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【题目】There was a __________（恐慌）when the building caught fire.
【答案】见解析
【解析】panic
【题目】The statistics I’ve cited and the living examples are all too familiar to you. But what may not be so familiar will be the increasing number of women who are looking actively for advancement of for a new job in your offices. This woman may be equipped with professional skills and perhaps valuable experience. She will not be content to be Executive Assistant to Mr. Seldom Seen of the Assistant Vice President’s Girl Friday, who is the only one who comes in on Saturday.
She is the symbol of what I call the Second Wave of Feminism. She is the modern woman who is determined to be.
Her forerunner was the radical feminist who interpreted her trapped position as a female as oppression by the master class of men. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role for women in order that men could have the career and the opportunity to participate in making the great decisions of society. Thus the radical feminist held that women through history had been oppressed and dehumanized, mainly because man chose to exploit his wife and the mother of his children. Sometimes it was deliberate exploitation and sometimes it was the innocence of never looking beneath the pretensions of life.
The radical feminists found strength in banding together. Coming to recognize each other for the first time, they could explore their own identities, realize their own power, and view the male and his system as the common enemy. The first phases of feminism in the last five years often took on this militant, class-warfare tone. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer, and many others hammered home their ideas with a persistence that aroused and intrigued many of the brightest and most able women in the country. Consciousness-raising groups allowed women to explore both their identities and their dreams—and the two were often found in direct conflict.
What is the stereotyped role of American women? Marriage. A son. Two daughters. Breakfast. Ironing. Lunch. Bowling, maybe a garden club of for the very daring, non-credit courses in ceramics. Perhaps an occasional cocktail party. Dinner. Football or baseball on TV. Each day the same. Never any growth in expectations—unless it is growth because the husband has succeeded. The inevitable question: “Is that all there is to life?”
The rapid growth of many feminist organizations attests to the fact that these radical feminists had touched some vital nerves. The magazine “Ms.” was born in the year of the death of the magazine “Life.” But too often the consciousness-raising sessions became ends in themselves. Too often sexism reversed itself and man-hating was encouraged. Many had been with the male chauvinist.
It is not difficult, therefore, to detect a trend toward moderation. Consciousness-raising increasingly is regarded as a means to independence and fulfillment, rather than a ceremony of fulfillment itself. Genuine independence can be realized through competence, through finding a career, through the use of education. Remember that for many decades the education of women was not supposed to be useful.
【1】What was the main idea of this passage?
A. The Second Wave of Feminist.
B. Women’s Independent Spirits.
C. The Unity of Women.
D. The Action of Union.
【2】What was the author’s attitude toward the radical?
A. He supported it wholeheartedly.
B. He opposed it strongly.
C. He disapproved to some extent.
D. He ignored it completely.
【3】What does the word “militant” mean?
A. Aggressive. B. Ambitions.
C. Progressive. D. Independent.
【4】What was the radical feminist’s view point about the male?
A. Women were exploited by the male.
B. Women were independent of the male.
C. Women’s lives were deprived by the male.
D. The male were their common enemy.
【题目】We __________ the old scientist __________ his contribution __________ the country.
A. admire; for; to
B. admire; at; for
C. respect; on; for
D. respect; on; at
【题目】One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 【1】
Once I heard a bald man said, "whenever I enter a room 【2】 I see is hair. " Once you've 【3】 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 【4】 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 【5】 , or forget about it and 【6】 the tiles in your life that are not missing.
We all know people who have a relatively 【7】 life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but 【8】 remain happy.
The first 【9】 is gratitude. All happy people are 【10】 Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 【11】 , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.
The second secret is 【12】 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 【13】 are those pursuit (追求) that give our lives purpose—anything 【14】 studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 【15】 to experience.
Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 【16】 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We 【17】 a spiritual faith, or a philosophy, it should 【18】 this truth: if you choose to find the 【19】 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is 【20】 your decision to make.
A. different B. missing C. short D. broken
A. nothing B. none C. all D. anything
A. determined B. predicted C. assumed D. imagined
A. completely B. naturally C. hopefully D. really
A. tile B. brick C. ceiling D. house
A. look on B. focus on C. count on D. focus on
A. peaceful B. difficult C. easy D. ordinary
A. certainly B. merely C. hardly D. generally
A. secret B. factor C. rule D. key
A. wealthy B. grateful C. proud D. generous
A. upset B. quarrel C. complain D. depress
A. admitted B. assuming C. proving D. realizing
A. sources B. results C. answers D. goals
A. among B. from C. through D. for
A. probable B. possible C. likely D. capable
A. value B. destination C. survival D. existence
A. need B. lack C. demand D. expect
A. involve B. include C. absorb D. mean
A. worst B. best C. positive D. negative
A. absolutely B. totally C. exactly D. largely
【题目】从方框中选择正确的词组并用其适当形式填空
lift up； switch on ；wipe away ；add to ；say hello to； up and down ；by accident； by request； in favor of ；in competition with
【1】 A Reading Practice section is __________ each unit in Book Two.
【2】 He paced nervously __________ on the platform.
【3】 All __________ this proposition will please say "Yes".
【4】 She __________ her tears with her sleeve.
【5】 Can you __________ this heavy bag?
【6】 It was done by design and not __________.
【7】 He ran past me and __________ me.
【8】 She __________ the lamp because it was dark.
【9】 The band is playing this song __________ of the queen.
【10】 He was __________10 other people, but he did the best.
【题目】 Apparently everyone knows that global warming only makes climate more extreme. A hot, dry summer has caused another flood of such claims. And one of the players that benefit the most from this story is the media: the idea of “extreme” climate simply makes for more exciting news.
Consider Paul Krugman writing breathlessly in The New York Times about the “rising incidence of extreme events.” He claims that global warming caused the current drought in America’s Midwest, and that supposedly record-high corn prices could cause a global food crisis(危机)。
But the United Nations’s latest assessment tells us precisely the opposite—there has an overall slight tendency toward less dryness in North America. Moreover, there is no way that Krugman could have identified this drought as being caused by global warming without a time machine since climate models estimate that such detection will be possible by 2048, at the earliest.
And, fortunately, this year’s drought appears unlikely to cause a food crisis, as global rice and wheat supplies are plentiful. Moreover, Krugman overlooks inflation(通货膨胀)：Prices have increased six-fold since 1969.So, the inflation-adjusted price of corn was higher throughout most of the 1970s.
Finally, Krugman forgets that concerns about global warming are the main reason that corn prices have skyrocketed since 2005.Nowadays 40 percent of corn grown in the United States is used to produce ethanol(乙醇)，which raises the price of corn –at the expense of many of the world’s poorest people.
Bill Mickbben similarly worries in The Guardian About the Midwest drought and corn prices.He confidently tells us that fierce wildfires from New Mexico and Colorado to Siberia are “exactly” what the early stages of global warming look like.
In fact, the latest study on global wildfire suggests that fire incidence has declined over the past 70 years and is now close to its preindustrial level.
When well—meaning campaigners want us to pay attention to global warming, they often end up making overstatements. And exaggerated(夸张的) claims merely fuel public distrust and unconcern. That is unfortunate, because global warming is a real problem, and we do need to address it.
【1】In what way do the media benefit from extreme weather?
A. They can give voice to different views.
B. They can make themselves better known.
C. They can choose from a greater variety of topics.
D. They can attract people’s attention to their reports.
【2】 What is the author’s comment on Krugman’s claim about the current drought in America’s Midwest?
A. It will eventually get proof in 2048.
B. It is based on an erroneous climate model.
C. So far there is no way to prove its validity.
D. A time machine is needed to tell if it is true.
【3】What is the chief reason for the rise in corn prices according to the author?
A. Inflation rates have been skyrocketing since the 1970s.
B. A considerable part of corn is used to produce green fuel.
C. Climate change has caused corn supply to drop markedly.
D. Demand for food has been rising in the developing countries.
【4】 What does the author think of the exaggerated claims in the media about global warming?
A. They lead to public distrust about science.
B. They create confusion about climate change,
C. They are strategies to raise public awareness.
D. They do a disservice to addressing the problem.
【题目】 You and your friends are leaving a concert on a Friday night. When you get outside, your ears are ringing. You have to shout to be heard. 【1】 So no harm done…right?
Not quite. Temporary buzzing may be easy to ignore, but repeated exposure to loud noise will eventually cause serious--- and irreversible(无法治愈的)--- hearing loss. A new study conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston shows that one in five people between the ages of 12 and 19 are experiencing slight hearing loss, and one in 20 have mild hearing loss. 【2】
But the good news is that there plenty of ways you can protect your ears from further damage — and still listen to the music you love:
Ask around. Put your earbuds in or your headphones on, and then ask a friend next to you whether or not he or she can hear what you’re listening to. 【3】 Turn it down.
Buy noise-canceling headphones. A pair of earbuds or headphones that fits comfortably will limit outside noise so that you can hear your music better at lower volumes.
Take breaks. 【4】 So when listening to music, take your headphones off for 15 or 20 minutes and let your ears enjoy the quiet.
【5】 You can buy a cheap pair at any drugstore as an easy way to lower volume at concerts — or while playing or practicing your own music — without changing the quality of the sound.
A. Use earplugs.
B. Keep the volume below 70 percent.
C. If th answer is yes, your music is too loud.
D. Like every other part of your body, your ears need rest.
E. But by morning, your hearing is totally back to normal.
F. Unfortunately, there’s no way to get back hearing you’ve already lost.
G.. The exposure to noise is louder and longer than in any previous generation.
【题目】The part he ____________________ the film is a great success. (在……中扮演)
【题目】They seemed to be ____________________ something they had lost. (四处寻找)
