1 . “A CAREER BOOK about Asians? Aren’t they doing fine…?” So begins Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, a very large scholarly book by Jane Hyun published in 2005. Because Asian-Americans had higher incomes and education levels and committed fewer crimes than their average countrymen, they were seen as a model minority. Despite this, they rarely rose to the top of companies. A mix of individual, cultural and organizational barriers — the “bamboo ceiling” of the book’s title — seemed to prohibit them from rising.
Fifteen years later Asians are still under-represented. In the technology sectors, Asians make up over 30% of the workers but less than 15% of bosses. In 2017 Asians made up roughly 6% of the country’s population but only 3% of the bosses of S&P 500 (标准普尔 500 指数) firms.
Some prominent Asians run big companies. Arvind Krishna is IBM’s new boss. Satya Nadella runs Microsoft and Sundar Pichai leads Alphabet. But few other Asians have joined their ranks — and, revealingly, these stars all have Indian roots. There are fewer South Asians in America than East Asians, but they still made up 13 of all 16 Asian S&P 500 CEOs.
Why are there so few Asians among America’s business elite? And if a bamboo ceiling is to blame, why do South Asians break through more easily? These questions are the focus of a study by Jackson Lu of MIT Sloan School of Management and colleagues, who surveyed hundreds of senior executives and business-school students. They found that while discrimination exists, it is not destiny. South Asians endure greater racism than East Asians but still outperform even whites (if success is weighed against share of population). Their research also rules out lack of ambition: a greater share of Asians than whites endeavor for high-status jobs.
That leaves culture. The researchers conclude that South Asians tend to be more determined and confident than East Asians in how they communicate at work, which fits Western concepts of how a leader should behave. The same tendency for confident remarks featured in “The Argumentative Indian”, a book by Amartya Sen, a Nobel-prize winning economist. The researchers owe East Asians’ silence to Confucian values of modesty and respect for social ranking. Sometimes bravery and bombast are needed to break bamboo.
1. What does “bamboo ceiling” refer to?| A．The top of an American technology company. |
| B．A roof made of bamboo typical of Asian buildings. |
| C．Promotion obstacles facing Asian employees in America. |
| D．The invisible discrimination against Asians in the USA. |
| A．Lacking representatives. | B．Hard to show their talents. |
| C．Being underestimated. | D．Unable to land a job. |
| A．A small population. | B．Discrimination. | C．Lack of ambition. | D．Culture. |
| A．Western people prefer modesty to confidence in communication. |
| B．The confidence they demonstrate consists with Western leadership. |
| C．They endure greater racism and become more ambitious. |
| D．Their ambition urges them to endeavor for high-status jobs. |
2 . “We give our girls the power (力量) to believe in themselves, go to college, and become tomorrow’s leaders,” says Felicia Gibson Jaycox, the founder (创立者) and chief executive officer of The Power of You Teens (POYT). The organization is based in Harlem, a historic African-American neighborhood in New York City.
Founded in 2014, POYT offers educational chances and positive role models for teenage girls growing up in Harlem. These “Power Girls” take part in dance, summer camp, and STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics), among other programs. The purpose, according to the group, is to empower teenage girls to help them “dream big and to inspire them to achieve the most that they are capable of.”
POYT held its sixth yearly Empowerment Event in the fall of 2019 in New York City. The theme of “Girl Boss” encouraged girls to show their inner boss spirit. Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris was the keynote speaker.
Kaliegh said that she and other beauty competition winners are helping to reshape traditional images of beauty and showing that women of color are not just beautiful — they also are driven, wise women whom little girls can look up to.
I asked Ashley McFarlin Buie, POYT co-director, what inspired founder and CEO Felicia Gibson to start the organization. Gibson saw the plight that girls of color are in. For some historical reasons, many girls of color are growing up in terrible neighborhoods. They seldom see people like themselves showed positively in movies, books, TV shows, and other media.
“Powerful girls grow up to be dependable and confident women, preparing for their futures as creative leaders,” Buie said. POYT centers on saving the mind, body, and spirit of Black girls through love and support, she added.
What do the girls get out of the group? “We offer chances,” Buie said, “to break barriers (屏障).”
1. What do we know about POYT?| A．It is run by teenage girls. |
| B．It was started about 6 years ago. |
| C．It provides services all around America. |
| D．It was first started in African-American neighborhoods . |
| A．Speak for women of color. |
| B．Change people’s traditional ideas of beauty. |
| C．Call on girls to be positive role models. |
| D．Encourage girls to go into business in the future. |
| A．Sad feeling. | B．Difficult task. |
| C．Bad situation. | D．Uncertain future. |
| A．Dream big | B．Power Girls |
| C．Teenage Power | D．Breaking barriers |
3 . On average, primary school children in England have at least three sugary snacks a day, Public Health England (PHE) found. This means that the sugar they consume is three times more than the recommended maximum.
Children between the ages of 4 and 10 consume 51.2% of sugar from unhealthy snacks. PHE has launched a campaign, Change4Life, to encourage parents to look for healthier snacks of no more than 100 calories, and to limit them to two a day. The campaign advises parents to give their children a maximum of two snacks a day, with each containing no more than 100 calories. The campaign will also offer parents special suggestions on a range of healthier snacks—ones with 100 calories or fewer—at selected supermarkets, PHE said.
PHE said it had also improved its app so that it could mark the content of sugar, salt and fat in food and drinks. Dr Alison Tedstone told the BBC she hoped the campaign would help parents to choose healthier snacks for their children. “If you wander through a supermarket, you can see much more goods being sold as snacks than ever before,” she said, “It’s a common phenomenon that kids’ lunchboxes are full of snacks, leading to a lot of calories for lunch. Our research shows that parents usually appreciate a rule of thumb (经验法则). However, they are surprised to know how much sugar their children are consuming in snacks now.”
Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, said, “The intake (摄入量) of sugar that kids are getting from snacks and sugary drinks alone is pretty astonishing, and it can often be difficult to distinguish which snacks are healthy and which are not. The rule of thumb from Change4Life can help parents make their decision correctly and wisely. ”
1. In terms of snacks, the Change4Life recommends that children have at most ________.| A．one snack a day | B．three snacks a day |
| C．100 calories a day | D．200 calories a day |
| A．Test the calories of snacks. |
| B．Choose delicious snacks. |
| C．Know the exact content in snacks. |
| D．Save much money buying snacks. |
| A．Most parents’ former experience about snacks is practical. |
| B．It is easy to tell healthy snacks and unhealthy snacks apart. |
| C．Children only take in lots of sugar from snacks and drinks. |
| D．Change4Life is meaningful for parents’ decisions on snacks. |
| A．Solve the Health Problems of Children |
| B．Change the Eating Habits of Children |
| C．Limit Children’s Intake of Calories |
| D．Ensure Children’s Healthy Lifestyle |
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Jack has regarded as a young hero in his town for his heroic deed. The other day, Jack was going home by bike as usual while he heard a woman screaming for help. Then he was riding quickly towards the direction of the voice. At the corner, he saw a woman stopping by a man with a knife in her hand.Without hesitation, Jack made a immediate dive for the robber and control him by holding him down against the ground. A few minutes later, three policeman came and took the robber away. Slight wounded as he was in the left hand, but since then he has become well known as a young hero all over the town.
If Li Ziqi hadn't started to make videos,she might have been a common village girl
The revival(复兴）of an ideal Chinese country life is
Along with fame also comes controversy(争议）.There are
Despite.the controversy,it is the charm of the traditional culture
6 . We all have one shirt in the closet that we don’t want to get rid of, yet keeping around because we can’t bear to just throw it in the garbage. We don’t wear it anymore. Being a little out of style, your old T-shirt needs a new home where it can be appreciated. One city in Toronto has started a project to give it one.
Earlier this year the Toronto suburbs of Markham introduced a new program encouraging its residents and residents of nearby suburbs to donate their old unwanted clothing. The program is exceptional because unlike most of those second-hand stores, they are accepting old clothing that isn’t quite in perfect condition. It is breathing new life into these typically-trashed items. Contrary to common belief, textiles（纺织品）are not only used for clothing, and these items are being re-purposed in a variety of interesting ways.
The city has set up many different donation centers around the suburbs and residents are encouraged to donate any unwanted textiles they happen to have lying around their house. It’s volunteers’ duty to divide the donations into different sorts. Those items in usable and good condition are donated to local homeless shelters and other aid centers. Those which are not are shipped off to be used for industrial purposes. Only when there is no more industrial need for fabric and textiles will they begin to use their last place — a landfill outside the city.
The program isn’t the city’s only green initiative (倡议). It has already had one of Canada and the world’s largest solar panels, and it is said that they are steadily working towards a shift to 100% renewable energy. The city also has subsidized (补助) farmers’ markets and over 125 miles of bike paths. As a result, Markham also has a much lower rate of obesity than other Canadian cities. Now, it’s working towards another goal — 100% recycling of unwanted textiles.
1. What does the underlined word “one” in paragraph refer to?| A．A shirt. | B．A city. |
| C．A home. | D．A closet. |
| A．Sell them in good condition. | B．Sort through the donations. |
| C．Share them with poor kids. | D．Send them for industrial use. |
| A．The city has been the best place to live in Canada. |
| B．The program is more successful than expected. |
| C．The citizens have fallen in love with the city. |
| D．The city is working hard to be a green one. |
| A．One Canadian city is giving old clothing a new life. |
| B．Old clothes are becoming more useful in Canada. |
| C．Rubbish has been put into wide use in Canada. |
| D．Donation centers become popular in Canada. |
7 . Early in my career, I was always struck by the fact that “expensive” hotels charged extra for things like internet access and movies. At the same time, more
For the high prices you pay at nice hotels, everything should be
I once read an article about a judge who was invited to a very expensive restaurant in Washington. The restaurant’s food and service were both
I see the
So remember, don’t
| A．expensive | B．comfortable | C．affordable | D．international |
| A．fancy | B．tidy | C．quiet | D．formal |
| A．worker | B．traveler | C．judge | D．student |
| A．charged | B．accepted | C．improved | D．included |
| A．eat | B．allow | C．use | D．ruin |
| A．cheap | B．excellent | C．disappointing | D．ordinary |
| A．activity | B．adventure | C．experience | D．experiment |
| A．sad | B．ashamed | C．satisfied | D．angry |
| A．restaurant | B．party | C．bar | D．hotel |
| A．often | B．still | C．hardly | D．never |
| A．funny | B．different | C．same | D．strange |
| A．Certainly | B．Possibly | C．Naturally | D．Unbelievable |
| A．lower | B．higher | C．standard | D．discounted |
| A．customer | B．employer | C．company | D．manager |
| A．able | B．willing | C．proud | D．afraid |
| A．choices | B．requests | C．plans | D．changes |
| A．embarrass | B．disturb | C．discourage | D．cheat |
| A．Therefore | B．Again | C．Instead | D．Otherwise |
| A．spare | B．unnecessary | C．bad | D．important |
| A．freedom | B．support | C．warmth | D．service |
8 . Gretchen Altman is smiling, leaning back casually, a cup of coffee in hand — Hills Bros. Coffee, to be precise. It looks like a casual shot, but if you hit like, leave a comment, and tag a friend, you can get three different cups of coffee, for free.
Altman is part of a growing trend of "micro-influencers". She has a small following — around 6,000 on Instagram(社交平台). Her going rate is $300 to $800 to promote something. She does some posts in exchange for free goods, as long as it’s stuff she believes in.
As a micro-influencer she has a much closer relationship with her followers than a big social media star. "I’m just living a normal life and people relate to that," she says. "They just feel like I’m a friend of theirs."
But it worries consumer rights groups. Several recent studies have found that young audiences are largely unable to understand when something is sponsored content.
In some cases, it’s clear. When a big star takes to a social media to advertise Coca-Cola, for example, the assumption is that he or she’s probably getting paid to do so. And the posts are clearly labeled as ads, with the caption "advertisement" or "sponsored content".
But what happens when an everyday person with just a couple thousand followers takes to social media to extol(颂扬) the virtues of a product? The motivations are not so clear cut. The problem with these social media posts is that you don’t know whether it’s an ad or not.
Altman is diligent about using those hashtags(标签). She loves what she does and sees it as a business, but she doesn’t necessarily want to be a social media celebrity.
"With social media being so integrated into our everyday lives, we have this unique opportunity that I don’t think anyone has ever had before where we can each be our own brand," Altman says.
1. What does a micro-influencer do according to the passage?| A．Give enough likes. | B．Post to promote sales. |
| C．Recommend some comments. | D．Design advertisements. |
| A．Sponsored ads content. |
| B．Ads with caption on posts. |
| C．The unclear motivations of the posts. |
| D．The increasingly growing number of audiences. |
| A．Annoyed. | B．Delighted. | C．Ambitious. | D．Depressed. |
| A．Instagram Advertising: Do You Know It, When You See It |
| B．To be a Micro-influencer or to be a Big Star |
| C．We Can Each Be Our Own Top Brand |
| D．Hills Bros. Coffee, Your Coffee |
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When the summer heat hits countries like China and Japan, woman often carry umbrellas to protect themselves of the strong sunlight. However, a few men are seen doing such in these countries. At most, they might wear a hat－carry an umbrella would be considered silly and even inappropriate for a man.
However, this belief had been changing in recent years. In several parts of Japan, including Tokyo, men are being encouraged use umbrellas to protect them. People are starting to believe that Japanese men do and still be manly.
1. What happened to the old man?
| A．He fell off a truck. | B．He was ill. | C．He was hit by a car. |
| A．It is cloudy. | B．It is raining. | C．It is sunny. |
