题目内容
As the world prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, a new report details the progress and challenges girls face in getting an education.
The report – from the Education for All Fast Track Initiative – highlights the importance of girls’ education for economic(经济的) and social development. It follows progress in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritania, Mozambique and Niger.
Prema Clarke, author of Fast-tracking Girls’ Education, says, “Progress for girls’ education is that they can leave their homes, leave their families and come to a place to study and to learn. And that’s a big achievement because otherwise these girls have to stay at home, looking after their brothers and sisters, doing the cooking or doing the cleaning.”
She says progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and those of Education for All “is allowing and enabling girls and forcing countries to look at this issue(问题) and to ensure that interventions (干预) help girls attend school.”
Benefits
Improving education for girls brings many benefits, says Clarke. “It means that girls can then enter the workforce. They can look after their own families much more effectively. They can prevent child death rate. They can educate their own girl children when they begin to expand their own families.” Studies show that having an educated female population helps to improve a country’s health and economic well-being.
Warnings
The report says, “In developing countries, too many girls are not in school, and many girls face continuing health risks and danger just walking to class.”
“Especially in the fragile and post-conflict countries and in many of the African countries, this is a real issue,” she says. Till now, the interventions have been so focused on providing schooling and providing teachers, etc. And now I think there is much more expanded focus on looking at specific(特定的)communities of girls within at-risk groups that now need much more specific attention and much more creative solutions(解决方法) to help them attend school.”
1.The underlined word “highlights” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. shows B. stresses C. remarks D. improves
2. According to Clarke, improving education can provide girls with all the opportunities EXCEPT _______.
A. to educate their own girl children B. to prevent child death rate
C. to enter the workforce D. to study abroad
3.This passage is intended to _____.
A. promote the progress in girls’ education
B. talk about the benefits of improving girls’ education
C. give some information about the education girls are facing
D. sing high praise for the girls’ education
4.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. the girls’ educational situation in developing countries is still serious
B. girls were free to go wherever they wanted to in the past
C. there are enough teachers in most of the African countries
D. International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 8 in 1900
1.B 2.D 3.A 4..A
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C.You are sure to get a job at Tommy's Kindergarten if you have a degree.
D.Nile Airlines needs a peson to deal with customers' information.
Who are the advertisements intended for?
A.Job hunters. B.College graduates.
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Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was a(an) 36 student from Jordon. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always 37 Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he 38 invited Yaser to eat lunch with him. But Steve seemed 39 after the first term was over. The two 40 classmates didn’t see each other very much at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn’t seem very 41 in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve’s change of 42 . “Steve said we were friends, ”Yaser complained(抱怨), “and I thought friends were friends 43 . ”Yaser is a little 44 . As a foreigner, he doesn’t understand the way Americans 45 friendship. Americans use the wor“friend”in a very 46 way. They may call both casual acquaintances(相识的人)and close 47 “friends”. These friendships are 48 on common interests. When the 49 activity ends, the friendship may fade. Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their“friendship”has changed. In some cultures friendship 50 a strong life-long connection between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to 51 . American society is one of 52 change. Studies show that one out of five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and they may change just 53 quickly. Americans may at first seem friendly. But American friendliness is not always a(an) 54 of true friendship. Learning how Americans look at friendship can help non-Americans 55 misunderstandings.
36. A. American | B. native | C. international | D. home |
37. A. greeted | B. welcomed | C. invited | D. received |
38. A. ever | B. even | C. never | D. seldom |
39. A. familiar | B. helpful | C. grateful | D. distant |
40. A. former | B. normal | C. unusual | D. ordinary |
41. A. excited | B. shocked | C. interested | D. disappointed |
42. A. mind | B. relation | C. opinion | D. attitude |
43. A. for ever | B. for once | C. for a time | D. for a while |
44. A. delighted | B. confused | C. frightened | D. impressed |
45. A. express | B. form | C. view | D. like |
46. A. general | B. unique | C. usual | D. strict |
47. A. relatives | B. companions | C. classmates | D. workmates |
48. A. depended | B. based | C. focused | D. set |
49. A. shared | B. connected | C. combined | D. chosen |
50. A. contains | B. damages | C. includes | D. means |
51. A. enjoy | B. last | C. appreciate | D. value |
52. A. slow | B. steady | C. rapid | D. similar |
53. A. very | B. too | C. as | D. so |
54. A. suggestion | B. offer | C. advice | D. idea |
55. A. avoid | B. ignore | C. forbid | D. forgive |
Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was a(an) 36 student from Jordon. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always 37 Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he 38 invited Yaser to eat lunch with him. But Steve seemed 39 after the first term was over. The two 40 classmates didn’t see each other very much at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn’t seem very 41 in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve’s change of 42 . “Steve said we were friends, ”Yaser complained(抱怨), “and I thought friends were friends 43 . ”Yaser is a little 44 . As a foreigner, he doesn’t understand the way Americans 45 friendship. Americans use the wor“friend”in a very 46 way. They may call both casual acquaintances(相识的人)and close 47 “friends”. These friendships are 48 on common interests. When the 49 activity ends, the friendship may fade. Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their“friendship”has changed. In some cultures friendship 50 a strong life-long connection between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to 51 . American society is one of 52 change. Studies show that one out of five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and they may change just 53 quickly. Americans may at first seem friendly. But American friendliness is not always a(an) 54 of true friendship. Learning how Americans look at friendship can help non-Americans 55 misunderstandings.
36. A. American | B. native | C. international | D. home |
37. A. greeted | B. welcomed | C. invited | D. received |
38. A. ever | B. even | C. never | D. seldom |
39. A. familiar | B. helpful | C. grateful | D. distant |
40. A. former | B. normal | C. unusual | D. ordinary |
41. A. excited | B. shocked | C. interested | D. disappointed |
42. A. mind | B. relation | C. opinion | D. attitude |
43. A. for ever | B. for once | C. for a time | D. for a while |
44. A. delighted | B. confused | C. frightened | D. impressed |
45. A. express | B. form | C. view | D. like |
46. A. general | B. unique | C. usual | D. strict |
47. A. relatives | B. companions | C. classmates | D. workmates |
48. A. depended | B. based | C. focused | D. set |
49. A. shared | B. connected | C. combined | D. chosen |
50. A. contains | B. damages | C. includes | D. means |
51. A. enjoy | B. last | C. appreciate | D. value |
52. A. slow | B. steady | C. rapid | D. similar |
53. A. very | B. too | C. as | D. so |
54. A. suggestion | B. offer | C. advice | D. idea |
55. A. avoid | B. ignore | C. forbid | D. forgive |