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II、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）

A

 Howdoyoupayforthings?

Doyouusuallyusecash,ordoyouliketopaybycreditcard?

Ifyouarelikealotofpeople,youprobablyhaveatleastonecreditcard.Also,youmightuseitmoreoftenthanyouprobablyshould.

    Creditcardsfirstbecamepopularinthe1920s,Atthattime,businesses,suchashotelsandcompanies,gavecreditcardstotheirbestcustomers.Unliketoday'screditcards,customerscouldonlyusethesecardsatthestoreorbusinessthatgaveoutthecard.Customershadtopayforthingsinfull.Theycouldn'tpayforsomethingalittleatatime.

    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"______".

A. showed       

B. took        

C. borrowed      

D. provided

23. Thispassageismainlyabout______.

A. partofthedevelopmentofcreditcards

B. howtousecash

C. thenumberofpeoplewhousecreditcardsintheworld

D. howcreditcardshelpbusinessmen

24. ThecreditcardsthatDinersClubprovidecanuse_______

A. inmanyrestaurants                      

B. onlyinstores

C. onlyinthebusinessthatgaveoutthecard     

D. 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?

A. Shewasaticketseller.              

B. Shewasaschoolteacher.

C. Shewasbabysitter.                  

D. Shewasasocialworker.

26. Howdidtheboygettoknowtheauthor’sdaughter?

A. TheygotintouchthroughtheInternet.

B. Theybecamefriendswhentalkingfacetoface.

C. Theywenttothesameschoolandmeteachother,

D. Theymetwhenbuyingticketstoabaseballgame.

27. Whatcanwelearnabouttheboy?

A. Healwaysbulliessmallerchildren.      

B. Heisafraidofmeetingstrangers.

C. Hereceiveseducationathome.        

D. HeisaddictedtotheInternet.

28. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthetext?

A. Goodisrewardedwithgood.          

B. Twoheadsarebetterthanone.

C. Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.      

D. 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__________.

A. styleandwords                     

B. Lengthandwords

C. Wordsandpictures                  

D. Lengthandpictures

30. Whatcanweknowfromthetwoexamples?

A. Itiswrongtothinkanurseshouldbefemale.

B. Restaurantsprefermaletofemaleworkersnowadays.

C. Advertisementsformedicalclinicsshouldn’thavephotographs.

D. Jobtitleisoneofthemostimportantfactorsinanadvertisement.

31. Ifyouwanttoplaceanadvertisementforadesigner,youshouldpublishitin_______.

A. SouthernWeekend                      

B. TitanSports

C. EntertainmentWeekly                 

D. 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