Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

1.
The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ______.
1. A.
  bright
2. B.
  dirty
3. C.
  comfortable
4. D.
  dark
2.
When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ______.
1. A.
  Of course , it loves me , since I love it
2. B.
  If I love it , it should love me
3. C.
  I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it
4. D.
  I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger
3.
The reason why she would like to have the sail is that______.
1. A.
  she thinks it will be very exciting
2. B.
  she likes sports and enjoys canoeing
3. C.
  she has decided to realize a childhood dream
4. D.
  she wants to be still active when she gets old
4.
What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?
1. A.
  Someone who does not show what she is feeling
2. B.
  Someone who is very proud and sure of her success
3. C.
  Someone who doesn’t use her head much
4. D.
  Someone who is open , honest and brave
5.
The best title for this passage is______.
1. A.
  Life Begins at Sixty
2. B.
  A Round Coast Sail
3. C.
  An Old Woman Sailor
4. D.
  An Unusual Hobby(爱好)

(B)
Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”
【小题1】The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

A．bright

B．dirty

C．comfortable

D．dark

【小题2】When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

B．If I love it , it should love me.

C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

【小题3】 The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

A．she thinks it will be very exciting

B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream

D．she wants to be still active when she gets old

【小题4】What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling .

B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .

C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much .

D．Someone who is open , honest and brave .

【小题5】The best title for this passage is ____ .

A．Life Begins at Sixty	B．A Round Coast Sail
C．An Old Woman Sailor	D．An Unusual Hobby(爱好)

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　　It may be one of Britain’s most successful exports – Miss World．This 53-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knockout looks in a mad struggle for the crown．

　　Traditional values have long kept the Chinese, especially women, from displaying beauty．But Chinese people have now changed their attitude toward beauty contest, although some men will still be shouting that the winner is no more beautiful than his wife or his former girl friend or even his mother in a sour tone．But such men are not shouting for the right reason．The question to be：Why isn’t there a Mr．World Beauty Contest?

　　And a further question to be asked is：Does taking part in a beauty contest show a woman’s courage, wisdom and liberation or rather the opposite－ forced choice and a revolting act made under conditions of long-term discrimination?

　　Organizers of such beauty contests claim that the contestants are judged on qualities other than just their physical appearance．But still no answer is given to why there isn’t a Mr．Beauty or a Mr．World Contest? Or at least, why isn’t that kind of contest popular? Why is it that only women’s “qualities” need to be recognized but not men’s?

　　Think about who is always standing beside a fancy car on show? Is it a boy or a girl? And this is how “qualities” are judged：if the girl looks good, there is little reason why the car beside her is not of high quality．

　　The beauty contests go on year after year, with winners enjoying fame which quickly disappears．While such events go on and on, what never changes is the routine practice that in every fancy car show, a girl stands beside a fancy car．What never changes is the need to hold a women’s conference every year to appeal for the promotion of respect for and improvement of women．What never changes is the fate of women as a class．So let’s put more time and resources into trying to change all this rather than holding beauty contests．

(1)

Miss World Beauty Contest in Britain has a history of __________．
[　　]
A．	120 years
B．	about half a century
C．	100 years
D．	about half a year

(2)

Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?
[　　]
A．	Miss World Beauty Contest first began in China．
B．	Women were not allowed to show their beauty in China．
C．	120 women took part in Beauty Contest last week．
D．	Miss World was 53 years old．

(3)

According to the writer ________．
[　　]
A．	Chinese women are not allowed to display beauty
B．	the winner of Miss World is not as beautiful as his wife
C．	some men are not shouting for the right person
D．	people can accept a beauty contest in China now

(4)

From the passage we can know the writer thinks that __________．
[　　]
A．	contestants’ qualities are more important than their physical appearance
B．	a Mr．World Contest should be held instead of a Miss World Contest
C．	a boy should stand by a fancy car
D．	women’s social status is still low

(5)

The best title for this passage is __________．
[　　]
A．	What about a Mr．World Contest?
B．	History of Miss World Contest．
C．	Quality or Appearance?
D．	A Boy Standing beside a Fancy Car．

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　　It may be one of Britain’s most successful exports – Miss World(世界小姐)．This 53-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knockout looks in a mad struggle for the crown．

　　Traditional values have long kept the Chinese, especially women, from displaying beauty．But Chinese people have now changed their attitude toward beauty contest, although some men will still be shouting that the winner is no more beautiful than his wife or his former girl friend or even his mother in a sour tone．But such men are not shouting for the right reason．The question to be：Why isn’t there a Mr．World Beauty Contest?

　　And a further question to be asked is：Does taking part in a beauty contest show a woman’s　courage, wisdom and liberation or rather the opposite – a forced choice and a revolting act made under conditions of long-term discrimination?

　　Organizers of such beauty contests claim that the contestants are judged on qualities other than just their physical appearance．But still no answer is given to why there isn’t a Mr．Beauty or a Mr．World Contest? Or at least, why isn’t that kind of contest popular? Why is it that only women’s “qualities” need to be recognized but not men’s?

　　Think about who is always standing beside a fancy car on show? Is it a boy or a girl? And this is how “qualities” are judged：if the girl looks good, there is little reason why the car beside her is not of high quality．

　　The beauty contests go on year after year, with winners enjoying fame which quickly disappears．While such events go on and on, what never changes is the routine practice that in every fancy car show, a girl stands beside a fancy car．What never changes is the need to hold a women’s conference every year to appeal for the promotion of respect for and improvement of women．What never changes is the fate of women as a class．So let’s put more time and resources into trying to change all this rather than holding beauty contests．

(1)

Miss World Beauty Contest in Britain has a history of ________．
[　　]
A．	about half a century
B．	120 years
C．	100 years
D．	about half a year

(2)

Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?
[　　]
A．	Miss World Beauty Contest first began in China．
B．	Women were not allowed to show their beauty in China．
C．	120 women took part in Beauty Contest last week．
D．	Miss World was 53 years old．

(3)

According to the writer, ________．
[　　]
A．	Chinese women are not allowed to display beauty
B．	the winner of Miss World is not as beautiful as his wife
C．	some men are not shouting for the right person
D．	people can accept a beauty contest in China now

(4)

From the passage we can know the writer thinks that ________．
[　　]
A．	contestants’ qualities are more important than their physical appearance
B．	a Mr．World Contest should be held instead of a Miss World Contest
C．	women’s social status is still low
D．	a boy should stand by a fancy car

(5)

The best title for this passage is ________．
[　　]
A．	History of Miss World Contest．
B．	What about a Mr．World Contest?
C．	Quality or Appearance?
D．	A Boy Standing beside a Fancy Car．

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(B)

Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.

We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

1.The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

A．bright B．dirty C．comfortable D．dark

2.When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

B．If I love it , it should love me.

C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

A．she thinks it will be very exciting

B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream

D．she wants to be still active when she gets old

4.What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling .

B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .

C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much .

D．Someone who is open , honest and brave .

5.The best title for this passage is ____ .

A．Life Begins at Sixty B．A Round Coast Sail

C．An Old Woman Sailor D．An Unusual Hobby(爱好)

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The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ______.

When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ______.

The reason why she would like to have the sail is that______.

What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

The best title for this passage is______.

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