The pupils of the remote Beau-Roc primary school in Haiti are chanting (singing the same words again and again)．One of them plays a guitar made from an empty oil tin．Their headmistress, Emile Jean-Noel, is one of the few women school headteachers in the country．
Today, over 70% of Haitian population live without proper food, water, schools, or housing． To reduce the hunger that prevents learning and to encourage parents to send their children to school, meals are provided by the World Food Programme．
"We are so cut off that we have many difficulties," comments Emile, adding that finding chalk, school books and other materials is practically impossible．Emile tries to encourage people around her to make use of available resources．Her efforts are bearing fruit．One of her successes was convincing local women to contribute to their children' s schooling and increase their income by selling embroidery（刺绣） and other handicrafts．
Recent political instability（不稳定）has meant that the country has not invested （投资） in education for ten years．Only 44% of children go to school and less than half of them finish primary school. Less than a third of these children go on to secondary school．In rural areas it is not rare to find 17 and 18 year olds in primary school- Beau-Roc has only 4 teachers for 260 pupils．Emile works constantly to improve her pupils' environment．Under her direction, a local worker is now constructing a store house for the food delivered regularly by the WFP．
Not only is Emile' s salary small, but she receives it irregularly．For her, transport is a real headache．She lives five kilometers away and has to take the tap tap, a privately-owned bus, costing more than she can afford．
"The decision to be a rural teacher in Haiti should not be taken lightly" , Emile comments． "With all the sacrifices and risks it requires, only those who are really cut out for teaching should do it．" However, Emile loves her job．"I always feel at home with the children and, because the parents understand what I'm doing, I try to give my best．"
1.Which of the following is extremely difficult for Beau-Roc primary school?
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A．Teaching the women how to make embroidery and other handicrafts． |
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B．Persuading local women to care about their children' s education． |
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C．Encouraging people around to use those available resources． |
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D．Finding chalk, school books and other materials． |
2.In the last paragraph, "those who are really cut out for teaching" refer to people who are _____．
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A．dismissed from teaching |
B．unfamiliar with teaching |
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C．qualified for teaching |
D．cautious about teaching |
3.What topic is presented in this passage?
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A．Hardship for teachers． |
B．Devotion to education． |
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C．Politics and children． |
D．Love and beauty． |
For a writer, there is hardly any greater honor than winning the Nobel Prize for literature.
And for a woman writer, claiming the prize is even harder, for only eight women once won it. Austria’s Elfriede Jelinek is the ninth and the first since 1996.
The Stockholm-based Swedish Academy announced last Thursday that Jelinek won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. She is recognized for her socially critical(批判的) novels and plays.
Jelinek, 57, made her literary debut (初次露面) in 1967. She has written plays, novels and poetry. She is best known for her autobiographical 1983 novel “The Piano Teacher”, made into a movie in 2001.
The basic theme of her work is the inability of women to live as people beyond the roles and personalities traditionally expected of them. Her characters struggle to lead lives not normally acceptable in society. “The nature of Jelinek’s texts is often hard to define. They shift between prose(散文) and poetry and songs, they contain theatrical scenes and film script,” said the academy.
The Nobel Prize was founded by Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. Nobel died in 1896 and left his fortune of about US $920 million to a fund to honor people who have helped other human beings. This year each prize is worth US $13 million.
1. The underlined word “them” in the last second paragraph refers to _______.
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A．roles |
B．people |
C．texts |
D．women |
2.Elfrede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize just because _______.
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A．she was an Austrian woman writer |
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B．she wrote socially critical novels and plays |
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C．her novel “The Piano Teacher” was made into a movie |
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D．the nature of her texts is hard to define. |
3. Which of the following about the Nobel Prize is TRUE?
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A．It is harder for a woman writer to win than a man writer. |
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B．The total prize every year was $920 million. |
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C．Women writers were not awarded until 1996. |
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D．Only eight women writers won the prize since 1996. |
4.This passage is most likely taken from _______.
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A．a travel magazine |
B．a history book |
C．a newspaper |
D．an advertisement |
—“Do you mind if I look at your notes?”
—“Of course not. _______.”
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A．No problem |
B．Be my guest |
C．With pleasure |
D．Not at all |
Afghans used to hold big weddings, costing thousands of dollars, in a county _____ the average annual income is less than $400.
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A．which |
B．whose |
C．where |
D．what |
— _______made Daisy wild with joy?
—Her success in the A-level exam this year.
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A．How was it that |
B．When was it that |
C．Why was it that |
D．What was it that |
Our company is seeking for a manager, especially _______with creativity and imagination.
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A．the one |
B．each |
C．one |
D．that |
