According to CNN, women still experience pay inequality (不平等) everywhere, whether you’re Hollywood’s top talent or you work in a retail store (零售店).”
Gender equality has improved in some areas like education. However, when females enter the workplace, they may find things are still difficult. Of the 145 countries and regions surveyed in a WEF (世界经济论坛) report, 97 have more female students than male students in universities. But only four of those countries and regions have a majority of female leaders in the workplace. Women tend to (往往会) be viewed on the basis of their performance, while men are often promoted (升职) for their potential (潜力),” the Washington Post wrote.
Old thinking about men and women is still influencing women’s careers, according to Saadia Zahidi, a WEF official. For example, many people believe boys are better at science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). And even today, women make up only a third of the students in these fields worldwide. Girls and women need to master the skills and training that are needed for the jobs of tomorrow, especially in the STEM fields, said Zahidi. The gender gap (性别差距) in the workplace is not just about less pay for women. It’s also about women making sure their pay shows their value. Actress Sandra Bullock once said, “Once we start changing how we think about women, the pay gap will take care of itself.”
1. According to the story, gender equality has improved in ________.| A．workplace | B．health | C．education |
| A．have potential | B．perform well | C．receive training |
| A．多数 | B．少数 | C．个别 |
| A．97 percent | B．45 percent | C．30 percent |
| A．Female Hollywood stars don’t experience pay inequality. |
| B．To achieve pay equality, people need change their views about women. |
| C．Women should focus on improving themselves to show their value. |
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【推荐1】Recently, a very simple question became widely spread online: What China should be proud of?
Lanlan loves China and Chinese.
“It is the easiest country in which to find a job. If you are not too lazy, it is really very simple to find a job in China. I believe there are more job chances here than in any other country in the world.”
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“The speed of Chinese trains is fast. From Ningbo to Beijing, the train runs 1,365 kilometers for seven hours and the ticket fare is only 595 yuan.”
“Its public security is great.
“There are much more things China should be proud of. Many Chinese people often criticize(批评) China. At first. I believed that they didn’t like China or that they loved Western countries. But later, I realized that they just set a very high standard(水平) for China.
| A．The foreign language level is surprising. |
| B．This country of 1.4 billion people makes me feel safe. |
| C．A foreign girl living in China gave a very touching answer. |
| D．They believe that it’s not enough to be number one in the world. |
| E．She believes China will be the strongest country in the world in future. |
| F．She thinks that pollution in China is very seriously. |
【推荐2】The cost of raising a child is highest in South Korea and China, according to a new report by Beijing’s YuWa Population Research Institute.
The institute compared costs using different countries’ GDP per person. GDP per person is the total value of all the work done and things made in a country in one year, divided by the number of people who live there. And the report said the average cost of raising a child in South Korea to the age of 18 is 7.8 times the country’s GDP per person.
In China, the average cost of raising a child is about $75,000, which is more than 6. 3 times the GDP per person. It’s even more expensive to raise a child in Chinese cities, with an average cost of almost $94,000.
South Korea and China both have very low birth rates. South Korea’s is the lowest in the world — and with those costs, it might be easy to see why.
Japan also has a low birth rate, but it costs about 4.3 times the GDP per person to raise a child there. It’s 4.1 times in the US, and 2.1 times in Australia.
But it’s not only money that parents have to spend — it’s time too. And this is another reason young people are choosing not to have children, according to the institute.
For example, it said that in China, between 2010 and 2018, the amount of time parents spent helping their children with elementary school homework increased from less than four hours to almost six hours per week.
1. What’s the average cost of raising a child to the age of 18 in China?| A．About $75,000 | B．About $94,000 |
| C．About $47,250 | D．About $11,904 |
| A．Japan | B．South Korea |
| C．China | D．It doesn’t mention |
| A．four hours | B．six hours |
| C．Ten hours | D．Almost six hours |
| A．Why young people are choosing not to have children? |
| B．Parents have to spend more time helping their children with elementary school homework. |
| C．Children nowadays have too much pressure in China and South Korea. |
| D．Between 2010 and 2018, the amount of time parents spent on working to make money increased a lot. |
| A．Young People are Choosing not to Have Children. |
| B．Raising a Child Costs Most. |
| C．The Economy in China and South Korea. |
| D．The Elementary School Homework Increased in South Korea and China. |
About money
• The American children love to make money by themselves. Chinese children always ask their parents for money.
• American parents don’t think it is useful to send their children to an expensive university. Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities even if it could make them very poor.
About school
• Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups. Many Chinese girls take part in academic (学术的) groups.
• American students usually feel happy when they get B in an exam. Chinese students feel sad when they get B.
American parents and Chinese parents
American parents allow(允许) their daughters or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at the certain time. Chinese parents usually don't allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends at night.
American teachers and Chinese teachers
During parent-teacher meetings, American teachers will always find good things to say to
The parents, even to those with the worst grades. But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.
1. American children love money by themselves.
| A．making | B．asking for |
| C．borrowing | D．using |
| A．All Americans | B．Chinese parents |
| C．No parents | D．All mothers |
| A．more | B．less |
| C．a little | D．fewer |
| A．Chinese children | B．American parents |
| C．American children | D．American girls |
| A．Chinese children | B．American parents |
| C．Chinese teachers | D．American girls |
【推荐1】Hello, I’m Tom Smith. I’m in No. 6 Middle School. This is my room. Look! Three nice pictures are on the desk. In the first picture, you can see two girls. The girl in purple is my sister Cindy. She likes to watch English movies（看英文电影）in the evening. Can you see the girl in a yellow jacket? Oh, she is my cousin Helen. She has five nice hats. But she lost two hats in the library. If you find them, please call her at 98767867.
My aunt Alice and uncle Frank are in the next picture. Alice is an English teacher in my school. She is a good teacher. She is nice and always helps her students. Frank is a teacher, too. He is in Beijing now.
In the last picture, you can find a boy and a girl. They are my good friends Eric and Gina. Eric is a tidy boy. His things are always in the right place（合适的地方）. Gina and I are in the same（相同的）school. I always go to school with her at 7:00 in the morning.
1. What is Tom’s family name?| A．Green | B．Brown | C．Smith | D．Miller |
| A．She has three nice hats now. | B．Her telephone number is 98767876. |
| C．Her last name is Smith. | D．She is in a purple jacket. |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
| A．Five people are in Tom’s family. | B．Alice is a teacher in Cindy’s school. |
| C．Eric is Tom’s brother. | D．Gina is a student in No.6 Middle School. |
| A．My Family | B．My Room | C．My Three Photos | D．My Good Friends |
【推荐2】If you've ever stayed up late and then got up early the next day, you know what it's like to not get enough sleep. It's a very uncomfortable feeling. In fact, scientists have long believed that sleep is like food ——if we don't get enough of it, we might get sick or even die. But now they are starting to wonder just how much sleep we need.
Researchers from London recently did a study on fruit flies （果蝇）. They found that flies that slept for very short periods of time —— about 72minutes a day —— still lived about as long as flies that slept for longer time. One of the flies slept for just 4 minutes each day. This has led the researchers to wonder if sleep is less necessary than we thought before.
Humans are very different from fruit flies. Sleep is when our bodies do a lot of work, for example, repairing tissue（组织）and growing muscle （肌肉）.Sleeping allows our bodies to get a good rest.
But can we really die from not sleeping? No human has died so far from staying awake for too long. The world record for sleeplessness is held by Randy Gardner from the US, who stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes in 1964. However, Gardner did experience serious side effects （副作用）.
Scientists have not yet found any animals that don't sleep at all. Even animals that only sleep for short periods are not completely sleepless. This suggests that a short sleep is necessary, even in short-sleeping animals, according to a German scientist.
1. What does the study on fruit flies show?| A．Fruit flies sleep less than humans do. |
| B．Flies need 72 minutes of sleep every day. |
| C．Sleep is as necessary for animals as it is for humans. |
| D．Getting less sleep doesn't seem to influence how long flies live. |
| A．describe how much sleep humans need | B．explain why sleep is important to humans |
| C．list the differences between humans and flies | D．show the similarities between flies and humans |
| A．Sleep may not be so important as we think it is. | B．Humans need more sleep than animals. |
| C．Sleeplessness can lead to death. | D．Not all animals need sleep. |
| A．How Much Sleep? | B．Die Without Sleep. |
| C．Wonders of Nature. | D．Get Enough Sleep. |
【推荐3】“Without music, life would be a mistake.” a famous philosopher (哲学家) said. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets (预算).
For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.
However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways. When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解码) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.
Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.
1. Some schools in the US cut music classes because ________.| A．they are too difficult to learn |
| B．the schools wanted to control budgets |
| C．There were not enough music teachers in the US |
| A．it needs different abilities | B．it costs a lot of money | C．it isn’t tested |
| A．different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music |
| B．playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds |
| C．decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music |
| A．Music is as simple as it looks. |
| B．Music classes should be cut in some schools. |
| C．Music is a big part of our lives. |
