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1．If you like to enjoy wonderful nights with friends，you'll probably book the ticket to ______. A．New York or San Francisco B．New York or Sydney C．Chinatown or Bondi Beach D．Sydney or San Francisco
B
Wang Weiguo，an award－winning actor of the National Theatre Company of China，was wandering through Beijing's Panjiayuan Flea Market when he found a treasure，20 exquisite(精致的) picture frames.He bought them all.
Inside the frames was a woman's life story.There were pictures of her as a baby and a growing child and pictures with her parents.Wang Weiguo was sure someone had lost them.He contacted the police and media.He showed them to friends and to people living outside China.No one recognized the people in the photographs.
That was 1999.Wang never gave up the search.In 2010 he told the story to a TV host，Zhang Zequn，who suggested he contact China Radio International.Within three months of the story's being posted on CRI，someone recognized Julie Ege in one of the photographs.The wonderful Norwegian actress and model was the mother of the child whose growing years the photos traced.
The child was Joanna Syson.She moved to Beijing in the 1990s to study Chinese.In 1999 she returned to Norway for six months，entrusting(委托) all her belongings，including the photographs，to a friend.When she returned，the friend was gone.So were her belongings.She was heartbroken.
More than a decade passed.Then，thanks to the story posted on CRI and to a visitor to the website，the trail(踪迹) finally led to Joanna Syson.She traveled to Beijing to meet Wang Weiguo，who had searched for her for 12 years，and to recover her treasured photographs.
Syson's Norwegian home was burned a few years ago.All of her family photographs were lost.Now at least，she has the photographs found by a good man that never stopped trying to return them to her.
2．Which of the following statements about Wang Weiguo is possibly true? A．He made every effort to find the owner.
B．He spent little time figuring out the background of the owner. C．His friends were all willing to help him find the owner. D．One of his friends worked for China Radio International.
C
Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology(意识形态) that biology is destiny.According to this ideology，basic biological and psychological differences exist between the sexes.These differences require each sex to play a separate role in social life.Women are the weaker sex both physically and emotionally.Thus，they are naturally suited，much more so than men，to the performance of domestic(家庭的) duties.A woman's place，under normal circumstances，is within the protective environment of the home.Nature has determined that women play caretaker roles，such as wife and mother and homemaker.On the other hand，men are best suited to go out into the competitive world of work and politics，where serious
responsibilities must be taken on.Men are to be the providers；women and children are “dependents”．
The ideology also holds that women who wish to work outside the household should naturally fill these jobs that are in line with the special capabilities of their sex.It is appropriate for women，not men，to be employed as nurses，social workers，elementary school teachers，household helpers，clerks and secretaries.These positions are simply an extension of women's domestic role.Informal distinctions between “women's work” and “men's work”in the labor force，according to the ideology，are simply a functional reflection of the basic differences between the sexes.
Finally，the ideology suggests that nature has worked her will in another significant way.For the human species to survive over time，its members must regularly reproduce.Thus，women must，whether at home or in the labor force，make the most of their physical appearances.
So goes the ideology.It is，of course，not true that basic biological and psychological differences between the sexes require each to play sex-defined roles in social life.There is enough evidence
that
sex
roles
vary
from
society
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society
，
and
those_role_differences_that_do_exist_are_largely_learned. But to some degree people actually believe that biology is destiny and that nature intends men and women to make different contributions to society，so sex-defined roles will be seen as totally acceptable.
3．Those who have prejudices against women think that ______.
A．women shouldn't go out for work
B．women should earn money to add the family income C．women going out for work should only do “women's work” D．women should take jobs to drill the special capabilities of the sex 4．The author thinks that the positions women hold outside________.
A．are determined by what they are better suited to B．grow out of their household responsibilities C．represent their breakthrough of sex discrimination D．are physically and emotionally suitable to them 5．What does the underlined sentence imply? A．Sex roles are socially determined.
B．Sex roles are emotionally and physically determined. C．Sex roles are biologically and psychologically determined. D．Sex roles are determined by education people take.
D
The Olympic medal ceremonies have already begun.But some athletes hardly disguise their disappointment when silver and not gold is hung around their necks.The British judo silver
medallist Neil Adams calls his two from the 1980s “loser's medals”．
Until four years ago，they were in a box at the back of a cupboard.His wife then had them framed for his 50th birthday and they are now up on the wall.
Adams feels proud when he looks at them，but his thoughts quickly turn to “what ifs”．“I wouldn't change much”，he adds.And he wouldn't need to.Gold was within his grasp twice，but slipped away by a narrow margin on the judo mat.
“The losses at the Olympic Games were the most difficult thing for me to accept，” he said.“I didn't win the silver medal.I lost the gold.In my mind they were losses.It has taken more than 30 years to get over it.”
Mark Cavendish，Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah have never won Olympic gold，but they came into London 2012 as three of Team GB's biggest medal hopes.Unfortunately，Cavendish has already suffered disappointment in the cycling road race.Neil Adams was in that same position in both the 1980 and 1984 games.However，in a career in which he collected every other judo accolade，things simply went wrong at the Olympics.
In Moscow 1980，Adams was just 21 years old and found the media focus and pressure of expectation too much.
Asked about being a favourite，Adams said：“It is hell，and about how you cope with it in the mind.It can make you afraid to win or lose and there is a difference.I was afraid to lose.Sometimes you freeze.Sometimes it takes you over.”
Adams says that he was very cautious and that when something was tactical and technical he approached it too tactically.Perhaps it's better to go in with a ‘nothing to lose’ attitude.That might be the reason why the Olympic Games have often created surprise results.Sometimes it's the ones who keep their cool and work the hardest who get the results. 6．Adams always felt it a pity to win silver medals because ________.
A．he was narrowly beaten by the champion B．he didn't try his best C．he lacked techniques D．he was too greedy 7．What advice does the author give to other athletes?
A．Try to become the media focus. B．Keep their cool and work hard. C．Try to do better next time. D．Use as many techniques as possible.
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