题目内容
On April twenty-second, some American children stayed out of school but they were
not punished. They were with their parents. As Faith Lapidus tells us, it was Take Our
Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
The Ms. Foundation for Women started the program seventeen years ago, in 1993.
At first it was just called Take Our Daughters to Work. Gloria Steinem and other
foundation leaders pointed to studies showing that self-image suffers as girls become
teenagers. They can lose trust in their abilities and intelligence, especially in areas like
science, math and technology. So the Ms. Foundation planned a day for parents in
New York City to show girls all the possibilities for them in the professional world.
But there was so much interest, the organizers decided to make it national.
At first, girls mostly followed their mom or dad around at work to learn about their
jobs. Later, employers and schools began to offer organized activities. But from the
beginning there were protests (反对) from parents and others about the exception of
boys. So in 2003 the day was renamed Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work.
2007 was the last year that the Ms. Foundation for Women headed the program.
Now, the event is run by a twelve-person group called the Take Our Daughters and
Sons to Work Foundation.
Carolyn McKecuen is president of the foundation. She says a total of about
thirty-three million children and adults are involved in the program. About one-third
of the adults work at large companies or nonprofit organizations. Another third are
in small businesses. The rest work in education.
Carolyn McKeeuen says the numbers from this year's event are not final yet. But
early reports suggest that participation was up at least ten percent from last year. And
she says the foundation is hoping to find support to expand the program internationally.
She says there are lots of requests from other countries for information about how to
set up similar programs.
B. gifts are considered to be more foolish than boys
C. girls aren't confident in some areas as they becomes older
D. girls don't want to learn some science subjects
B. Because some parents wouldn't like to take their daughters to work.
C. Because some employers were against parents' taking their children to work.
D. Because some schools didn't want to give any students' time to leave school.
B. 18.
C. 14.
D. 10.
B. the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is a national in America
C. Mattel is the president of the foundation whose company makes Barbie dolls
D. lots of other countries want to set up similar programs for parents and children
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阅读理解（共20小题; 每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I felt encouraged by his words and began to swim more calmly.But my clothes stuck to me like a heavy weight.I could hardly stay above the surface.
Counsel saw this.“Shall I cut them?”he asked.
With a knife he cut my clothes from top to bottom and took them of quickly while I swam for both of us.
Then I did the same for Counsel,and we continued to swim near each other.
But we were in serious trouble.The crew（船员）might not have noticed our disappearance.
And if they had,they could not return because the rudder（舵）had broken.Counsel thought of all this,and calmly made his plans.We decided to wait for the ship as long as possible,because we had no other hope of safety.I suggested that we save our strength so that both of us would not be tired out at the same time.This was how we did it:While one of us lay on his back,quite still,with arms crossed and legs stretched out（伸直）,the other would swim and push him along.We changed every ten minutes or so.In this way we could swim for hours,perhaps till daylight.The crash（破裂声）of the ship and the whale（鲸）had appeared at about eleven o’clock.We had about eight hours to swim before daylight.This seemed possible,if the sea remained calm.
【小题1】What happened to the man who told the story?
| A．He and his companion got into the water to test their strength. |
| B．He jumped into the water to save the broken rudder. |
| C．He was knocked into the water by his enemy. |
| D．He was thrown into the sea when the ship struck a whale. |
| A．Because no people helped them to take off their clothes. |
| B．Because they couldn’t take off their clothes on the sea. |
| C．Because they wanted to get rid of their clothes quickly. |
| D．Because they wanted to lifebuoys（救生圈）with their clothes. |
| A．not moving | B．even | C．yet | D．however |
| A．one of them pushed the other while swimming and then they changed |
| B．they both swam calmly |
| C．they crossed their arms and stretched their legs on the water |
| D．they lay on their backs instead of swimming |
| A．Neither of the two men was good swimmers. |
| B．The sea was calm before eleven o’clock that night. |
| C．The story took place at night. |
| D．The two men had to swim eight hours to catch up with the ship. |