东西海朝二模CD篇阅读学生版.docx

1、东西海朝二模CD篇阅读学生版2013年海淀二模CThe early lack of exposure to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can be harmful to achieving gender (性别) balance in these fields. It begins when we are young and continues throughout our time in high school. While at home, girls generally dont get to expe

2、rience the level of exposure or encouragement in STEM fields that their male counterparts do. It is often subtle, but its the first hurdle that faces and confuses so many women. Boys, on the other hand, get on their path, and are encouraged to do so, generally earlier than girls. For example, boys a

3、re more often given science sets as toys, which spark an interest in these subjects. In school, boys are often pushed to take the more challenging math and science classes. So if we want to attract the best and brightest minds into the fields that will advance us as a people, a country, and a planet

4、, we can no longer look to only half of the population. Young girls cannot possibly consider opportunities they do not know exist. If girls are not exposed to certain subject and career paths, they are highly unlikely to choose to follow them in college.Our bias (偏见) toward girls, either from famili

5、es or from schools, is so rooted in our culture that we often dont even recognize it. Although the situation has changed greatly in the past 20 or 30 years, there is still a sense that girls arent as good at math, for instance, even though there is almost no evidence to support such a belief.It is i

6、mportant that as a society we deal with gender stereotypes long before young people are faced with a decision to declare or choose a major in college. Without making efforts to break them, we are limiting the potential of our youth, both male and female. Providing the necessary resources, exposure,

7、and encouragement would help young women understand that their gender shouldnt determine the career path they choose, and that pursuing a STEM career does not make them less feminine.63. According to the passage, not many girls grow to enter STEM fields because _.A. girls are not as good at STEM as

8、boysB. girls do not like to take science classesC. girls get fewer chances to know about STEMD. girls seldom survive the high pressure positions64. The underlined word “it” in Para. 4 refers to _.A. our biasB. our cultureC. the situationD. a sense65. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A. show w

9、omens potentials in STEM fieldsB. praise womens contributions to STEM fieldsC. describe the present gender bias in STEM fieldsD. call for more involvement of women in STEM fields66. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point SP: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion

10、(一) 【词汇扫描】exposure be harmful to counterpart subtle hurdle spark stereotype feminine (二) 【长难句分析】1. While at home, girls generally dont get to experience the level of exposure or encouragement in STEM fields that their male counterparts do.解析： 翻译： 2. So if we want to attract the best and brightest mi

11、nds into the fields that will advance us as a people, a country, and a planet, we can no longer look to only half of the population.解析： 翻译： 3. Although the situation has changed greatly in the past 20 or 30 years, there is still a sense that girls arent as good at math, for instance, even though the

12、re is almost no evidence to support such a belief.解析： 翻译： 4. Providing the necessary resources, exposure, and encouragement would help young women understand that their gender shouldnt determine the career path they choose, and that pursuing a STEM career does not make them less feminine.解析： 翻译： (三)

13、 【重点段落大意归纳】Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: (四) 【选项分析】63.【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】64. 【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】65. 【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】66. 【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】DOnline shoppers would rather receive an offer for a product or service than make their own offer, acco

14、rding to a study led by a Michigan State University scholar that has implications for the fast-growing e-commerce industry. The findings may come as a surprise given that shopping online is an anonymous (匿名的) process that seemingly can give consumers more confidence to drive a hard bargain, said Don

15、 Conlon, Professor of Management in MSUs Broad College of Business.But the study found that participants who made their own offers were less successful in sealing the deal and, when they were successful, worried they overpaid. Many shoppers found the process of researching an offer to be a hassle. “

16、Americans are very busy, and its less time-consuming to be the one receiving the offer rather than the one proposing the offer,” Conlon said. “People tend to be happier when theyre in the receiver role.”Online spending in the United States is expected to jump 45 percent in the next four years, from

17、$226 billion this year to $327 billion in 2017, according to Forrester Research Inc. Nevertheless, researches into this prosperous market remain largely focused on the strategies of companies, rather than those of shoppers. Conlons study is, obviously, a rare exception.Conlon got the idea for the st

18、udy after considering the difference between two popular sites for hotels and airline flights: , which takes bids, and , which provides offers. Using these two models, Conlon and his fellow researchers conducted a series of experiments with more than 850 people who were charged with booking a fictio

19、nal hotel room and acquiring a fictional antique car. Not only did participants prefer to receive bids, Conlon said, but they also made more deals in that receiver role. Further, when they had to make the bids, they were left more mentally taxed and regretful.From an industry perspective, putting cu

20、stomers in the receiver role may help fill more hotel rooms and airplane seats. “If youre a business with a lot of product,” Conlon said, “you may want to be the one making the offers.” However, when selling single items, such as an antique car, accepting bids may be a better option since that typic

21、ally drives up the price, he said.67. What can we learn from Para. 1?A. The result of the study gives customers more confidence.B. Scholars arent surprised at the findings of the study.C. Online shoppers dont bargain as much as expected.D. E-commerce industry drives more hard bargains.68. It can be

22、concluded from Conlons experiment that _.A. online shopping is time-consumingB. given prices help promote online salesC. online businesses provide a lot of productsD. receiving offers makes online shoppers regretful69. The underlined word “taxed” in Para. 4 probably means _.A. burdenedB. numbedC. re

23、lievedD. challenged70. The passage is mainly about _.A. the big advantages of online shoppingB. the rapid development of online shoppingC. online shoppers preference for taking offersD. online companies strategies to improve service(一) 【词汇扫描】would rather implication fast-growing e-commerce bargain h

24、ard bargain participant seal overpaid hassle time-consuming prosperous rare bid antique drive up (二) 【长难句分析】1. Online shoppers would rather receive an offer for a product or service than make their own offer, according to a study led by a Michigan State University scholar that has implications for t

25、he fast-growing e-commerce industry.解析： 翻译： 2. The findings may come as a surprise given that shopping online is an anonymous (匿名的) process that seemingly can give consumers more confidence to drive a hard bargain, said Don Conlon, Professor of Management in MSUs Broad College of Business.解析： 翻译： 3.

26、 But the study found that participants who made their own offers were less successful in sealing the deal and, when they were successful, worried they overpaid.解析： 翻译： 4. Using these two models, Conlon and his fellow researchers conducted a series of experiments with more than 850 people who were ch

27、arged with booking a fictional hotel room and acquiring a fictional antique car.解析： 翻译： (三) 【重点段落大意归纳】Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: (四) 【选项分析】67. 【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】.68.【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】69.【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】70.【标准答案】【试题分析】【高考考点】【错误选项】2013年西城二模CMan

28、y factories and businesses around the globe have been struggling to deal with the severe economic realities of the recession (衰退), so they are having their employees take compulsory unpaid leave to save money. For some workers, their salaries have been cut by 20 percent, forced to stay home one out

29、of every five working days. For some businesses, though, the economic downturn is actually a goldmine.Instead of going out to fancy restaurants to dine with the whole family, many choose to stay at home. “People are eating out less and staying home more, which is driving our sales,” reports Dominos

30、Pizza chief manager Chris Moore. Pizza is very popular, and it is also very affordable for a family that has little extra money to spare. Dominos business in England rose 15 percent in the first six weeks this year compared with the previous year. More believes that the customers now will remain loy

31、al when the financial situation rights itself. “By exceeding (超越) their expectations in terms of product quality and speed of delivery these customers will stay with Dominos when the economy becomes better.” said Moore.Delivered pizza is not the only winner in the stay-at-home economy. Almost all online games have been reporting record-high income since the middle of 2008. Online games are designed to enable players to let off steam by interacting with each other socially in the comfort of their own homes. A Shanghai-based online game producer