China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls, and the boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now things have changed a lot.
In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.
There are several reasons for this.
Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not do well in their study.
Secondly, girls are more careful and more sensible than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams.
Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.
1.China Youth says that more and more ______
A．boys are cleverer than girls
B．boys can’t go to school
C．girls have entered colleges
D．girls begin to study at school
2.42.14% refers to the number of _________
A．girls at schools at schools in 1998
B．girls in colleges in 2001
C．boys at schools in 2001
D．boys in colleges in 1998
3.The writer gave us _________ reasons to explain the question.
A．two B．three C．four D．five
4.The underlined word “proportion” means _________ in Chinese.
A．身高 B．比例 C．特征 D．速度
5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A．Boys may not do as well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying.
B．Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things.
C．Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’.
D．Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys.
When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And marriage is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
1.The writer lived in when she was a teenager.
A. Russia B. Japan C. China
2.At first she thought life in the factory would be than in school.
A. more careful B. more colorful C. more beautiful
3.When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement .
A. by doing nothing B. in a special way C. by saying nothing
4.After they visited the factory, the girl .
A. decided to work there B. decided to get married C. changed her mind
5.The underlined work “horrible” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 糟糕的 B. 紧张的 C. 浪漫的
Zhang Li lies in bed sadly. The 24-year-old young man lost his right leg because of a blood disease. The doctor said that his 10 years of smoking had caused the disease. “I began to smoke when I was in Junior 3. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was really wrong.” said Zhang.
It is a mistake many teenagers make. It is said that about 40 million of the country’s young people between 13 and 18 have tried smoking. Nearly 68 percent of teenager smokers smoked their first one before the age of 13. Those who live in big cities started even earlier. Many teenagers see people smoking in the movies. But in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing. In fact, smoking is one of the top killers in China. Each year one million people die from smoking-related(与吸烟有关的)diseases. Smoking causes illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease.
Doctors say that the younger a person starts smoking, the worse it will be. If a person starts smoking as a teenager, he or she may live twenty-two years less than non-smokers.
1.What kind of disease did smoking cause for Zhang Li?
A. Lung cancer. B. Blood disease. C. Heart disease.
2.From the passage, we know Zhang Li started to smoke when he was years old.
A. 13 B. 14 C. 18
3.The city’s young people .
A. knew that smoking was a bad thing
B. tried smoking when they were in Junior 3
C. started smoking earlier than those in the country
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Zhang Li had a disease and lost his left leg.
B. Smoking may cause many kinds of diseases.
C. Smoking may make you have a shorter life.
5.What does the underlined word “non-smokers ” mean in English?
A. People who like smoking.
B. People who smoke.
C. People who don’t smoke.
Hi, dear friends! Welcome 1 our zoo. It is really a good place to have fun. We have a big family in the zoo. All the animals in the zoo are brothers and sisters. Follow(跟随) me to see 2 . First, let’s 3 the pandas over there. They come from China. They are black and white. They like eating bamboos(竹子). They are beautiful and very shy, so please 4 quiet. Now come this way, please. We will go and see the lions. These two lions are from Africa. They are very 5 and they usually sleep and relax 20 hours every day. 6 is their favorite food. So don't be near to them. Don't you want 7 and see Bill ? He is a koala. He is 8 for you. Look! Isn’t he cute? He is from Australia. He sleeps during the day, 9 at night he gets up and begins to eat food. That’s not all. I would like to take you to see some 10 animals of our family.
1. A．on B．at C．to D．for
2. A．them B．they C．their D．theirs
3. A．see B．to see C．to look D．look
4. A．is B．are C．am D．be
5. A．nice B．lazy C．beautiful D．busy
6. A．fruit B．meat C．vegetable D．ice cream
7. A．goes B．going C．to go D．go
8. A．wait B．waiting C．waits D．to wait
9. A．but B．or C．because D．if
10. A．the other B．others C．another D．other
Everyone says that he is difficult to _______，but I don't think so.
A．get along B．make friends C．deal with D．talk about
-Did Mrs Brown leave a message?
-Yes. She wanted to know____this Sunday.
A．that you will go shopping
B．when will you go shopping with her
C．if you would go shopping with her
D．who you would go shopping
