1 . Rujuta Teredesai grew up in Pune, a city in India. She saw that girls and boys in her community were not treated equally. Girls were responsible for all the household work.    1    women didn't have the same rights as men. They often suffered from mistreatment and sometimes even physical violence.

    2    But she saw that organizations working to end gender discrimination usually paid attention only to the actions and attitudes of girls. "Nobody talked to young boys about equality," she said.    3    The organization, Equal Community Foundation (ECF), now reaches 40,000 people in 20 communities in Pune.

ECF matches small groups of boys, ages 14 to 17, with male mentors for a 15-week period. The mentors talk to the boys about treating girls with respect.    4    They discuss times when the boys experienced unfair treatment. Then they work with the boys to come up with ways the boys can help spread tolerance. Boys have completed projects like making maps of the safest routes for girls to walk at night.

"What we have found is that these boys don't mean to be discriminatory," Teredesai says. "They don't mean to hurt someone.    5    " When boys work to make girls' lives better, everyone in the community wins.

A．They help boys relate to girls' experiences.

B．It's part of the solution to end discrimination.

C．It's just that they don't realize they’re doing it.

D．Many families didn't send their daughters to school.

E．Unfair treatment of girls and women is a problem in India.

F．Teredesai wanted to make a difference for girls and women.

G．So she decided to create a space for boys to learn about girls' rights.

2 . Do you love Beats headphones, True Religion jeans, and UGG shoes? These are some of the most popular brands (牌子) around. They are also expensive. But some experts say they are not much better than cheaper brands.

For example, Jim Wilcox works for Consumer Reports. He tested all kinds of headphones. He says that $80 Koss Pro headphones provide basically the same quality and comfort as Beats. So why do people pay twice or even 10 times as much for the hottest brands?

Experts say it’s because fashionable, expensive brands send a message. Brands say “I belong” or “I can afford it.”

Some people think that expensive brand names are worth the price. They say that some designer clothes really are top quality and that they last longer than cheaper brands. Some teenagers choose to wear popular brands because these brands make them feel good about themselves.

Alexandra Allam, 17, likes to buy brand-name products. “I’d rather spend the extra money to get something I know I’ll be satisfied with,” she says. Her friend Emmy Swan agrees, saying “As long as you can afford it, it seems reasonable to buy what you want.” But not all teenagers agree. “Spending hundreds of dollars for designer sunglasses is stupid and unreasonable,” says Daniel Steinbrecher, 16. “It’s fake (假的) happiness.”

People who are against wearing expensive brand names say that many designer brands aren’t any better. “It’s wasteful to buy things just because they are popular,” says Edmund Williams, 15. “You’ll feel better if you buy things because you like them. If you have extra money to spend, it would be better to give it to people in need.”

1. The example of Jim’s report wants to tell us _____.

A．popular brands make people comfortable

B．Koss Pro headphones are better than Beats

C．the hottest brands are of the highest quality

D．lesser-known brands may offer the same quality as name brands

2. According to experts, people choose the hottest brands probably _____.

A．to show off

B．for their better quality

C．for their better designs

D．to belong to a special group

3. What does Edmund think of expensive brands?

A．They are not worth the price.

B．They make him feel confident.

C．They need to improve their quality.

D．They pay too much attention to personal likes.

4. The text is mainly about _____.

A．how to buy things reasonably

B．the competition between brands

C．the different values of teenagers

D．whether expensive brands are worth high prices