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He is very_________（有经验的）in looking after animals.
Housework is a frequent source of disputes(争论) between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women have been warned not to expect men to pull their weight any time soon.
A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers, the researchers warned, will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next four decades, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still regarded as “women’s work”.
The gap between the amount of time men and women spend on housework has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. But it will take another four decades before true housework equality(平等) is achieved, the study concluded. The research found that in the Nordic countries, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women. In the UK, women spend an average of four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men. This is an improvement from the 1960s, when British women typically spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.
But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr. Oriel Sullivan, a research reader from Oxford’s Department of Sociology, said, “We’ve looked at what is affecting the equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed as ‘men’s work’ or ‘women’s work’.”
Dr. Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may be responsible for the views of housework. “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy baking and dancing,” she said.
1.The underlined part “pull their weight” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “ ”.
A. lose weight B. be lazy
C. earn money D. do equal housework
2.Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because .
A. men are too busy to help
B. they would like to do so
C. they can do better in housework
D. housework will still be considered as women’s work
3.From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK .
A. men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average
B. women now are too busy with their work to do housework
C. women now spend less time on housework than before
D. housework is shared equally between men and women
4.In Dr. Sullivan’s opinion, what is to blame for the housework inequality?
A. Cultural attitudes towards housework
B. Policies made by the government
C. The time spent on work
D. The type of housework
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1. spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2. ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to succeed 3. learning a language. 4. good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only 5. (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of 6. (word) and their meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are 7. (satisfy)with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8. (advise) for those 9. are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 10. (write) the language whenever we can.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：(1)每处错误及其修改均限一词。
(2)只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The earthquake affects the students of the destroying areas in many ways. How can we help them? One expert says the child will have feelings of fear, angry and feel they are not safe after the quake. They will find it hardly to focus. They will tend to cry and shout and tremble. And they might be afraid to be alone. The teenagers will find it difficulty to live in a balanced way. If things get worse they might not be able to focus to their studies. He also says we can do something help the children. The first thing we can do is that to build up trust with them, and be their friends. Then you have to give them a sense of safe. Thirdly, try to satisfy their psychological needs. Be a good listener, if he or she need to talk.
Does a 16-year-old have the ability to change the world, benefiting hundreds of thousands of people?
Olivia Hallisey should believe so. With her invention of new Ebloa test, the girl from US has become the winner of the 2015 Google Science Fair, a yearly competition for creative teenagers who want to make a difference in the world.
Hallisey’s method asks patients to put a sample of their saliva (唾液)onto a testing card. The card changes color if the person is infected with Ebloa. Present Ebloa tests can take up to 12 hours and cost $1,000. Hallisey’s method, by contrast, can be done just in 30 minutes for about $25. Moreover, the test needn’t be put in a refrigerator thanks to the silk material Olivia used to produce the testing cards.
Hallisey started working on the test one year ago when she saw Ebloa spreading across African countries. Her research was based on looking at and using previous research and her own creative ideas.
“She deserves all the praise she’s getting for her hard work, dedication, and intelligence,” said her science teacher Andrew. “Her project is very helpful for the medical diagnosis that we need in parts of the world where Ebola is most common.”
“What affects one country affects everyone,” Hallisey told CNBC. “We have to work together to find answers to the challenges that threaten global health, our environment and our world.”
1.According to the article, Olivia’s tests .
A. use a person’s saliva, which is sorted at a low temperature
B. are less time-consuming and less expensive than current tests
C. are less time-consuming but more expensive than current tests
D. show changes in the color of blood if the person is infected
2.Which of the fo llowing statements is TRUE?
A. Olivia’s discovery could benefit the lives of many people.
B. Olivia’s research was based on her own creative ideas.
C. Olivia set her mind on winning the 2015 Google Science Fair.
D. Olivia’s research began before the outbreak of Ebloa in Africa.
3.What quality makes the test more convenient?
A. The material used can easily be produced in Africa.
B. The material used is easier to store in a refrigerator.
C. The material used needn’t be put in a special device.
D. The material used is common in the places where Ebloa is most comm on.
He_________（同意）with them about the need for change.
After her husband had gone to work,Mrs.Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.She was too excited to do any housework that morning.
In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband.She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before,she was impatient to try it on.Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was really splendid.After putting it on,She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dining-room,there was a knock on the front door.She knew it must be the baker.She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man,she quickly hid in the smell store-room under the stair.She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man.Mrs.Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter.She tried to explain the situation,saying "It's only me." but it was too late,the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs.Richards walked towards him,he fled,losing the door heavily behind him.
1.The reason for Mrs.Richards' excitement that day was that .
A. she was to attend an evening party B. she had sent her children to school
C. she wouldn't do any housework that morning D. she had made a special costume the night before
2.Mrs.Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to .
A. frighten the person who was knocking on the door B. find out if she had finished the costume
C. made sure that the costume fitted her well D. receive the bread and do some cooking
3.The man who was knocking at the door was .
A. a baker B. an electricity man C. a thief D. her husband
4.What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?
A. He entered just as Mrs.Richards had told him to.
B. He did not do anything as Mrs.Richards had expected him to.
C. He went straight in so as to find Mrs.Richards.
D. He stepped directly towards the meter.
Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers, But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.
Mothers have long known that their home worked was just heavy as paid work. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labors, they would earn as much as￡172,000 a year.
The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. This would make their yearly income ￡30, 000 more than the Prime Minister earns.
By analyzing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week,40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18,it found that ,on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.
To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labor, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at ￡48.98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jibs”, with psychologist（心理学家）a close second.
It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional（情感的）emand as the hardest thing about motherhood.
Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.
The study shoes mothers matter all year long and not just on, Mother’s Day. The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. Investing（投入）in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.
1.How much would a mother earn a year if working as the Prime Minister?
A. ￡30,000. B. ￡142,000. C. ￡172,000. D. ￡202,000.
2.The biggest challenge for most mothers is from .
A. emotional demand B. low pay for work C. heavy workload D. lack of training
3.What is stressed in the last paragraph?
A. Mothers’ importance shows in family all year long.
B. The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.
C. Mothers’ devotion to children can hardly be calculated.
D. Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.
4.What can we conclude from the study?
A. Mothers’ working hours should be largely reduced.
B. Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.
C. Mothers’ labor is of a higher value than it is realized.
D. Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.
When The New Republic magazine predicted who would win the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Oct 6, it said：“Not Bob Dylan. That’s for sure.”
But the award came as a surprise to many. On Oct 13, the famous US musician was named the Nobel laureate by the Swedish Academy. He has “created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition", according to the organization.
Although Dylan, 75, is not really thought to be a literary writer, he has given the world a lot of creative work over 50 years, especially when it comes to his folk songs.
In his 1985 album Biograph, Dylan wrote about the appeal of folk music to him. Rock songs “weren’t serious enough or didn’t reflect life in a realistic way", according to Dylan. But folk, was “a more serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more sadness; more joy …much deeper feelings".
Dylan’s music and lyrics spoke to many people during the 1960s. His lyrics were often about great political issues, such as the civil rights movement. The 1960s were a time of change when the young were making sure that their voices were heard. The idea is most famously expressed in Dylan's The Times They Are a -Changin (1964), which warns the world, “You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone. For the times they are a-changin！”
There were complaints that a literary prize had been given to a singer. But ancient “Greek poets Homer and Sappho wrote poetic works that were meant to be listened to, that were meant to be performed, often with instruments — and it’s the same way with Dylan", the Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary Sara Danius told CNN.
It could even be said that giving the important prize to Dylan has brought back an old literary tradition. The millions whose lives Dylan’s words and music have changed will surely welcome the award.
1.Dylan found folk music attractive because ________.
A. it brought joy to people
B. it could be used to express feelings freely
C. it reflected life on a much deeper level
D. it needed more creativity than other types of music
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Dylan according to the article?
A. He never thought that he would win the Nobel Prize.
B. Most of his influential works were created in the 1960s.
C. His songs expressed people’s feelings well during the 1960s.
D. His fans were mostly young people who were active in political movements.
3.According to the last two paragraphs, ________.
A. lyrics can be seen as a literary form
B. a literary prize should not be given to a singer
C. Dylan’s works were inspired by Greek poets
D. Dylan deserves the award because he influenced many songwriters
4.What’s the author’s attitude toward giving Bob Dylan the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature?
A. supportive B. objective C. sceptical D. ambiguous
