题目内容
It's an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My wife says no because we have no savings to save us. I say you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday. The joy of a recession (不景气) means no argument next year - we just won't go.
Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday A YouGov survey of 2, 000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples.
Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money may be different things to men and women. “People can say the same things about money but have different ideas of what it's for.” he explains. “They'll say it's to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them.” He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that they've achieved something.
“The biggest problem is that couples assume each other know what's going on with their finances, but they don't. There seems to be more of a taboo (禁忌) about talking about money than about death. But you both need to know what you're doing, who's paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship, you don't have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it.”
1.What does the author say about going on holiday in Paragraph 1?
A.It will cost them too much money.
B. Few people can afford it without working hard.
C. It makes all the hard work worthwhile.
D. It is the chief cause of family quarrels.
2.According to the text, what does Kim Stephenson believe?
A.Money is often a symbol of a person's status.
B.Money means a great deal to both men and women.
C.Men and women spend money on different things.
D.Men and women view money in different ways.
3.The author suggests that couples should ______ .
A.put their money together instead of keeping it separately
B.discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship
C.make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets
D.avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic
1.C
2.D
3.B
【解析】
试题分析：文章通过度假的问题引入话题，男的和女的对钱的看法是不一样的，夫妇应该就钱的问题多讨论这样可以建立健康的关系。
1.细节题：从首段中作者评论句:"I say you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday." 可知我们的努力工作是值得去度假的，选C。
2.细节题：根据第四段首句:'KS, ..., believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolises, which make be different things to men and women."可知 Kim Stephenson认为男的和女的对钱的看法是不一样的，选D
3.细节题：从文章的最后一句:'In a healthy relationship, you don't have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it."可知作者认为夫妇应该就钱的问题多讨论这样可以建立健康的关系。选B
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In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men. Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something www.EngineerGirl.org aims to change. Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered.
“Women are very much underrepresented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce. So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women.”
Mary Mattis in the National Academy of Engineering says the EngineerGirl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures.
“We know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it’s a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can have as an engineer. But we also need to reach them at that time because you have to take certain courses, and you can’t start thinking about taking those courses when you’re a junior in high school.”
Engineering is a demanding course of study — there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging. But Ms. Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting.
“It’s about designing things. It’s about changing the world for people. It’s about making a difference. And, in addition, you can make a good living; you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer. All of those things are messages that girls need to get.”
While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and — believe it or not — chocolate engineering.
“There’s a section called ‘why be an engineer,’ and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their careers beyond earning an income.”Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies of some notable women engineers.
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Website（1） Girls to learn Engineering |
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Present（2） for the engineering profession in the USA |
The majority of men take up the profession throughout（3） , while only a small number of women work as engineers. |
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（4） of the website |
To make young women（5） of interesting fields in engineering and what productivity and（6） the career of being engineers can bring them. |
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* It can be fun and exciting. * It can（8） the world for people. * You can make a good living. * You can gain economic（9） by becoming an engineer. |
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Other fields concerning engineering |
Various opportunities are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering（10） to sports, and even chocolate. |