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Women make up 50 percent of world’s population and yet they are not treated equally. They hold less than one-fifth of the all parliamentary (议会) seats around the world, occupy less than 19 percent of board (董事会) seats in Fortune 500 companies and earn 17 percent less than men for similar skills and positions. As a group, they are passed over and looked down on.

On March 8 every year, millions of women around the world celebrate International Women’s Day. It is possible that you may not have heard about the International Women’s Day in the United States. Yet Women's Day had its origin in the United States.

Women’s Day was first celebrated in February 1909 in the US to mark the one-year anniversary of the New York Garment Worker’s Strike of 1908. Women used the chance to fight against warring and fight for women’s vote rights.

Did you know that it was a Women’s Day protest in St. Petersburg in 1917, which led to the revolution (革命) for bringing down the Russian empire? After the Russian revolution, Women’s Day came to be celebrated as a communist (共产主义的) or socialist (社会主义的) holiday. As a result, the United States government didn’t accept it as a holiday.

Today Women’s Day is celebrated in places such as China and Russia as a sort of state-approved Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. The tradition in these countries is to give flowers and gifts to the important women in one's life.

In 1975, the United Nations officially announced March 8 as International Women’s Day. Since then, it has been a practice to suggest an annual theme for each year. The theme for 2016 is "Pledge For Parity." It calls on women and men to challenge the present state and inspire positive change in their communities and workplaces.

There is a lot that needs to be done. As a society, we need to offer women and girls chances to make their dreams come true, have equal chances for leadership, respect and value differences, and develop a better work environment. This day challenges and reminds that everyone can be a leader in their own small way and can take positive steps to bring about gender equality.

Our world can truly be balanced when we use the potential that women have to offer. As we prepare children for the future, it is important that girls and women not be left behind.

Women’s present situation

Women make up 1. of the world’s population.

Women get 2. chances and less money while working.

3. of Women’s Day

It was first celebrated in the US in 1909.

The Women’s Day protest in 1917 4. the revolution in Russia.

It was not 5. as a holiday in the United States.

The United Nations 6. March 8th as International Women’s Day in 1975.

Ways of celebrating Women’s Day

Being 7. as a sort of state-approved Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.

Flowers and gifts are 8. to the important women in one’s life.

9. of Women’s Day

To help 10. women and girls’ dreams.

To help women get chances for leadership equally.

To develop a better work environment for women.

There was once a king who had a great palace with a wonderful garden. In the garden, there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed living there.

There was only one thing in the garden that the king hated: an old tree in the center of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king so angry that he finally asked some people to cut it down and turned the place into a swimming pool. However, after the tree was cut down, the animals left the garden. Without the animals, the garden was not so beautiful as before. The king was sad, but he didn’t know what had happened.

A young man went to the king, and said he could explain what had happened. “This was because you cut the old tree down,” said the young man. “There were thousands of moths (飞蛾) which lived in the tree. Birds needed the moths to eat and then they produced wastes for plants to grow. The plants then attracted many other animals to your garden. So your garden became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down, the animals had to leave.”

“Excellent!” said the king, “I’ll make you rich and you will try to make my garden beautiful again.”

“I’m afraid it will take many years to finish. It will take many years for the natural balance(生态平衡) to get back again,” said the young man.

The king was sad, but all he could do was just to wait.

1.Why did the king cut down the old tree?

A. Because he hated the old and dry tree.

B. Because he wanted to plant a young tree there.

C. Because he didn’t want moths to live in the tree.

2.What was the result after the tree was cut down?

A. The garden was more beautiful than before.

B. The animals left the garden.

C. The king was very happy.

3.The underlined word “attracted” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 驱赶 B. 利用 C. 吸引

4.If the young man made the garden beautiful again, the king would __________ .

A. be very angry

B. make him rich

C. order him to leave

5.The story tells us that __________.

A. it will take many years for the natural balance to get back again

B. it’s easy for us to keep the balance of nature

C. old trees should be cut down

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