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第一篇：
Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors. In 1985,Regent Beryl Milburn produced a report blasting the University of Texas System adminitration for not encouraging University was rated among the lowest for the a 1987 update ,Milburn commended the progress that was made and called for even more improvement.
One of the positive results from her study was a System-wide program to inform women of available administrative jobs.
College of Communication Associate Dean Patrica Witherspoon,said it is important that woman be flexible when it comesto relocating if they want to rise in the ranks.
Although a woman may face a chilly climate on campus , many times in order for her to succeed , she must rise above the problems around her and concentrate on her work.
Until women make up a greater percentage of the senior positions in the University and all academia,inequities will exist.
"Women need to spend their energies and time doing scholarly activities that are important here at the University." Spirduso said. "If they do that will be successful in this they spend their time in little groups mourning the sexual discrimination that they think exists here, they are wasting valuable study time."
rding to Spirduso,women need to ____.
uce a report on sexual discrimination
for further improvement in their working conditions
d their energies and time fighting against sexual discrimination
d more time and energy doing scholarly activities
this passage ,we know that _____.
e are many women full professors in the University of Texas
n play an important part in adminitrating the University
weather on the campus is chilly
n make up a small percentage of the senior positions in the University
h of the following statements is true?
number of women professors in the University in 1987 was greater than that of 1985
number of women professors in the University in 1987 was smaller than that of 1985
number of women professors was the same as that of 1985
and more women professors thought that sexual discrimination did exit in the University
of the positive results from Milburn's study was that _____.
n were told to con centrate on teir work
n were given information about available administrative jobs
n were encouraged to take on all the administrative jobs in the Unversity
n were encouraged to do more scholarly activities
5. The title for this passage should be _______.
University of Texas
urn's Report
n Professors
al Discrimination in Academia
第二篇：
There are three kinds of goals: short-term,medium-range and long-term goals.
Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities,which we can apply on a daily goals can be achieved in a week or less,or two weeks,or possible should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation ,out long-term goals cannot amount to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term completing our short-term goals,we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.
The intermediate goals bukld on the foundation of the short-range might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year,or they could even extend for several time you move a step at a time,you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step,you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow adn as your list of completion dates grow,your motivation and desire will increase.
Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.
long-term goals mean a lot__.
we complete our short-range goals
we cannot reach solid short-term goals
we write down the dates
we put forward some plans
short-term goals are bulid upon__.
years
-term goals
ent activities
goals that have been completed
we complete each step of our goals ,__.
will win final success
are overwhelmed
should build up confidence of success
should strong desire for setting new goals
our goals are drawn up,__.
should stick to them until we complete them
may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunities
had better wait for the exciting news of success
have made great decision
is implied but not stated in the passage that ___.
e who habe long-term goals will succeed
ing down the dates may discourage you
goal is only a guide for us to reach our desination
y should have a goal
第三篇：
The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 . The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.
1. What is the best title of the passage?
a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s
b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s
c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s
d. The Federal Budget of 1952
2. In Line 4 , the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.
a. nearby explosion
b. thunderous noise
c. general public support
d. rapid economic growth
3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.
a. confidence
b. confusion
c. disappointment
d. suspicion
4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?
a. Economists
b. Frmaers
c. Politicians
d. Steelworkers
5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?
a. 60%
b. 50%
c. 33%
d. 90%
第四篇：
The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our ough science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is nto a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additivies,caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this ,penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes,but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.
is the best possible title of the passage?
and Food
er and Health
and Health
th and Drug
h of the following statements is NOT ture?
s are always given to animals for medical reasons
of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals
archers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over thirty-five years.
may cause forty percent of cancer in world.
has science done something harmful to mankind?
use of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been virtually eliminated.
has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.
use of the application of science,some potentially harmful substances have been added to food.
scientists have preserved the color of meats,but not of vegetables.
are nitrates used for?
preserve flavor in packaged foods.
preserve the color of meats.
are the objects of research.
cause the animals to become fatter.
word 'carcinogenic' most nearly means '_____'.
ble-making
r-retaining
y-making
er-causing
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第二篇答案：adcbc
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