摘要： The word silence in this passage means . A. Hurry up B. Go away C. Be quiet D. work hard Words per minute %Comprehension Passage 20 African Women When Europeans first came to Africa, they were amazed to find that many Africans had more than one wife. Because of this practice, many people thought that African men treated women like slaves . But these first impressions proved to be false . Until about 50 years ago, most African women had more freedom and independence than women in Western nations did. In some places of Africa, women have owned most businesses and been the chief traders for many years. In Europe, however, there were many places where women were not even allowed to own property . How about African marriages? When there is more than one wife, each woman depends on her husband less. In a traditional African home, each woman lives in her own hut and runs her own household . That kind of living arrangement gives the woman more independence. Each of the wives in an African family owns her own property and raises her own children. But some tasks, like cooking and baby-sitting , are shared with the other wives. Sharing these chores makes life easier for African women. Length 201 Total Reading Time Answer the following questions without referring to the reading: From this passage we can see that A. some Westerners had false impressions about African women at first B. African women were treated like slaves at home C. African women depend their husband at any time. D. the wives often quarreled with each other at home
The students came by subway and skateboard, a river of eighth graders pouring into Stuyvesant High School to take part in the entrance exams for New York City’s specialized high schools．They chatted and laughed or waited in nervous silence．
Similar scenes could be found Saturday and yesterday in five schools, as at least 23 000 students took the highly competitive entrance exams for 3000 slots at six of the seven specialized schools．
Some students went in nervous and came out confident(有信心的)．And some went in cocky and came out looking defeated．Some anxious parents waited in their cars as their children took the 150-minute test．Others kissed their kids goodbye and went shopping．
Some students had taken expensive courses to prepare for the test; others just rolled out of bed and showed up．Some were an hour earlier; others arrived, rushing, their parents shouting：“Hurry!Hurry!Hurry!” with minutes to spare．
One latecomer was Damon Hardjowirogo, 13, an eighth grader at Simon Baruch Middle School on East 21st Street．He had ridden his skateboard to Stuyvesant Saturday morning and shown up at 8∶20 a. m. for the 9 a. m. test．(Students were advised to arrive at 7∶30 a. m.)Rather than wait at the end of the line, he found an opening and cut in．
“No one was paying attention,” Damon said, laughing．
Ryan Patterson, 13, got an earlier start yesterday morning．Hoping to get into Stuyvesant or Bronx Science, she said, she began preparing for the exam this summer and didn’t stop until her mother forced her to put away her books and go to bed on Saturday night．
“She woke me up at 4∶30 this morning,” said Ryan’s mother．“She didn’t want to wait．She was excited．I was the one complaining because I had to get up．”
As the lines flowed into school, parents hugged and kissed their kids goodbye while police officers barked into bullhorns：“We have 3300 students and 3300 parents．Parents, please go home!”?
When the tests ended, a gust of students burst from the school．Waiting parents clapped, and the students flipped open their mobile phones(forbidden during the tests), looked around the crowds for their families and just delighted that they were done．
(1)
The underlined word “cocky”(in Paragraph 3)means ________．
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A．
proud
B．
satisfied
C．
calm
D．
serious
(2)
Which of the following cannot be used to describe the various children in the passage?
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A．
Naughty．
B．
Hardworking．
C．
Light-hearted．
D．
Polite．
(3)
What can we infer from the passage?
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A．
Most students went to the exams on their own．
B．
The children mentioned start school at five．
C．
Ryan’s mother was ready to get up early．
D．
Three out of ten students will laugh last．
(4)
The writer mainly tells us about ________ in this passage．