Passage two Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world .women’s education may be unusual territory for economists ,but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue .and economics ,with its emphasis on incentives ,provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expert themto make an economic contribution to he family :girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children .Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling ,trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect. An educated mother ,on the other hand ,has greater earning abilities outside the home and facesan entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insiston the development of all her children ,ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance .Theeducation of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls ,as well as of boys ,will be education and healthy . The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle. Few will dispute that education women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economicadvantages as well .Most obviously ,there is the direct effect of education on the wages of femaleworkers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns areimpressive by the standard of other available investments ,but they are just thebeginning .Education women also has a significant impact on health practices,including family planning.

The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when （）

A:women care more about education B:girls can gain equal access to education C:a family has fewer but healthier children D:parents can afford their daughters’education

Passage Two
Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education. Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school- the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect. An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle. Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by lo t0 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.

The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when （）.

A:women care more about education B:girls can gain equal access to education C:a family has fewer but healthier children D:parents can afford their daughters’ education

Passage two Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world .women’s education may be unusual territory for economists ,but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue .and economics ,with its emphasis on incentives ,provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expert them to make an economic contribution to he family :girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children .Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling ,trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect. An educated mother ,on the other hand ,has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children ,ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance .The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls ,as well as of boys ,will be education and healthy . The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle. Few will dispute that education women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economic advantages as well .Most obviously ,there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments ,but they are just the beginning .Education women also has a significant impact on health practices,including family planning. The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when ( )

A:women care more about education B:girls can gain equal access to education C:a family has fewer but healthier children D:parents can afford their daughters’education

Text 2
Virtually every company with a computer is vulnerable to computer abuse, crime and accident. Security of the computer and of the information and assets contained within it are therefore of paramount importance to management. Skilled computer criminals can break into a computer system far more easily than an armed robber can gain access to a bank vault, and usually with far less risk of apprehension and punishment. A slight change in a complex program can bring about the misappropriation of thousands of pounds. Accidental erasure of crucial data can paralyse company’s operations. Anyone familiar with the necessary procedure can gain access to information stored in the computer, no matter how confidential, and utilize it for his own purposes.
Although the actual extent of computer crime is difficult to measure, most experts agree that it is one of the fastest growing areas of illegal activity. The principal reason for both the growth and the lack of accurate measurement is the difficulty in detecting a well-executed theft. Losses per incident thus tend to be higher than in other types of theft. Once the Computer criminal has compromised the system, it is just as easy to steal a great sum as it is to steal a little, and to continue stealing long after the initial theft. Indeed, the computer criminal may find it more difficult to stop his illicit activity than to start it.
Computer criminals are, for the most part, well-educated and highly intelligent. The fact that computer criminals do not fit criminal stereotypes helps them to obtain the positions they require to carry out crimes. Being intelligent, they have fertile imaginations, and the variety of ways in which they use equipment to their advantages is constantly being extended. In addition to direct theft of funds, the theft of data for corporate espionage or extortion is becoming widespread, and can obviously have a substantial effect on a company’s finances. Another lucrative scheme, often difficult to detect, involves accumulating fractions of pence from individual payroll accounts, with electronic transfer of the accumulated amount to the criminal’s payroll. Employers are hardly concerned with pence, much less fractions of pence. In addition, undoubtedly, the company’s payroll is unaffected. But the cumulative value of fractions of pence per employee in a company with a substantial payroll can add up to a useful gain.
Guarding against computer abuse--whether deliberate or accidental--involves attention to the protection of hardware from physical damage as well as protection of software and data. Computer must be isolated from other company facilities, and unauthorized person should never be admitted to the computer area. Event though some risks are reduced through this measure, most damage to software, accidental and intentional, is caused by those whose jobs require at least some access to the computer. The writer of the program is often the one responsible for its misuse. Programs devised exclusively for a particular company are therefore far more valuable to abuse and accident than standard software packages produced by external suppliers.

Computer criminals choose accumulating fractions of pence from individual payroll accounts because（）

A:it is very easy B:employers are not concerned with pence C:they can gain more D:the accumulated value can be a useful gain, and it is not easy to be found

Passage Two
Boys and girls in this sixth grade class both can use the school computers. Studies show that in high school girls use computers less than boys. This causes a technology gap.
"Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving..."
The studies show that girls make up only a small part of students in computer science classes. Girls usually say they have less computer ability than boys do. They are less sure when using computers. They use computers less often than boys outside the classroom.
"Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer... girls are afraid they might break it somehow."
Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon found girls used computers less than boys did. They found the number one reason girls didn’t like computer games was because the games were so boring.
Girls want games with people like them and stories about what is going on in their own lives. The studies show there is no real reason why girls wouldn’t want to play on a computer.
The sponsor of the study says the technology gap must be closed. Otherwise women will not have a fair chance in the job market in the 21st century.

In this sixth grade classroom, you would find （）

A:only boys allowed to use the computers B:only girls allowed to use the computers C:no computers in the classroom D:both boys and girls allowed to use the computers

In sport the sexes are separate. (76) Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called "the weaker sex" ,or, if men want to please them, "the fair sex". But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, a man only until he is 68. Are women’ s bodies really weaker7
The fastest men can run a mile in 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 minutes. Women’ s speeds are always slower than men’ s, but some facts are surpising. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam 400 metres in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first "Tarzan" in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes 59.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now, and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone(荷尔蒙) injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problem. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes !
Which of the following is true

A:Boys and girls study separately everywhere. B:Women do not run or swim in races with men. C:Famous Prime Ministers are women. D:Men can expect to live longer than women in Europ

Passage 1

Which of the following is true

A:Boys and girls study separately everywhere. B:Women do not run or swim in races with men. C:Famous Prime Ministers are women. D:Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.

Passage Two Boys and girls in this sixth grade class both can use the school computers. Studies show that in high school girls use computers less than boys. This causes a technology gap. "Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving..." The studies show that girls make up only a small part of students in computer science classes. Girls usually say they have less computer ability than boys do. They are less sure when using computers. They use computers less often than boys outside the classroom. "Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer... girls are afraid they might break it somehow." Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon found girls used computers less than boys did. They found the number one reason girls didn’t like computer games was because the games were so boring. Girls want games with people like them and stories about what is going on in their own lives. The studies show there is no real reason why girls wouldn’t want to play on a computer. The sponsor of the study says the technology gap must be closed. Otherwise women will not have a fair chance in the job market in the 21st century.

In this sixth grade classroom, you would find （）

A:only boys allowed to use the computers B:only girls allowed to use the computers C:no computers in the classroom D:both boys and girls allowed to use the computers