6、       Are Boys Superior to Girls in Mathematics?

       Scientists have tried to come up with biological explanations for the academic（理论的）difference between boys and girls．

       However, none were believable enough to explain the general picture．As one scientist points out, “There are slight genetic differences between the sexes at birth which may affect the subjects boys and girls choose．” But the difficulty is that by the time children reach school age, there are so many other effects that it is almost impossible to tell whether girls are worse at science and math, or whether they’ve been brought up to think of these subjects as boys’ “territory”．

       Statistics（统计数据） show that in mathematic, at least, girls are equal to boys．A recent report suggests girls only stop studying mathematics because of social attitudes．One of the reports’ authors says, “While it is still acceptable for women to say that they are ‘hopeless’ at math, our research shows that, although girls get marks which are as good as the boys, they have not been encouraged to do so”．

       The explanation for the difference, which is very clear during the teenage years, goes as far back as early childhood experiences．From their first days in nursery school, girls are not encouraged to work on their own or to complete tasks, although boys are．For example, boys and not girls are often asked to “help” with repair work．This encouragement leads to a way of learning how to solve problems later in the life．Evidence shows that exceptional mathematics and scientists did not have teachers who supplied answers; they had to find out by themselves．

       A further report on math teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than girls．

       Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their male students to do better at mathematics and science subjects than their female students．All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects, gives them confidence and makes them believe that they can succeed．

       Interestingly, both boys and girls tend to regard such “male” subjects like mathematics and science as difficult．Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons．

       Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects, and therefore, as girls become teenagers, they are less likely to take them up．Girls do not seem to want to be in open competition with boys．Neither do they want to do better than boys, because they are afraid to appear less female, and so, less attractive．

1．According to scientific studies, __________．

       A．math is not fit for girls to learn

       B．boys have a special sense of math

       C．girls are poor at math because they are the weaker sex

       D．girls can learn math as well as boys, if given enough encouragement

2．Those who made extraordinary contribution in mathematics and science ___________．

       A．usually had good teachers to help them

       B．had the ability to solve problem by themselves

       C．usually worked harder than others

       D．were encouraged to repair things when young

3．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

       A．It seems socially acceptable for a girl not to be able to read and write

       B．It is a social problem rather than a problem of brains that girls are poor at math

       C．Mathematics and science are not easy subjects for either girls or boys

       D．There is no connection between a girl’s ability in math and her appearance

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4、       Before I came to China, I had heard that, although North Americans eat more than Chinese, Chinese eat better．Since I have come to China, I have been able to experience these differences first-hand．A whole new world of food has been opened up to me．

       Along with these new experiences came the quite unexpected introduction to the rituals（惯例） associated with eating．For example, shortly after arriving, I was gently criticized for filling somebody’s teacup all the way up instead of half way．This was a signal to the person that I desired that he leave．

       There may be mixed messages about what it means when you do something associated with food．But the fact is that there may be a message contained in the preparation, serving and consumption（吃喝） of food in China．This was an idea that was totally new to me!

       More than one Chinese has made the comment to me that they were unhappy with the results of inviting a foreigner to a meal．They told me that the foreigner was not appreciative of the meal that was served to him or her and was hard to please．

       Having played the part of the foreigner at more than one Chinese buffet, I can understand where the misunderstandings come from．I myself have felt very uncomfortable during some of the dinners I have been invited to．

       One time I was invited to a dinner in a famous restaurant in Tianjin．Its menu was based on seafood．I was still relatively new to the concept （概念） that your fish would be brought live to your table．In Canada you are never introduced to your meal before hand．Something we don’t like is considering what our food looks before the actual consumption．

       However, having been in China for one year, I went along and helped point out some of the selections for the evening’s meal．I hesitated at the scorpions（蝎子）, but swallowed my distaste and indeed found later that they were tasty．

       The meal was winding its way（蜿蜒向前） along without any problems．Then they brought out the lobster（龙虾）．I looked at it and then looked at it again and noticed that it was still moving! It had been brought out live to show that our raw lobster was indeed very fresh．

       At that point, I nearly lost it．It took all my composure（镇定） for me to stay seated at the table and hurl（冲进） myself in the bathroom and bring up the contents of the previous dishes．

       Now the interesting thing is that when I tell that story to a foreigner, the reaction is always the same: Horror, sympathy, shock．When I tell the same story to Chinese, they don’t understand my point of view．In fact, I often think that they believe that there is something truly wrong with me and not with the fact a lobster had been served live at the table．

1．According to the author of the passage, it is the Chinese custom ___________．

       A．to fill somebody’s teacup all the way up

       B．not to fill somebody’s teacup full

       C．not to fill somebody’s teacup half way

       D．not to desire the guest to leave

2．The author felt very uncomfortable during some of the dinners because _________．

       A．she disliked scorpions and lobster

       B．the service in the restaurants were not good enough

       C．she disliked that the things were brought live to the table

       D．she thought the food was not fresh enough

3．It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that___________．

       A．the author can get support from foreigners

       B．Chinese don’t understand the author’s point of view

       C．something is truly wrong with the author

       D．different countries may have different rituals of consumption

4．The word “buffet” in the fifth paragraph means __________．

       A．meal             B．party            C．food             D．service

3、       Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors（流星） but also because of rays from the sun and other stars．The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth．Light gets through, and this is essential（不可缺少的） for plants to make the food which we eat．Heat, too, makes our environment endurable（能持久的）, Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous（巨大的） quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off（用屏幕隔开）．As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuit or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage．

       Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space．The unit of radiation is called “rem”．Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more than 0．1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on．The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage – a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed（畸形的） children or even grandchildren．Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated（积累） a large amount of rems．So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short．We simply don’t know yet how men are going to get on when they spent weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory．Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far．

1．According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that ______．

       A．it protects him against the harmful rays from space．

       B．it provides sufficient（充分的） light for plant growth．

       C．it supplies the heat necessary for human survival．

       D．it screens off the falling meteors．

2．We know from the passage that___________．

       A．exposure（揭露） to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal（致命的） ．

       B．the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming．

       C．radiation is avoidable in space exploration．

       D．astronauts in spacesuit needn’t worry about radiation damage．

3．The harm radiation had done to the Apollo crewmembers ___________．

       A．is insignificant（不重要的）               B．seems overestimated

       C．is enormous                                    D．remains unknown

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ___________．

       A．the Apollo mission was very successful．

       B．protection from space radiation is no easy job．

       C．astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren．

       D．radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers．

5．The best title for this passage would be __________．

       A．The atmosphere and Our Environment

       B．Research on Radiation

       C．Effects of Space Radiation

       D．Importance of Protection Against Radiation

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画上一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正；

       此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

       此行少一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线写出该加的词。

       此行错一个词: 在错的词下面画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

       注意：原行没有错的不要改。

       It was Christmas time and Helen had done her Christmas

shopping．Now, with her bag fulled, she was waiting for           1．_____________

the bus go home．It was raining and she was wet and tired．                                2．_____________

When the bus finally arrived at, it was very crowded,                3．_____________

because everyone else had done shopping too．The                 4．_____________

boy in the front of Helen got on, but then the conductor              5．_____________

said, “Sorry, no more room．” Instead waiting for the                                       6．_____________

next bus, that might be full too, Helen started walking．              7．_____________

Then she thought she will take a taxi．                            8．_____________

But she stopped one．On half way home, however,                   9．_____________

the taxi could move．As she was watching the driver repairing       10．_____________

the taxi, a bus passed them, empty．

1、最近，你校组织高三学生开展了一场讨论。讨论的主题是：双休日要不要上课。请根据下面提供的信息，写一篇短文，客观地介绍一下讨论的情况。

       30%   1、要上课                        2、高考六月举行，要抓紧时间复习

       30%   1、不要上课                      2、休息好，提高学习效率

       40%   1、其中一天学习，一天休息        2、学习与休息两头兼顾

       注意： 1、文章的开头已为你写好；        2、词数：100左右。

       Recently, the students of Senior Three in our school have a discussion about whether we should have classes on weekends．

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28、--How much salt did you put in the soup?

—I’m sorry to say, ______．I forgot

A．none        B．no one        C nothing            D．no

27、This design is ________ satisfactory．So you’ll have to try your best to better it．

A．nothing but       B．anything but         C．all but       D．everything but