In China, if you are not married by the time you are 30, you are in for trouble social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse.
Many young people get married simply to get other people off their backs (免受别人的指责) . This is a serious compromise. One ends up not marrying the ideal partner.
There are, however, a few young people who refuse to compromise if they can’t find a good marriage partner, they say, they would rather not marry at all.
34-year-old Kate is a university lecturer in English. She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (独身主义者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet. She has sharp comments for the way in which the old generation looks at marriage.
“Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not, she said, I think this is very wrong and I intend to live and act according to my own will.”
Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her. But the same does not apply to her friends. They are constantly trying to get her together with some young man or another. She always refuses politely.
1.The main idea of the passage is that
A. marriage is a duty to society
B. people should get married before 30 years old
C. late marriage should be respected
D. women should get married earlier than men
2.Miss Kate refuses to get together with some young man or another because __________.
A. she doesn’t think he is the right man she wants
B. he is either too old or too young
C. he is either important or little learned
D. he doesn’t have good manners
3.In the first paragraph the underlined words “in for” refer to _________.
A. interested in B. satisfied with
C. worried about D. likely to suffer
4. Which is NOT TRUE according to this passage?
A. In China, one may face social blame and family pressure if one hasn’t got married by 30.
B. Miss Kate’s parents are always worried about her marriage.
C. Miss Kate won’t compromise if she can’t have her ideal marriage.
D. Miss Kate wants to marry a worthy young man.
5.If marriage is regarded as a duty to society, __________.
A. everybody will be happy and satisfied
B. nobody will pay attention to whether you are happy or not in your family life
C. you can easily find an ideal partner
D. young people will have nothing to worry about in marriage
In most colleges and universities the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. Although it does the job quite efficiently, 1. side effects are also enormous.
To begin 2. , examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers are often judged 3. examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. No subjects can be taught successfully merely through being approached with intent to take examinations. In addition, the most undesirable effect is 4. examinations encourage bad study habits. As 5. examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather 6. to think creatively.
In fact, few 7. us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’ academic development. If that is the case, 8. cannot we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations?
In 1919, Princess Bazzar of Luxembourg’s royal family met the royal kitchen helper Leon. Many nights, Leon went into the kitchen and made ice-cream for Bazzar. They soon fell in love. But because of their different social status, both of them burried the feelings.
Soon, Bazzar was made to accept an arranged royal marriage. For days, Leon could not see Bazzar, he was with impatience. Finally, Bazzar at the table a month later. While serving desserts, Leon the letters DOVE, which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar’s ice-cream. Leon that Bazzar could understand his feelings.
A few days later, Bazzar got . One year later, Leon could not the mental suffering and left the royal kitchen. Years later, he and his own family a candy store.
Many years later, Bazzar remembered that that afternoon she ate the ice-cream made by Leon, but didn’t see the letters.
Hearing this, Leon broke down in tears, and he finally understood the past misunderstandings. If that chocolate had been , those letters would never have melted, and he would not have lost his last chance. Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.
After lots of , the chocolate Dove was finally made and each piece of chocolate was engraved with the letter “DOVE”. It’s a symbol of the love between Leon and Bazzar.
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate. Giving someone DOVE means sending the whisper of love: DO YOU LOVE ME?
1.A. calling B. burning C. working D. talking
2.A. stood up B. turned up C. stayed up D. dressed up
3.A. wrote B. sent C. mixed D. noticed
4.A. expected B. declared C. allowed D. promised
5.A. sick B. angry C. married D. bored
6.A. reduce B. stop C. repeat D. bear
7.A. left B. visited C. ran D. found
8.A. confusing B. interesting C. melting D. annoying
9.A. stable B. powerful C. frozen D. solid
10.A. stand B. spare C. take D. preserve
11.A. breaks B. research C. pressure D. problems
12.A. firmly B. immediately C. quickly D. luckily
I have already forgotten ______ you bought the computer.
A. that it was when B. that it was what
C. what it was that D. when it was that
With five professional hands ______ them next month, these students are sure to complete the experiment on time.
A. helping B. help
C. to helping D. to help
_______ is announced in today’s newspaper, we have launched another man-made satellite.
A.That B.Which C. As D. What
