One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work.Suddenly, she sa

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()day, a woman came to his house.

A.A

B.One

C.The

D.This

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One of the good things for men in women's liberation is that men no longer have to

pay women the old-fashioned courtesies.

In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn't need help getting in and out of cars. u Women get in and out of cars twenty times a day with babies and dogs. Surely they can get out by themselves at night just as easily.n':--

She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. M Historically, the man walked on the inside so he caught the garbage thrown out of a window. Today a man is supposed to walk on the outside. A man should walk where he wants to. So should a woman. If, out of love and respect, he actually wants to take the blows, he should walk on the inside —' because that's where attackers are all hiding these days.”

As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women's liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies.

It is usually easier to follow rules of social behavior. than to depend on one's own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us. with:the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife.

It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in. I had the best view of the boats.

"Well," my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again."

"Did what？" I asked, utterly confused.

u Took the chair.n

Actually, since I'd walked through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all.

Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car and then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hidden in the back seat.

49.It can be concluded from the passage that ―.

A.men should walk on the inside of a sidewalk

B.women are becoming more capable than before

C.in women's liberation men are also liberated

D.it's safe to break rules of social behavior

50.The author was “ utterly confused" because he .

A. took the chair out of habit

B. was trying to be polite

C. was slow in understanding

D. had forgotten what he did

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Famous American Foods What, besides children, connects mothers around the world and across

Famous American Foods

What, besides children, connects mothers around the world and across the seas of time？ It's chicken soup, one prominent American food expert says.

From Russian villages to Africa and Asia, chicken soup has been the remedy for those weak in body and spirit. Mothers passed their knowledge on to ancient writers of Greece, China and Rome, and even 12th century philosopher and physician Moses Maimonides extolled (赞美)its virtues.

Among the ancients, Aristotle thought poultry should stand in higher estimation than four-legged animals because the air is less dense than the earth. Chickens got another boost (吹捧)in the Book of Genesis, where it is written that birds and fish were created on the fifth day, a day before four-legged animals.

But according to Mimi Sheraton, who has spent much of the past three years exploring the world of chicken soup, much of the reason for chicken's real or imagined curative (治愈的)powers comes from its color.

Her new book, "The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup", looks at the beloved and mysterious brew, with dozens of recipes from around the world. Throughout the ages, she said, "There has been a lot of feeling that white-colored foods are easier to eat for the weak woman and the ill".

In addition, "soups, or anything for that matter eaten with a spoon" are considered "comfort foods" Sheraton said. "I love soup and love making soup and as I was collecting recipes I began to see this as an international dish. It has a universal mystique as something curative, a strength builder," Sheraton said from her New York home.

Her book treats the oldest remedy as if it was brand new.

The National Broiler Council, the trade group representing the chicken industry, reported that 51 percent of the people it surveyed said they bought chicken because it was healthier, 50 percent said it was versatile, 41 percent said it was economical and 46 percent said it was low in fat.

Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？ ______

A．Prominent American Foods

B．History of the Chicken Soup

C．Chicken Soup Recipes

D．Chicken Soup, a Universal Cure-All

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Mrs. Wilson, a Cree Indian in her sixties, was looking for a home to rent. She heard

that one was available in an ideal location, close to the Calgary core.

Mrs. Wilson and her daughters went to look at the house. Sure enough, there was a For Rent sign in the window. A woman next door told them that the owner was Antonio Pompei, who owned a bakery farther up the street.

Mrs. Wilson has great difficulty walking for she is almost blind, so she waited in the car while her daughters went along to the bakery. The daughters met Mr. Pompei, who agreed to rent the house. However, the daughters wanted to see the inside of the house before they agreed to rent it. One of the bakery employees went with them to the house, where he met Mrs. Wilson.

All three women liked the house and returned to the bakery to tell Mr. Pompei that they would rent it.

When Mr. Pompei saw Mrs. Wilson, he quickly walked out of the bakery. He had not realized Mrs. Wilson was Indian. Her daughters look more like their father, who is of a different ethnic(种族) origin. The next day, Mrs. Wilson and her daughters returned to the bakery in an attempt to rent the house. Because of her blindness, Mr. Wilson was helped out of the car and guided into the bakery by one of her daughters. Mr. Pompei told the women that the house was already rented.

The Wilsons suspected discrimination. As soon as they got home, Mrs. Wilson phoned Mr. Pompei, without identifying herself, Mr. Pompei lost his temper.

Mrs. Wilson complained to the Human Rights Commission. Their examination discovered that the tenants who did rent the house had not even seen it at the time when Mrs. Wilson visited it. They applied to rent it a full week after Mrs. Wilson had applied.

(1)According to the passage, Mrs. Wilson was _____________.

A、to rent the house for her daughters

B、to rent the house for someone else

C、to rent the house for her family

D、to sublet (转租) the house

(2)According to the passage, we are certain that Mr. Wilson was _____________.

A、an Indian

B、not an Indian

C、an Asian

D、from India

(3)Mrs. Wilson found Mr. Pompei’s discrimination by _____________.

A、complaining to the Human Rights Commission

B、making the bakery owner angry

C、making an unidentifiable phone call

D、pretending to be a woman of wealth

(4)In the end Mrs. Wilson couldn’t rent the house simply because _____________.

A、she was of Indian origin

B、she needed assistance while walking

C、the owner of the house asked for more money

D、she was almost blind

(5)Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE？

A、Mr. Wilson had at least two daughters.

B、The house had been rented to someone else a week before.

C、Mrs. Wilson was almost blind.

D、Mr. Pompei was practicing racial discrimination.

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阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A.B.C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Mary began playing the violin when she was only six. Her father came across a really old instrument at his aunt’ s house, and he brought it back home with him. Mary loved it and immediately tried to play it.After a few months she began to have lessons. She got on very well with the violin. When she was about eleven, she really needed a better violin.One day she took part in a concert, and a man went up to her parents and talked to them about her. He said that she had real talent and pointed out that she needed a better violin. When he found out that they couldn’ t afford one, he offered to buy one for her. Later, when she was about 16, she set up her own group. She named it after the man who gaveher the violin----she called it the Erio Sound.

（1）Mary’ s father ____.

A.bought the violin from a shop

B.borrowed the violin from a friend

C.got the violin from his aunt

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Jim was intelligent, but he hated hard work. He said, "You work hard, and make a lot of mo

ney, and then the government takes most of it. I want easy work that gives me lots of money and that the government doesn't know about."

So he became a thief--but he did not do the stealing. He got others to do it. They were much less intelligent than he was, so he arranged everything and told them what to do.

One day they were looking for rich families to rob, and Jim sent one of them to a large beautiful house just outside the town.

It was evening, and when the man looked through one of the windows, he saw a young man and a girl playing on a piano.

When he went back to Jim, he said, "That family can't have much money. Two people were playing on the same piano there."

The word "intelligent" in the first sentence is closest in meaning to ______.

A．clever

B．honest

C．interesting

D．modest

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All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition （strong wish) :t

All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition (strong wish) :to be the lucky customer(顾客) who did not have to pay for shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: "Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day!"

For several weeks, Mrs. Edward's hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Un like her friends, she never gave up hope. The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things which she did not need. It's no use her husband trying to persuade her. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would come to her and said: "Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free."

One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went to ward the cashdesk. As she did so, saw the manager approach her. "Madam," he said, holding out his hand, "I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free."

The housewives who went to the supermarket were ______.

A．poor

B．hopeful

C．fortunate

D．hopeless

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Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pound for her birthday--ten pretty pound notes. So the day aft

er her birthday, Mrs Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she noticed that the old lady's handbag was open. Inside it she saw a wad of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag--the notes were gone! Mrs Smith was sure that the old lady who was sitting next to her had stolen them. She thought she would have to call the police; but, as she disliked making a fuss and getting people into trouble, she decide to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say nothing more about it. She looked round the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's bag, took the notes and put them in her own bag.

When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.

"With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course." she said proudly.

"Oh？ What's that, then？" he asked, as he pointed to a wad of ten pound notes on the table.

Mrs. Smith went shopping ______.

A．after a while

B．on her birthday

C．the day after her birthday

D．ten days later

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第9题

Allthehousewiveswhowenttothenewsupermarkethadonegreatambition:tobetheluckycustomerwhodidno

All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not

have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember,

once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”

For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends,

she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband

tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket

would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.”

One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten

to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand,

“I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!”

The housewives learnt about the of free goods _______.

A. on TV

B. from the manager

C. at the supermarket

D. from the newspaper

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完成下列各题 C There was a river with a small town on either

side of it．The towns were linked by a bridge．One day，a hole appeared in the bridge．Both towns agreed that the hole should be mended．However，disagreement came up as to who should mend it．Each town thought that it had a better reason for the other to mend the hole．The town on the right bank said that it was at the end of the road，so the left—bank town should mend the hole．The town on the left bank，on the other hand，insisted that all the traffic came to the right—bank town，so it was in their interest to mend the bridge． The quarrel went on and on，and so did the hole．The more it went on，the more the hostility between the two towns grew． One day a man fell into the hole and broke his leg．People from both towns questioned him closely about whether he was walking from the right bank to the left or from the left bank to the right，in order to decide which town should be blamed for the accident．But he could not remember，since he got drunk that night． Some time later，a car was crossing the bridge and broke an axle(轴)because of the hole．Neither town paid any attention to the accident，as the traveler was not going from one to the other．but was merely passing through．The angry traveler got out of the car and asked why the hole was not mended． On hearing the reason，he declared，“I'll buy this hole．Who’s the owner？” Both towns at once declared that they owned the hole． “One or the other，whoever owns the hole must prove it．” “How shall we prove it？”asked both sides． “That’s simple．Only the owner of the hole has the right to mend it．I'll buy the hole from whoever mends the bridge” People from both tow ns rushed to do the job while the traveler smoked a cigar and his driver changed the axle．They mended the bridge in no time and asked for the money for the hole． “What hole？”The traveler looked surprised．“I can’t see any hole．I've been looking for a hole for several years now．I'm prepared to pay a good price for it，but there’s no hole here．Are you pulling my leg or what？” He got into his car and drove off． What did the two towns quarrel about？________．

A.Whether the hole should be mended

B.Which of them should mend the hole

C.Why there was a hole in the bridge

D.When they should mend the hole

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