题目内容
Many would consider it crazy, but what has caused the sudden popularity of the DINK (double income，no kid) lifestyle? Mr. Buchanan lists three factors that lead to the DINK lifestyle and help explain why today’s culture mocks the old idea that “the good tile for a woman means a husband and a houseful of kids.”
The first factor is what is generally called“the greatest movement of the 20th century”．The movement of women from their homes to offices，which is similar to the 19th century migration (迁移)of men from the farm to the factory．
The second factor is some women begin choosing to follow a career(职业) rather than raise a family．Modern industries offer well-paid jobs to able women，who can compete successfully with men. With more women working，families become wealthier and smaller．
The third factor is the end of the“family wage”. Before 1964，employers paid a man a “family wage” enough to support a wife and family However, as women’s pay has greatly increased．men’s pay has dropped，and the traditional marriage and family have suffered Young women are now more likely to be financially(经济上)independent and more likely to delay their marriage，or just not marry at all Some choose to be DINKs.
Though not necessarily the best，to be a DINK has become an increasingly popular lifestyle choice，one that has gained more and more recognition in our society.
57．The writer probably thinks the DINK lifestyle ，
A．perfect B．acceptable C．unreasonable D．Crazy
58．According to Mr. Buchanan，
A．many men left the farm to work in the factory in the 19th century
B．most women are less likely to get married and act as housewives
C．modern industries now prefer talented women rather than men
D．able women prefer to raise a family rather than follow a career
59．The underlined word“mocks” in the second paragraph most probably means
A．praises B．follows C．laughs at D．learns from
60．The best title of the passage can be
A．DINK Lifestyle
B．Follow a Career and Be a DINK
C．Why Be a DINK
D．Greatest Movement of 20th Century
BACC
Some people have the ideas that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability．They feel hopeless about it．Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure, people’s abilities are different．You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do．If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between．But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice．It is the same with reading．Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help．Others find reading a slow and tiring job．In between, there are all degrees of reading ability．
Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability．Firstly, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability．Secondly, some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, and then they were given special instruction and practice in reading．After a few months, another test of the same kind was given．In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores．
| Different ______ about reading ability． | Some people feel they can’t do ______ about poor reading． You can read better by ______． |
| _______ are different, but can be improved． | Some people can play basketball well while others play badly． People can improve when guided by proper coaches and_______ more． It is the same with reading． |
| _______ of the experiments． | Test readers’ reading ability． Discover the _______ of poor reading． Teachers instruct these readers _______ |
| _______ | After a few months and in nearly all cases, these people show _______ ability． |
Removing the sleeve(封套), you will find a book that is entirely white, except for the names of its author and subject in elegant black type on the cover. It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory wails flash in the whitest white.
The cover was the only part of the book Steve Jobs wanted to control, writes Isaacson in his introduction. Though Mr. Jobs pushed the biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin to write in his own way, generously allowing the writer more than 40 interviews, this book offers quite a different view of Mr. Jobs, who won much praise from his fans after his death on October 5th at the age of 56.
As a biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Isaacson knows how to celebrate long-dead genius, but he claimed that "Steve Jobs" would not be entirely praiseful words. The picture he paints, particularly in the first half of this book, is not nice. Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often cold-blooded character. A child of the 1960s counter-culture (反主流文化), he hated, materialism and lived in simply furnished houses ( in part because he was too particular about furniture). But when Apple went public in 1980, he refused to give any share to Daniel Kottke, a Iongtime supporter and soul mate from college. "He has to abandon the people he is close to," observes Andy Hertzfeld, an early Apple engineer.
Mr. Jobs was undoubtedly possessing an extraordinary ability to attract others and inspire a kind of faith that could not be questioned. But also he could be cold and cruel. If he disapproved of an employee's work, he often shamed him. "This is who I am," he once said after being challenged,"and you can't expect me to be someone I'm not. " This disgusting personality wasn't always helpful,but it served a purpose, writes Mr. Isaacson, many would "end their chain of horror stories by saying that he got them to do things they never dreamed possible. "
Mr. Isaacson treats "Steve Jobs" as the biography of record, which means that it is a strange book to read so soon after its subject's death.
【小题1】The biography for Jobs is believed to have the perfect design because __
| A．it follows Jobs' style |
| B．its cover is entirely white |
| C．black and white are his favorite . |
| D．it is designed by a famous biographer |
①cruel ②humorous ③particular ④generous
| A．①③ | B．②③ | C．①④ | D．③④ |
| A．Jobs is highly spoken of in the book |
| B．Isaacson doesn't think Jobs a good man |
| C．Jobs didn't care about the design of the book |
| D．all descriptions of Jobs are not nice in the book |
| A．a personal diary | B．a book review | C．a news report | D．a TV interview |
Some people have the ideas that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability．They feel hopeless about it．Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure, people’s abilities are different．You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do．If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between．But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice．It is the same with reading．Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help．Others find reading a slow and tiring job．In between, there are all degrees of reading ability．
Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability．Firstly, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability．Secondly, some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, and then they were given special instruction and practice in reading．After a few months, another test of the same kind was given．In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores．
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Different 1.______ about reading ability． |
Some people feel they can’t do 2.______ about poor reading． You can read better by 3.______． |
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4._______ are different, but can be improved． |
Some people can play basketball well while others play badly． People can improve when guided by proper coaches and5._______ more． It is the same with reading． |
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6._______ of the experiments． |
Test readers’ reading ability． Discover the 7._______ of poor reading． Teachers instruct these readers 8._______ |
|
9._______ |
After a few months and in nearly all cases, these people show 10._______ ability． |