CHANGCHUN, China-President Hu Jintao was the surprise guest in the last multi-sports Games to be hosted in the country before the 2008 Olympics with the opening ceremony of the 6th Asian Winter Games on Sunday．
Altogether, more than 1,100 athletes and officials from different countries and regions-including 160 from China and a single skier from Palestine-have registered to take part in the Games, which run until February 4．
“Today for the first time representatives of all 45 OCA members are with us which is a great achievement for the organizing committee．”said Olympic Council of Asia(OCA)chief Ahmad Al-Sabah．
China dominated the main Asian Games in Doha in December but their winter athletes, who have won just four of their country’s 114 Olympic gold medals, are unlikely to do the same．Unsurprisingly, the loudest cheers were reserved for the Chinese party but there were also warm welcomes for the Hong Kong, Macao and Chinese Taipei athletes．
Japan, which has entered 100 athletes, topped the medals table at the last Games on home soil．Their delegation also received plenty of applause despite being in city which served as the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo after the Japanese army invaded China in the 1930s．
The North and South Korean athletes marched together under the same flag just as they did in Doha, although they will compete separately．South Korea were second in the medals table in 2003 and will need to continue their traditional dominance of the short-track speed skating to retain that position from the Chinese．
There has been a lack of snow at the Beidahu ski resort near Changchun, but organizers have used artificial(人造的)snow to make up the shortfall．
China will be banking on such stars as freestyle skier Han Xiaopeng, who surprised everyone at Turin in 2006 to win China’s first－ever Olympic skiing medal, and women’s 500-meter short track skating Olympic champion Wang Meng．
(1)
Where was the 5th Asian Winter Games held?
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A．
In South Korea．
B．
In Doha．
C．
In Japan．
D．
In Turin．
(2)
Which of the following countries is weak in sports according to this passage?
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A．
China．
B．
Japan．
C．
South Korea
D．
Palestine
(3)
The underlined word“dominate”is closest in meaning to _________．
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A．
have absolute superiority over
B．
be the most important
C．
greatly control
D．
greatly influence
(4)
Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?
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A．
The relationship between North and South Korea is improving．
B．
Han Xiaopeng is the first to have won Olympic skating medal．
C．
Chinese winter athletes have won just four Olympic gold medals．
D．
Not every Asian country takes part in the Asian Games．
Women might have a higher position at work, but at home their careers tend to give way to their husband’s job, with women most likely to quit when both are working long hours, according to a U．S．study．
Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more likely to end up quitting their jobs．
An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 nonprofessionals from dual-earner(双职工)families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week it increased the woman’s possibility of quitting her paid job by 42 percent．Cha said the possibility of quitting increased to 51 percent for professional women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week, and for professional mothers the possibility they would quit their jobs jumped 112 percent．
However, it did not significantly affect a man’s possibility of quitting his job if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week, according to the study published in the American Sociological Review in April．For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours were negligible, according to the study．
“As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often solve conflict in ways that prioritize husbands’ careers,”Cha, who used data from the U．S．Census Bureau, said in a statement．“This effect is magnified(突出)among workers in professional and managing occupations, where the criterion of overwork and the culture of looking after children tend to be strongest．The findings suggest that the popularity of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional family pattern－breadwinning men and homemaking women．”
(1)
According to the text, we know that ________．
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A．
men prefer work long hours
B．
women prefer to work outside
C．
men’s careers are unimportant
D．
women are more likely to quit jobs
(2)
The underlined word“negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________．
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A．
unimportant
B．
limited
C．
different
D．
obvious
(3)
Which statement is true according to the text?
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A．
When there’s conflict between work and family, a husband will give up his work．
B．
Women may still do most of the housework and care for babies or children．
C．
Professional women are more likely to quit the job than professional mothers．
D．
A man’s chance of quitting jobs was influenced if his wife works long hours．
(4)
We can infer from the last sentence that ________．
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A．
all the workers pay more attention to looking after children
B．
overwork may have no influence on dual-earner couples
C．
traditionally, men usually worked to support the family
D．
most dual-earner couples will return to a traditional family pattern
(5)
In which column of China Daily can you find this passage?
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