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April 27 is a special day in Britain. It’s called Take Our Daughter to Work Day. It was brought to Britain in 1994 from America. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can teach girls more about the society where they live.

Now the girls can have a close look at what their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a job. Mary experienced a day of work at her mother’s office. This helped her understand her mother’s work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future.

Schools and many companies support the activity, too. Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.

②Experts(专家) think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely to be successful than common girls. Take Our Daughter to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction. If parents can set good examples ①  at work   ① at home for them, they will do better than others.

1.在①句空白处填上恰当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：________  ________

2.将②句译成中文：

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3.回答问题

What is Take Our Daughter to Work Day organized for?

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4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子:

The girls can watch their parents work closely.

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5.写出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子。

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Recently, Chinese netizens (网民) enjoy themselves on “growing and stealing crops” on the Internet. This is a game called “Happy Farms”. Now more and more people are joining in the game, and getting addicted. Some of them are even found playing the game at work. Because of this, some players have been fired by their bosses. Lovers have broken up, but none of them can stop Happy Farms from becoming more popular.

Here we interviewed some young netizens and let’s see what their opinions were.

Nongmin: Playing happy Farms at work, that’s terrible! A clerk was fired because she was online playing it at work.

King: I find that all the dreams of having houses and fields, which are very hard to get in real life, are very easy to be realized in the games. I think I know the reason why the game is so popular.

Kaixin: We have to know how to control ourselves. We should keep our minds on study. Games are just games. I prefer to play sports with my classmates when I am free.

Kitty: I like Happy Farms. My high-pressure work makes me feel like I can’t breathe. I wish I could have a real house and farm, but it seems so far away. I have to turn to virtual(虚拟) nature for my own house and farm.

People often get tired from work or study, so they go to their own farms, take care of their crops and pull out weeds. It is really delightful to forget about the pressure. But some players work from morning to night to “grow and steal crops”. They lose themselves in the game and show no interest in anything else. It is really terrible.

1.From this passage, we know that “Happy Farms” is _____.

A. a popular online game           B. a kind of sport

C. an interesting online film           D. a real farm

2.The word “fire” means _____ in the underlined sentence in the first paragraph.

A. 火          B. 雇佣             C. 解雇                 D. 着火

3. From Kaixin’s words, we can guess that he is probably a_____.

A. farmer       B. worker           C. student          D. clerk

4._____ have the similar idea about “Happy Farms”.

A. Nongmin and King                 B. King and Kitty  

C. Kaixin and Kitty                     D. Nongmin and Kaixin

5. From the passage, the writer thinks _____.

A. “Happy farms” is good for people’s work and study

B. people can play “Happy farms” at night

C. people should never play “Happy farms”

D. “Happy farms” sometimes can help you relax but it may also cause problems

New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.
You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.
【小题1】How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?