The birthrate in Europe has been in a steady decrease since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis
is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century.
Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, 1 cash encouragement, some women just don"t want to be
2 holding the baby. "What we know is that it"s good for the 3 if men and women share the burden of
having children," says Soren Kindlund, family policy adviser at the Swedish ministry. 4 Swedish parents
can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it; 60% of fathers do not take even a(n) 5
day off work.
Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers 6
go give young women the permanent jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave (产假). In January.
Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months" paid leave, with a warning: use it or 7 it.
Kindlund admits that men are under 8 to stay at work, even though parental pay comes out of the public
purse. "It"s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace," he says. "But it"s good
for the father and for the child if they can 9 a relationship."
In Norway, a(n) 10 policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and
the birthrate of 1.85 children per woman is one of the highest in Europe. |
( )1. A. is spite of
( )2. A. sent
( )3. A. birthrate
( )4. A. Just as
( )5. A. one
( )6. A. willing
( )7. A. reserve
( )8. A. discussion
( )9. A. make out
( )10. A. impersonal | B. at the cost of
B. left
B. income
B. Only if
B. mere
B. reluctant
B. misuse
B. attack
B. add up
B. similar | C. in addition to
C. caught
C. health
C. Even though
C. only
C. likely
C. ignore
C. control
C. build up
C. severe | D. due to
D. seen
D. spirit
D. Now that
D. single
D. unable
D. lose
D. pressure
D. set aside
D. global |
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| 完形填空。 | He has been called the "missing link." Half-man,half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in
the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman.The 1 of the Snowman has been around for 2 . Climbers
in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest.The native
people said they 3 this creature and called it the "Yeti," and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two
occasions 5 none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks
in the snow of Everest.Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that
the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were
10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12
as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable
Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 , no evidence has ever 16
been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman 17 . But if they ever
18 catching one, they may face a real 19 :Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel? | ( )1. A. event
( )2. A. centuries
( )3. A. heard from
( )4. A. even
( )5. A. as
( )6. A. developed
( )7. A. entirely
( )8. A. found
( )9. A. exist
( )10. A. clearer
( )11. A. huge
( )12. A. strange
( )13. A. In the end
( )14. A. imagined
( )15. A. so
( )16. A. rightly
( )17. A. lightly
( )18. A. succeed in
( )19. A. decision
( )20. A. zoo | B. story
B. too long
B. cared for
B. hardly
B. though
B. changed
B. naturally
B. declared
B. escape
B. more
B. recent
B. large
B. Therefore
B. real
B. besides
B. actually
B. jokingly
B. insist on
B. situation
B. mountain | C. adventure
C. some time
C. knew of
C. certainly
C. when
C. occurred
C. clearly
C. felt
C. disappear
C. possible
C. ordinary
C. deep
C. After all
C. special
C. again
C. normally
C. seriously
C. depend on
C. subject
C. museum | D. description
D. many years
D. read about
D. probably
D. until
D. continued
D. simply
D. doubted
D. return
D. rare
D. frightening
D. rough
D. However
D. familiar
D. instead
D. particularly
D. properly
D. join in
D. problem
D. laboratory | | 阅读理解。 | Shanghai: Car rentals (出租) are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the
roads.Business people,foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.
The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with
more than 11,500 cars in their books.
The largest player-Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices deluxe
sedans,minivans, station wagons, coaches.Santana sedans are the big favorite.
Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of their cars every month.This figure shoots up during
holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year"s Day, with some recording 100 percent rental.
The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees (白领雇员), who can
afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Angel Car Rental Co. | | 1. The words "deluxe sedans", "minivans" and "station wagons" used in the text refer to _____. | A. cars in the making
B. car rental firms
C. cars for rent
D. car makers | | 2. Which of the following statements is true according to the text? | A. 70% of the cars can be rented out on holiday
B. 70% of the customers are white-collar employees
C. More firms are open for service during holiday seasons
D. Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons | | 3. Shanghai"s car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to _____. | A. better cars supplied by producers
B. fast service offered by car rental firms
C. the increasing number of white-collar employees
D. people"s growing interest in travelling during holidays | | Cloze. | Farmers, as we all know, have been having a hard time of it lately, and have turned to new ways of earning
income from their land. This involves not only planting new kinds of crops, but some 1 ways of making
money, the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you heard me 6 ! A farmer now holds
sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100, 000 people have 3 to watch the race. "I
was passing the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday," one punter (赛马经纪人) told me, "and I thought
I"d have a look. I didn"t believe it was serious, to tell you the truth." According to a regular visitor, betting on
sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. "At proper horse races everyone has already studied the form
of the horse 4 , and there are clear favourites. 5 nobody has heard anything about these 6 ! Most people
find it difficult to tell one from another in any case." I stayed to watch the races, and I must admit that I found
it quite 7 . In a usual sheep race, half a dozen sheep race down hill over a course of about half a mile. Food
is waiting for them at the other end of the 8 just to give them some encouragement, I ought to add! The
sheep run surprisingly fast, 9 they have probably not eaten for a while. Anyway, the crowd around me were
obviously enjoying their day out at the races, 10 by their happy faces and the sense of excitement. | ( )1.A. common
( )2.A. honestly
( )3.A. showed off
( )4.A. behind time
( )5.A. But
( )6.A. horses
( )7.A. exciting
( )8.A. race
( )9.A. if
( )10.A. observing | B. strange
B. surprisingly
B. brought up
B. in progress
B. Therefore
B. sheep
B. dangerous
B. hill
B. so
B. judging | C. swift
C. completely
C. turned up
C. in advance
C. Moreover
C. races
C. boring
C. track
C. yet
C. considering | D. illegal
D. correctly
D. looked forward
D. in time
D. Otherwise
D. stories
D. peculiar
D. field
D. although
D. inferring | | 阅读理解。 | Holidaymakers who are bored with baking beaches and overheated hotel rooms head for a big igloo.
Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel,the world"s first igloo hotel.Built in
a small town in Lapland,it has been attracting lots of visitors,but soon the fun will be over.
In two weeks" time Bergqvist"s ice creation (作品) will be nothing more than a pool of water." We
don"t see it as a big problem," he says. "We just look forward to replacing it."
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition.It was so successful that he designed the
present one,which measures roughly 200 square meters.Six workmen spent more than eight weeks piling
1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base:when the snow froze,the base was removed. "The only wooden
thing we have left in the igloo is the front door," he says.
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success.With no windows,
nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃, it may seem more like a survival test than a relaxing
(轻松的) hotel break. "It"s great fun,"Bergqvist explains,"as well as a good start in survival training."
The popularity of the igloo is beyond doubt:it is now attracting tourists from all over the world.At least
800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms."You can get a lot of
people in," explains Bergqvist. "The beds are three meters wide by two meters long,and can fit at least four
at one time." | |
| 1. Bergqvist designed and built the world"s first igloo hotel because _____. | A. he believed people would enjoy trying something new
B. he wanted to make a name for the small town
C. an art exhibition was about to open
D. more hotel rooms were needed | | 2. When the writer says "the fun will be over," he refers to the fact that _____. | A. hotel guests will be frightened at the thought of the hard test
B. Bergqvist"s hotel will soon become a pool of water
C. holidaymakers will soon get tired of the big igloo
D. a bigger igloo will replace the present one | | 3. According to the text, the first thing to do in building an igloo is _____. | A. to gather a pool of water
B. to prepare a wooden base
C. to cover the ground with ice
D. to pile a large amount of snow | | 4. When guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that _____. | A. they have visited Lapland
B. they have had an ice-snow holiday
C. they have had great fun sleeping on ice
D. they have had a taste of adventure | | 5. Which of the four pictures below is the closest to the igloo hotel as described in the text? |  | | Reading comprehension. | When we walk through the city, we all experience a kind of information overload but we pay attention only
to those that are important to us. We don"t stop, we keep our faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead, and
in doing so, we are not just protecting ourselves but are avoiding overloading other people as well.
We make use of stereotypes (刻板的模式) as convenient ways to make quick judgments about situations
and people around us. They may not always be accurate,and they can often be dangerously wrong, but they
are used regularly.
The problem with the stereotypes is that they restrict experience. By using limited close to provide us with
a rapid opinion of other people or places we may choose to limit our communication. We may decide not to go
to certain places because we believe they will not offer something we enjoy.
In the city, styles of dress are particularly important with regard to self-presentation. Different groups often
use clearly identifiable styles of clothes so that they can be easily recognized. It is becoming increasingly
common for brand names to be placed on the outside of clothes, and this labeling makes it easy to send out
information about fashion and price instantly, and lets others tell at a distance whether an individual has similar
tastes and is a suitable person to associate with.
In England, where social grouping or class continues to make social distinctions (区分), clothes, hairstyles,
people"s pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues to our social group. Class distinctions tend to
be relatively fixed, although in the city where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary
determining factors of friendship and association. | | 1. People walking in cities ignore the surroundings because _____. | A. they do not wish to talk to other people
B. everyone else is expressionless
C. the environment is already familiar to them
D. there is too much information to take in | | 2. According to the passage,the main disadvantage of using stereotypes is that they _____. | A. are likely to lead us into dangerous situations
B. may make us miss some pleasant experience
C. can rarely be relied on
D. make us mentally lazy | | 3. From the passage we may conclude that _____. | A. stereotypes can help to understand people fully
B. people are becoming more interested in fashion
C. dressing can send messages about individuals
D. stereotypes can do more harm than good to people | | 4. It would appear that in England, a person"s class _____. | A. might be less important in making friends in a city
B. is mainly determined by his pronunciation
C. plays less of a role than it did in the past
D. is something that can be changed easily |
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