PART FOUR WRITING
SECTION A ( 10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
After the women’s movement in the world, women’s position in society as well as at home is improving. But how many men on earth have helped their wives do their housework at home, do you know? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people's ideas and reactions to the women's movement.They have carried out an overall survey of that. As part of their survey , they asked many men and women all over the Europe the same question,“Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!
The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things at home. 37% of Danish men helped their wives do such things in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all.
But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped them at home. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission, however, found that Danish men were the most truthful husbands, fpr their answers were the same as their wives' answers.
Do the men you know around you help their wives in the house? Do you think the survey made by the European Commission gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.
European Commission’s survey
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purpose |
To find out people’s 71.______________ to the women’s movement |
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72.___________ |
Answers to the question and 73.____________ between the men and the women |
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74._____________ |
The rate of men 75.__________ |
Women’s view |
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76._____________ |
48% |
only 38% |
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Denmark |
37% |
77._________ |
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Italy |
78.________ |
Almost none |
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79.___________ |
The Italian and British men told a lie; 80.______________ were the most honest |
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION ( 30 points)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
56. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica. B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Ricans wore. D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.
57. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.
A. pink and red B. grey and black
C. blue and green D. yellow and orange
58. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.
A. must go to school B. study in the same school
C. do not have to go to school at all D. can choose to stop schooling at any time
59. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.
A. have lessons every day B. have their examinations
C. help their parents pick coffee beans D. help their parents decorate their houses
60. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. Christopher Columbus B. Costa Rica
C. some products from Costa Rica D. the education of Costa Rica
SECTION C ( 12 points )
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Mr. Smith used to be in prison for three years, which may have you think he is not a good man. But 48 _ a matter of fact, he is kind-hearted as well as honest. The reason 49 he was put into prison was not that he himself broke the law, 50 that his six-year-old son blew up（使…爆炸）the bridge near his home, imitating what he had seen on TV. 51 this little boy did break the law, he was too young to be put in prison. According to the local law, the boy’s parents had to be punished. As a result, Mr. Smith received the punishment. He was arrested and taken to 52 police station finally. Most of the people in the town showed pity on him, but it was useless. After all, law is law. Everybody is to obey 53. As the proverb of “When it rains, it pours”, Mrs. Smith was out of work before long. She had to move to a southern state, 54 she was born and grew up. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 55 the Smiths have experienced does teach us a good lesson.
. --- Sarah said she wrote you a letter.
--- I wonder ______ she is writing to me about.
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A．that |
B．why |
C．what |
D．when |
---I’m sorry I broke your teapot, but I didn’t mean _______.
--- Forget it.
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A．to do |
B．doing |
C．to |
D．doing so |
. ---Do you often attend meetings ?
--- Yes, I ________ organizational meetings at the end of every month..
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A．attend |
B．will attend |
C．am attending |
D．have attended |
