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April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls’ horizons and raise their self-confidence.

For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, “girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, a nurse or a chief executive,” says the chairman of Our Sons and Daughters Charitable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. “Now the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more self-confident when they are faced with a choice of work.”

Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers Green High School for Girls, in north London, has made the Day a necessary part of career education.

Zarina Bart, 15, from Palmers Green, went with her mother to her lawyer’s office on this year’s Take Our Daughters to Work Day. She found it interesting to see her mother at work. “It’s really strange seeing Mum at work — running around, getting serious and telling people what to do.” She has always liked this idea of going into law and thinks it likely that she will follow in her mother’s footsteps. Having a chance to see how her mother works has given her more self-confidence.

Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have the most important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.

1.What is the topic of this passage?

A. Raising daughters’ self-confidence.

B. Take Our Daughters to Work Day.

C. Equally between boys and girls.

D. Following mothers’ footsteps.

2.It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ________.

A. women pilots are popular in Britain

B. girls are sure about their future jobs

C. people have wrongly believed that girls can do as well as boys

D. for many years boys have had a relatively wider choice of work

3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is British in origin.

B. Palmers Green favors Take Our Daughters to Work Day.

C. On the Day children are taken to their parent’s work places.

D. Parents in Britain show good examples both at work and at home.

4.After her experience on Take Our Daughters to Work Day, Zarina felt ________.

A. confident about finding a job in the future

B. strange to watch her mother working in the office

C. sure about what to choose as her future career

D. interested in doing the same job as her mother

5.The author’s attitude towards the Day is ________.

A. favorable B. unclear C. critical D. neutral

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I still remember the moment I looked at my saving book when I had only two clients all month. I started my speech pathology (言语病理学) practice in 1998 and gradually the business to 13 employees. But last year, people were not able to speech therapy (言语治疗) because of the economic crisis. I cut my own because I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. my husband, Brian, lost his job.

We had 11 in all and our oldest four were already and away from home. We’ve always been interested in food sources and the kids where their came from. We love fresh vegetables, eggs or meat directly from small farms, which are safe and . So we wondered what if we started farming.

When a local farmer we get some laying hens because there was a market for fresh , our plan came together. It was scary and . What if no one bought anything? people did buy the eggs. The local farmer took eggs to to his customers, and today he purchases about 20 dozen a week from us.

The children out, which is important we already have 270 laying hens and 200 chickens.

The speech therapy business is still , but I put in less than ten hours a week. I know that on the , there is life, there is physically satisfying work, and our family members more to each other. Our quality of life is so much better. I spend most of the day with my children, which I was grateful . And at night, I have the good feelings that come from working with my hands and doing something positive.

1.A. developed B. divided C. presented D. passed

2.A. call for B. care for C. pay for D. apply for

3.A. fund B. salary C. profit D. cost

4.A. Unlikely B. Excitedly C. Unfortunately D. Specially

5.A. partners B. employees C. children D. maids

6.A. anxious B. independentC. complicated D. prepared

7.A. checking B. satisfying C. questioning D. teaching

8.A. food B. wealth C. property D. money

9.A. processed B. polluted C. healthy D. expensive

10.A. suggested B. required C. learned D. demanded

11.A. water B. fruit C. eggs D. chicken

12.A. stressful B. safe C. helpless D. regretful

13.A. But B. Thus C. Otherwise D. So

14.A. donate B. devote C. send D. sell

15.A. give B. run C. help D. need

16.A. because B. until C. before D. though

17.A. alive B. busy C. easy D. painful

18.A. business B. farm C. campus D. hand

19.A. contrast B. care C. relate D. compete

20.A. on B. at C. in D. For

Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.

Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.

Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.

Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.

Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.

As is mentioned above, animals behave dishonestly for survival. Is it OK to lie for us human?

1.The writer uses the three questions at the beginning of the passage to _________.

A. ask the readers to answer the questions

B. draw the readers’ attention to the topic

C. seek answers to the questions

D. show he is at a loss about the question.

2.Which of the following is not an example of animal’s dishonest behaviors?

A. A plover pretended to have a broken wing to protect its baby birds.

B. A scrub jay dug out its buried food and reburied it somewhere else.

C. The adoptive parents feed their baby birds of cuckoos.

D. A losing chimp starts fighting again after taking the winner’s hand.

3.The underlined word “sneaky” in paragraph 5 most probably means______.

A. selfish B. friendly

C. entertaining D. dishonest

4.What is the common reaction of most chimps when they find their favorite food?

A. They let out a loud cry

B. They cry in a very low voice

C. They hide their food immediately

D. They share their food with other chimps.

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Woodkopf is a crazy new sport invented in the Czech Republic(捷克共和国) and it has been gaining quite a lot of national media attention. This popular sport involves a pair of opponents wearing two-meter wooden boards on their heads and trying to knock the other’s board down without dropping their own. Strange as it sounds, a rousing match of Woodkopf can be quite exciting to watch.

This crazy sport can be traced back to July, 1992, when it was practiced during a cultural festival of art school graduates in Prague. Woodkopf, which literally translates as “wooden head”, is popular partly due to the fact that the game is simple, inexpensive and requires no complex equipment, but also because it never fails to supply a good dose of humor.

It is played by both men or women of all ages, and the rules are pretty simple. Both opponents must wear long and thin wooden boards of 200×16×2cm, weighing between 3 and 4kg. Once the boards are in position, the opponents try to knock each other’s boards off, using only plank-to-plank(木板) touches. No body-to-body or plank-to-body touches are allowed. The player who manages to knock down the opponent’s board twice in a row is declared the winner.

According to members of the Woodkopf Union, the best players are generally the taller ones. A bald head is also of great advantage, as pointed out by union chief Ivan Rezac.

Veteran Woodkopf players are now struggling for the sport to be included in the Olympic Games. They strongly believe that it has a great future. Vladimir Cech, who has been playing for the past seven years, said,?We want it to become our national sport, and a part of Czech culture along with beer, pork, dumplings and cabbage.?.

Title

An Interesting Sport ----Woodkopf

Origin

1. from July,1992, Woodkopf was first played by art school graduates in Prague.

Reasons for its 2.

1. It’s simple, inexpensive and 3. to watch.

2. It always supplies a sense of humor.

4.

1.Wearing two-meter wooden boards on their heads, two 5.try to knock each other’s board off without 6.their own.

2.Only plank-to-plank touches are allowed, and body-to-body or plank-to-body touches are 7. .

Winners

1. 8.succeeds knocking down the other’s board twice in a row is the winner.

2. The taller players and people with bald heads are very 9. to win.

The future of the sport

Experienced Woodkopf players are struggling to make it an

10. in the Olympic Games and a national sport of the Czech Republic.

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