题目内容
2.Ever feel like there aren't enough hours in the day?A group of time-challenged Canadian women are wishing for a 25-hour clock.Jessie Behan,president of the 25th Hour Coalition(联盟)which is a group of Canadian women who have changed to a longer day,said the struggle for women to maintain work-1ife balance motivated her to research the body's natural clock."Many of my girlfriends are having kids,getting married,and I see the sufferings of dealing all that when you're a working woman,"she said."Women like myself are sick of living their lives by a 24-hour clock."
A 2007study by Charles Czeisler found a switch to longer days could be beneficial,especially for frequent travelers,shift workers,astronauts and those who experience trouble sleeping or waking.
In a similar study,Czeisler showed the body's natural clock averages 24hours and 11minutes in both young and older people.The current 360-degree clock has 720minutes,giving each minute 0.5degree.With the new 25-hour day,30minutes is added to each 12-hour period making each minute 0.48degree.
While still a relatively small movement-the 25th Hour Coalition has 160Facebook members,Behan is hoping for large changes."The goal is to get as many women on board;there's no harm in just trying it out and seeing.If it gets big,maybe the government will decide to standardize it."
A recent online survey by Reader's Digest,which included 150people in each of the 13 countries,suggests it's not just Canadians looking for longer days.Readers were asked"what would you do with an extra hour"if given a choice between sleep,work,exercise and family time.In Spain,half of respondents(被访者)said they'd like an extra hour in the day to devote to family time.The same was found for respondents in Brazil,the US and Britain,who chose family time over sleep,which came in at a close second.Only in India did work top the list with 50percent of respondents claiming they could use an extra hour at the office.
33.Some Canadian working women are campaigning for the 25-hour day in order toB.
A.have more chances at work
B.keep a balance between life and work
C.experience something new
D.have a better sleep
34.Jessie Behan want more women to join the 25th Hour Coalition because sheD.
A.intends to make more Facebook friends
B.hopes to get benefits from more people
C.considers it is harmless to form such an organization
D.thinks it can help those women to realize their dreams
35.What is implied in the last paragraph?A
A.Respondents from most nations want more family time.
B.Respondents from developed countries experience more stress.
C.Most Canadian respondents claim that they need more family time.
D.Indians are the most hardworking of the 13nations.
分析 一群加拿大的职业已婚女性正在努力争取要一天过25个小时,因为她们要工作还要管家照顾孩子.她们觉得自己的时间不够用,这样的人组成一个联盟,希望能得到政府的支持.
解答 33.B.细节理解题.根据第二段的the struggle for women to maintain work-life balance motivated her toresearch the body's natural clock.可知,一些加拿大的工作女性争取一天25小时是为了保持平衡工作和生活.故选B.
34.D.细节理解题.根据倒数第二段的The goal is to get as many women on board;there's no harm in just trying it out and seeing.If it gets big,maybe the government will decide to standardize it可知,作为这项活动的组织的主席Behan希望更多的人加入,这样就会有更大的影响力.再根据该组织的目的是希望日子长一些,这样就可以做更多的事.故选D.
35.A.推理判断题.根据末段内容Only in India did work top the list with 50percent of respondents claiming they could use an extra hour at the office可知,被调查的十三个国家当中,只有半数来自印度的被访者认为会把额外的一小时用在工作上,其余很多国家的被访者认为会把额外的一小时用在家庭生活上,故答案为A.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
-_____ It looks fine to me.( )
A. | Who cares? | B. | I wouldn't say that. | ||
C. | What's wrong? | D. | You are telling me. |
A. | are | B. | was | C. | is | D. | were |
Finally,my teacher took me(46)B.She explained that she had written a narrator'part to the play,and asked me to switch roles.Her words,(47)Cpainful,especially when I saw my part go to(48)Agirl.
I didn't tell my mother(49)Bhad happened when I went home for lunch that day.But she sensed my(50)D,and instead of suggesting we should practice my lines,she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day.I watched my mother casually bend down by one of the clumps(土块)."I think I'm going to dig up all these weeds,"she said,(51)B a flower up by its roots."From now on,we'll have only roses in this garden."
"But I like dandelions (蒲公英),"I(52)A,"All flowers are beautiful,even dandelions."
My mother looked at me seriously."Yes,every flower gives pleasure in its own way doesn't it?"She asked thoughtfully.I nodded,(53)D that I had persuaded her."And that is true of(54)C too",she added,"Not everyone can be a princess,but there is no shame in that."
Over the next few weeks,with her constant(55)B,I learned to take pride in the role.Lunchtimes were spent reading over my lines and talking about what I would wear.
Backstage the night of the performance,I felt(56)C.A few minutes before the play,my teacher(57)A to me."Your mother asked me to give this to you,"she said,handing me a (58)D.Its edges were already beginning to curl and it flopped (沉重地躺下) lazily from its item.But just(59)B it,knowing my mother was out there and thinking of our lunchtime talk,made me proud.
After the play,I took home the flower I had put in the pocket of my costume.My mother pressed it(60)A two pieces of paper in a dictionary.
41.A.which | B.when | C.while | D.after |
42.A.prince | B.narrator | C.princess | D.maid |
43.A.painstakingly | B.unwillingly | C.hardly | D.surprisingly |
44.A.And | B.So | C.But | D.As |
45.A.hand | B.mouth | C.face | D.head |
46.A.up | B.aside | C.down | D.away |
47.A.meanly | B.coolly | C.kindly | D.accidentally |
48.A.another | B.the other | C.other | D.others |
49.A.that | B.what | C.if | D.when |
50.A.surprise | B.happiness | C.anger | D.discomfort |
51.A.pushing | B.pulling | C.putting | D.taking |
52.A.protested | B.agreed | C.thought | D.insisted |
53.A.disappointed | B.frightened | C.upset | D.pleased |
54.A.plants | B.animals | C.people | D.flowers |
55.A.demand | B.encouragement | C.orders | D.suggestions |
56.A.sad | B.terrified | C.nervous | D.excited |
57.A.came over | B.turned over | C.pulled over | D.went over |
58.A.flower | B.paper | C.note | D.dandelion |
59.A.glaring at | B.looking at | C.staring at | D.watching |
60.A.between | B.on | C.in | D.among |