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     If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a
smile. The title suits him, And he loves it.
     Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the
butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you'd told him this was what he'd be doing someday,
he would have laughed, "You're crazy." As a boy, he used to be "a little tough guy on the streets". At age
thirteen he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.
     "I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. "So I told myself I would not put
my room through that pain again."
     One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly
called El Segundo blue.
     "I saw the sign 'Butterfly Habitat' and asked, 'How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just
fly away?'" Bonner recalls. "Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大鏡), 'Look at the
leaves.' I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼蟲) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, 'Without the plant,
there are no butterflies.'"
     Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni who told him there was a butterfly that needed help.
That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he's been working for four years to help bring the
butterfly back. He grows astragals, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them
into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
     The butterfly's population once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni
received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.
     For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he' s bringing back the Palos
Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.
1. When he was young, Arthur Bonner _____.
A. broke the law and ended up in prison
B. was fond of shooting and hurt his morn
C. often offered necessary help to other people
D. often caught butterflies and took them home
2. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _____.
A. found the butterfly had died out
B. won many prizes from his professor
C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor
D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab
3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _____.
A. made Bonner famous
B. changed Bonner's life
C. brought Bonner wealth
D. enriched Bonner's knowledge
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. A Promise to Morn
B. A Man Saved by Butterflies
C. A Story of Butterflies
D. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni
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       About 85 percent of the 3,424 people covered by a survey in 10 big cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, said discrimination in work and employment（就業(yè)） did exist. Also, the survey results given on Friday showed that 58 percent thought the problem to be severe（嚴(yán)重）.

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       Some requirements could be funny. The newspaper said Beijing citizen Zhang Meng, who had more than 10 years’ driving experience, failed to get a job because his possible employers considered his name to be “unlucky”.

       “Meng”, they said, literally(字面上)means “rush” in Chinese, which made him more accident prone（傾向）than others.

       Employers discriminate against people from certain regions or areas, such as Central China’s Henan Province, because of the bad impression they have about them. Beijing citizens, too, have their share of bad luck because they are generally considered lazy.

       Cai Dingjian, a professor from China University of Political Science and Law, who headed the survey, said such requirements, which are not connected with the job itself, violate（侵犯）people’s equal right to look for a career. “It violates basic human rights,” he said to the newspaper.

       Cai said governments should pay attention to such discriminations because they exist not only in companies, but are also practiced by them. One example is that civil servants(公務(wù)員) are usually required to have a pleasant personality.

       Director of the labour law committee under the All China Lawyers Association

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  46. Zhang Meng failed to get a job because __________.

          A. he had made more mistakes than others

          B. he lacked driving experience

          C. he was considered to have an unlucky name

          D. he couldn’t find a pleasant employer

  47. What is people’s response to discrimination in job market?

          A. They think it is unfair but necessary due to the large population of China.

          B. It does exist in certain regions, but is not so serious.

          C. Something must be done to stop it by governments.

          D. It is a local problem and isn’t worth much concern.

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          A. To fine companies which practice discrimination.

          B. To make laws related to discrimination.

          C. To stop more people moving into cities.

          D. To train people those who are poor in skills.

  49. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

          A. Discrimination not only exists in companies, but also in governments.

          B. Employers nowadays concern more about appearance, height and gender.

          C. People in Beijing will never worry about experiencing discrimination.

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