’t know documentary evidence existed. While searching the archives for information about the university’s higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote.”
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
【小题1】Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted _______.

A．to carry out a research project there

B．to set up a medical institute there

C．to study medicine there

D．to deliver lectures there

【小题2】Lis Smith found Sophia’s letter to St Andrews University _______.

A．by pure chance

B．in the school office

C．with her supporters’ help

D．while reading history books

【小题3】Sophia’s letter resulted in the establishment of _______.

A．the London School of Medicine for Women

B．a degree programme for women

C．a system of medical education

D．the University of Berne

【小题4】When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?

A．In 1873.

B．In 1874.

C．In 1877.

D．In 1892.

“ONE in every 50 Shanghai women has cancer, a total of more than 140,000 women currently living in the city, and cancer statistics are based on citizens with permanent residency(永久居住),” officials from the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention said ahead of International Women's Day on Friday.

   However, they said the city's rate of cancer in women was rising slowly along with its rising number of elderly people. Early screening for breast, colorectal and cervical cancers can help prevent 30 percent of cancer cases.

   Breast, colorectal, lung, gastric and thyroid cancers are the five most common cancer forms among women, with breast cancer accounting for 16 percent of Shanghai's new cases each year and colorectal cancer 13 percent. Cervical cancer, although only the 12th leading cancer in women in Shanghai, is particularly common among women between 25 and 54 years old. Dr Zheng Ying, director of the center's tumor prevention and control department, said , "breast, colorectal and cervical cancers accounted for 32 percent of female cancers”. He added, " However, the three types of cancer can be detected and treated properly through early and regular screening. Our main target of women's cancer prevention education this year is breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer."The prevention and control of colorectal cancer will be a new public health project this year with the city government promoting a community-based screening program.

   Experts say women over 20 should examine their breasts every month and have annual clinical checks after the age of 35. Women over 50 should have mammograms(乳房X线照片) every two years. For cervical cancer, women over 20 should be checked every three years. Women over 50 years old should have annual medical checks. Zheng said anyone with a family history of the three types of cancer should be aware of the need for more frequent examinations and early screening.

1.What is the best title of the passage?

A. the women with cancer in Shanghai

B. lots of women in Shanghai have cancer

C. the five most common cancer forms among women in Shanghai

D. The prevention and control of cancer

2.According to the passage, how many Shanghai women have cancer now?

A. about 2800         B. about 2600       C. about3000      D. about2700

3.The five most common cancer forms among women in Shanghai are ________.

A. Breast, colorectal, cervical, gastric and thyroid cancers

B. Breast, cervical, lung, gastric and thyroid cancers

C. Breast, colorectal, lung, gastric and thyroid cancers

D. Breast, colorectal, lung, cervical and thyroid cancers

4.The center's main target of women's cancer prevention education this year is ________.

A. breast cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer

B. breast cancer, cervical cancer and thyroid cancer

C. breast cancer, cervical cancer and lung cancer

D. breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer

5.What is the last paragraph about?

A. Advice on the frequency of the different physical examinations for women.

B. Anyone should accept more frequent examinations.

C. Women over 20 should examine their breasts every month.

D. Women over 20 should be checked every three years.