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In1950,abusinessmannamedMcNamarastartedacreditcardcompany-DinersClub.Unlikeearliercreditcards,thiscardcouldbeusedbycustomersatmanyrestaurants.Customerslikedthecardbecausetheydidn'

thavetocarryalotofcashwiththem.Restaurantownerslikedthecard,too.Why?

Theyfoundoutthatcustomersusuallyspentmoremoneywhentheycouldpaybycreditcard.

Initsfirstyearofbusiness,DinersClubissued200cards,ThecustomerswhogotthecardsfromtheDinersClubcouldusethemat27differentrestaurants.Today,DinersClubhasabout8millioncustomers,andtheycanusetheircardsinover7.6millionbusinessesinmorethan200countries.

21. 

Whatcanweknowabouttheearliercreditcardsfromthepassage?

A. 

Theycouldbeusedeverywhere.

B. 

Customershadtopayforthingsinfull.

C. 

Theywereverypopularbeforethe1920s.

D. 

Everyonecouldgetthiskindofcreditcard.

22. 

Theunderlinedword"

issued"

hereprobablymeans"

______"

.

showed 

took 

borrowed 

provided

23. 

Thispassageismainlyabout______.

partofthedevelopmentofcreditcards

howtousecash

thenumberofpeoplewhousecreditcardsintheworld

howcreditcardshelpbusinessmen

24. 

ThecreditcardsthatDinersClubprovidecanuse_______

inmanyrestaurants 

onlyinstores

onlyinthebusinessthatgaveoutthecard 

inanywhere

B

MydaughterAlisawasbornblindinherrighteyeandwasbullied（欺辱）prettyseverely（严重地）inschool.SoIquittedmyjobasababysitterandthenschooledmydaughterheartandsoulathome.

Ayearago,aboyoffourteenbefriendedmydaughteronFacebookafterreadingsomethingAlisawroteaboutbullying.TodayhemessagedherandaskedifshewantedsixticketstoaColoradoRockiesbaseballgame.Theyhavenevermetinpersonbutshesaid,“Sure!

Thatwouldbegreat.”

ThenIreceivedacallfromhismotherexplainingwhyhersonhadchosenmydaughter.Shesaidhethoughtmydaughterdeservedthembecauseofallthegoodshedidinthecommunity.Herson,sheexplained,hadexperiencedasimilarsituationandwasalsohomeschooled.

Whatshesaidistrue.NowmydaughterAlisacontinuestoteachgroupsofgirlsintroubleinourcommunityhowtolookwithinthemselvesforthepositiveandhowtobetheirownperson.

Everythingwastakenintoconsideration,wedecidedtomeetthemotherandtheboyatalocalbikeshop.Aftermeeting,theboyapproachedmycarandmydaughtergavehimahugandthankedhimforhisgenerosity.Shetoldhimthatshehadneverbeentoabaseballgameandthatshewasgoingtotakeherentirefamily,includingmyself,herdad,littlesister,hercousinandanauntwhohasbraincancer,

Weallthankedoneanother,gotinourcar,andwentourway.Aswedrovehome,mydaughteropenedtheenvelope.Insideitweretheticketsand$100eachtobuyhotdogs,payforparkingandnothaveanyworriesbutagreattime.

MydaughterhasalwaysbeenthegiverandnowsheandourfamilyarethereceiversandIcannottellyouhowincrediblyhonoredwefeeltobeontheotherend.Whatanincredibleyoungmantohavesuchakindidea!

25. 

Whatdidtheauthoroncedo?

Shewasaticketseller. 

Shewasaschoolteacher.

Shewasbabysitter. 

Shewasasocialworker.

26. 

Howdidtheboygettoknowtheauthor’sdaughter?

TheygotintouchthroughtheInternet.

Theybecamefriendswhentalkingfacetoface.

Theywenttothesameschoolandmeteachother,

Theymetwhenbuyingticketstoabaseballgame.

27. 

Whatcanwelearnabouttheboy?

Healwaysbulliessmallerchildren. 

Heisafraidofmeetingstrangers.

Hereceiveseducationathome. 

HeisaddictedtotheInternet.

28. 

Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthetext?

Goodisrewardedwithgood. 

Twoheadsarebetterthanone.

Afriendinneedisafriendindeed. 

Wherethereiswill,thereisaway.

C

Itisunlawfulforanemployertopublishadiscriminatory（歧视的）advertisement.

Howtoidentifyadiscriminatoryadvertisement:

● 

Itmustbereadasawhole,andaccountmustbetakennotonlyofthewords,butalsoofthepicturesthatituses.

Jobtitlesthathavesexualconnotations（内涵）meananintentiontodiscriminateonthegroundsofsex.

Example1

Anoticeinarestaurantwindowstates:

”Waitersrequired.”Theword“waiters”hasamale,notafemale,connotation.Theadvertisementdoesnotcontainanequalopportunitiesstatementanddoesnotspecifythatthejobsareopentomenandwomen.

Example2

Amedicalclinicplacesanadvertisementforanursewithaphotographofafemalenurse.Nursingisanoccupationthatistraditionallyassociatedwithwomen.Theadvertisementdoesnotcontainanequalopportunitiesstatement.

Goodpracticechecklist:

Advertisewidelysothatasthatasmanysuitablyqualifiedpeopleaspossiblehaveanopportunitytoapply.

Donotpublishjobadvertisementinlocationsorpublicationswheretheyarelikelytobereadwhollyormainlybypeoplewhoshareaparticularcommunitybackground,sex,race,disability,orage.

Uselanguagewhichisclearandsimpleanddonotuseabstractwords.Forexample,whendescribingtheworkingenvironmentorthecharacteristicsofdesirableemployees,donotusewordslikeyoung,matureorenergetic.

Ifpossible,donotusejobtitleswhichhaveamaleorfemaleconnotation.Forexample,donotusethefollowingwords:

waiter/waitress 

salesman/salesgirl 

postman 

manageress 

foreman

storeman 

matron 

chairman/chairwoman 

headmaster/mistress

Instead,ifpossible,usejobtitlesthathavegender-neutralconnotation.Forexample,thefollowingwordsareappropriate:

waitingstaff 

salesassistant 

postalworker 

manager 

storesperson

supervisor 

chairperson 

nursemanager 

headteacher

29. 

Whentryingtoidentifywhatmightbeadiscriminatoryadvertisement,weshouldpayattentiontoits__________.

styleandwords 

Lengthandwords

Wordsandpictures 

Lengthandpictures

30. 

Whatcanweknowfromthetwoexamples?

Itiswrongtothinkanurseshouldbefemale.

Restaurantsprefermaletofemaleworkersnowadays.

Advertisementsformedicalclinicsshouldn’thavephotographs.

Jobtitleisoneofthemostimportantfactorsinanadvertisement.

31. 

Ifyouwanttoplaceanadvertisementforadesigner,youshouldpublishitin_______.

SouthernWeekend 

TitanSports

EntertainmentWeekly 

ShanghaiLawyer

D

Whenitcomestofriends,Idesirethosewhowillsharemyhappiness,whopossesswingsoftheirownandwhowillflywithme.Iseekfriendswhosequalitiesilluminate（照亮）meandtrainmeupforlove.ItisforthesepeoplethatIreservetheglowinghours,toogoodnottoshare.

WhenIwasintheeighthgrade,Ihadafriend.Wewereshyand“tooserious”aboutourstudieswhenitwasbecomingfashionablewithourclassmatestolearnacceptablesocialbehaviors.Wesaidlittleatschool,butshewouldcometomyhouseandwewouldsitdownwithpencilsandpaper,andoneofuswouldsay:

“Let’sstartwithatrainwhistletoday.”Wewouldsitquietlytogetherandwriteseparatepoemsorstoriesthatgrewoutofatrainwhistle.Thenwewouldreadthemaloud.Attheendofthatschoolyear,we,too,werechangingintosocialcreaturesandthestoriesandpoemsstopped.

WhenIlivedforatimeinLondon,Ihadafriend,Hewasindespair（失望）andIwasindespair.Butourfriendshipwasbasedontheideaineachofusthatwewouldbesorrylaterifwedidnotexplorethisgreatcitybecausewehadfeltbadatthetime.WemeteverySundayforfiveweeksandfoundmanyexcellentthings.Wewalkeduntilourdespairsdisappearedandthenweparted.WegaveLondontoeachother.

ForalmostfouryearsIhavehadremarkablefriendwhoseimaginationilluminatesmine.Wewritelonglettersinwhichweoftendiscoverourstrangestselves.Eachofusappears,sometimesinafunnyway,intheother’sdreams.SheandIagreethat,atcertaintimes,weseemtobepartsofthesamemind.Inmymostinterestingmoments,Ioftenthink:

“Yes,Imusttell….”Wehavenevermet.

ItissuchcomfortingcompanionsIwishtokeep.Onebrighthourwiththemisworthmoretomethanthelifetimeservicesofapsychologist（心理学家），whowillonlyfillupthehealing（愈合的）silencenecessarytothosedarkestmomentsinwhichIwouldratherbemyownbestfriend.

32. 

Intheeighthgrade,whattheauthordidbeforedevelopingpropersocialbehaviorwasto______.

A．becomeseriousaboutherstudy

B．gotoherfriend’shouseregularly

C．learnfromherclassmatesatschool

D．sharepoemsandstorieswithherfriend

33. 

InParagraph3,“WegaveLondontoeachother”probablymeans______.

A．ourexplorationofLondonwasamemorablegifttobothofus

B．wewereunwillingtotearourselves