April 22,2010 will be the 18th celebration of the annual Take Our Daugluers to Work Day (TOD), a project the National Ms.Foundation for Women of America (NFW) developed to expose girls to expanding opportunities for women in the workplace.
The program offers, millions of girls a first - hand view of the many career opportunities available in their futures.Now that women make up 46 peroent of the U.S.workforce, girls can find role models in every occupational field-from politics to molecular biology to professional athletics, to name just a few.TOD encourages girls to focus on their abilities and opportunities, not just their appearance.
The NFW developed the project more than a decade ago to address the self - esteem problems that many girls experience when they enter adolescence.At school, boys often receive more encouragement in the classroom, especially in math.science and computer science, the academic fields that tend to lead to the highest salaries.Women receive on average only 73 cents for every dollar that men are paid.and remain vastly underrepresented (数量不足) in top executive positions and technology fields.TOD aims to give girls the confidence and inspiration they need to develop successful careers, particularly in non-traditional fields.
Perhaps because the program had become so widespread and successful, TOD had been criticized for excluding boys.and it was expanded in 2003to include boys.The program’s official website states that the program was changed in order to provide both boys and girls with opportunities to explore careers at an age when they are more flexible in tenns of gender stereotyped roles."We should also show boys that becoming a child care provider is as acceptable a choice as becoming a police officer or CEO," added Sara K.Gould.executive director of the NFW.
【小题1】The purpose for having a Take Our Daughters to Work Day is ____

A.to encourage girls to get top paying jobs ,
B.to let girls spend more time with their mothers
C.to show girls possibilities for work and careers
D.to give girls a chance to visit their mothers' offices
【小题2】Why are women underrepresented in some fields such as technology?
A.They are not interested in these fields.
B.They are not encouraged to work in these fields.
C.They are not paid the same as men in these fields.
D.They are not allowed to be educated in these fields.
【小题3】TOD was criticized because some people ____.
A.thought it was not fair to boys
B.did not like having children at work
C.did not have daughters to take to work
D.would rather have their daughters stay at home
【小题4】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Boys are now included on Take Our Daughters to Work Day.
B.Women and men have always been treated equally at work.
C.Homemaking and raising children are jobs for girls only.
D.Girls grow up receiving more attention than boys.
【小题5】What can we learn from Sara K.Gould's words?
A.Boys are sometimes more careful and responsible than girls.
B.It is most suitable for women to look after children at home.
C.Aboy's life ambition should be to become an officer or CEO.
D.It is also acceptable for boys to do what girls are supposed to.

Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in me U. S. Last Thursday, she didn't go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, millions of young girls go work. This is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The girls are between me ages of 9 and 15. They spend the day at work with an adult, usually a mother, father, aunt, or uncle. They go to offices, police stations, laboratories, and other places where their parents or other family members work. Next year, the day will include sons, too.
The Ms. Foundation, an organization for women, started the program about ten years ago. In the U.S., many women work outside the home. The Ms. Foundation wanted girls to find out about many different kinds of jobs. Then, when the girls grow up, they can choose a job they like.
Cara's father is a film director. Cara says, “It was very exciting for me to go to the studio with my dad. I saw a lot of people doing different jobs.” Many businesses have special activities for girls on this day. Last year, Cara went to work with her aunt at the University of Massachusetts. In the engineering department, the girls learned to build a bridge with toothpicks and Candy. In the chemistry department, they learned to use scales. They learned about many other kinds of jobs, too.
Right now, Cara does not know what job she will have when she grows up. But because of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, she knows she h2Ls many choices.
【小题1】What is Cara's father?

A.An engineer.B.An official.C.A moviemaker.D.A professor.
【小题2】According to the passage, Take our Daughters to work Day is ______.
A.on every Thursday in April
B.a holiday for girls of all ages
C.a day for girls to know about jobs
D.a day for girls to get a job easily
【小题3】On this special day, Cara has done all the following EXCEPT that ____.
A.she learned to use scales
B.she worked as an actress
C.she went to work with her aunt
D.she used toothpicks and Candy to build a bridge
【小题4】What is probably the best title for the passage?
A.Cara Lang, a Fortunate Girl
B.Take Our Daughters to Work Day
C.Children's Day and Work Day
D.Ms. Foundation, an Organization for Women

Flowers only bloom(开花) when they are planted in the right soil. That is also true for me.

I first moved to Foxboro, Massachusetts, as a single mother with my baby daughter, Darcy. I was drawn to its New England beauty, friendly people and rich history. It happened that there were a lot of forsythia(连翘) bushes around the house in which I lived just like my childhood home. I joined St. Mark’s Episcopal Church where I taught the Sunday school. At church, I met my second husband, Dean. For more than 25 years, I bloomed in Foxboro, and I had another two children.

Then, when Darcy was a few years out of college, she moved to Alameda, California, to be near friends. I missed her badly. A year later my beloved husband Dean had deadly cancer. He only made it eight months. My heart was broken. Later I moved to Alameda with my children. It was a beautiful Victorian island, and I was grateful to spend more time with Darcy. I even attended a church and made a few friends there. Still, I couldn’t help but miss Foxboro. It had everything and everyone I loved.

One spring day, when I was walking by a school, something yellow caught my eyes. Forsythia bushes! They made me homesick and I kept back my tears. “I miss you, Foxboro,” I whispered. Then I went into a shop and looked at some ceramic(陶瓷的) pots lined up on a shelf. A large white one seemed to catch my attention. “That’ll be perfect in my living room,” I thought.

I turned it over to look at the price. Instead I found these words: “New England Pottery, Foxboro, Massachusetts.” A piece of artwork, from my second hometown, was right here. It was able to spread across the country and so were forsythia bushes. I took it as a sign that I can bloom, right where I am.

1.From the text we learn that the author ____.

A.gave birth to three children in Foxboro

B.planted forsythia bushes around her house

C.got to know her second husband at church

D.worked as a middle school teacher in Foxboro

2.The author moved to Alameda so that she could ____.

A.have more time together with Darcy

B.forget the sorrow at her husband’s death

C.visit her children at Alameda College frequently

D.enjoy the beautiful scenery on the Victorian island

3.When the author saw forsythia bushes at a school she _____.

A.wanted to buy a ceramic pot to put them in

B.thought of her life in Foxboro

C.felt they would look great in her living room

D.believed they were real art work

4.Why does the author compare herself to flowers?

A.Because she wanted to show she likes flowers.

B.Because she can live in any place that is right like flowers.

C.Because she moved across the country just like flowers.

D.Because girls are like flowers that are blooming.

 

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