Their grandmothers fought for the vote, and their mothers have battled to have it all. Now the upcoming generation of girls have decided to turn the clock back and stay at home with their babies.
According to a survey of more than 5,000 teenage girls in Britain, their main ambition (追求的目標(biāo)) is to complete university then stay at home. More than nine out of ten of the girls believe it should be up to their husbands to provide for them. And although 43 percent of those questioned believe they should continue with their education until they have achieved a university degree, one in four say getting married is the most important thing for them.
The supposedly super-modern, “fun comes first” teenage generation has proved to be very traditional in every area of their beliefs, with over 50 percent saying they would not dream of having children before seeing a ring on their finger.
The desire to have children is beginning earlier too. On average, teenage girls plan to have their first child at 26, and most plan to have one or two more children over the following four years. The national average now is 1.64 children per couple.
“This survey doesn’t show that the battles of feminism (女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)) have been lost,” said author Claire Rayner, “Feminism was never opposed (反對(duì)) to marriage or children. On the contrary, feminism was about to equal opportunities for women to do what they wanted to do, when they wanted to do it, and this is exactly what these girls are choosing to do.”
小題1:The passage is mainly about ________.
A．the result of the battles of feminism
B．women’s struggle for independence in the society
C．the girls’ desire to stay at home after they graduate
D．women’s social status in the modern society
小題2:Girls prefer to be housewives rather than independent women because _______.
A．it’s hard for women to find jobs
B．men would rather their wives look after babies at home
C．girls want to live a more comfortable life
D．women have a low salary
小題3:. From the last paragraph we can see that Rayner thinks ________.
A．women should stay at home with their babies
B．women should find jobs and support the family
C．women should be offered more job opportunities
D．women should live the life they like

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。
It was on a winter past midnight of 1971 when I was driving our big V8 station wagon back to our hometown. Next to me, my husband was  36  asleep and snoring (打鼾) loudly.
It was true that he worked sixty or more hours per week, and then in the evenings he worked as my dance  37 . We had to travel away from home for the dance classes on four, or   _38  five nights per week, and then he 39  have to be up and about again by six of the following dawn to get to his  40  job.
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On that long cold night I was fighting to stay  44 , but sticking to "the master's rule" of not playing my  45 . He needed his sleep, he said. I  46  down the window, yet the bitter-cold wind did little to revive (振奮) me. I was already driving about ten miles  47  the speed limit,  48 , we were still forty-five minutes away from home.
I studied the road up ahead and  49  in the near view mirror. There was not a car 50 a black night ahead and behind me. There were no Officers of the Law to be seen, and so I 51 the speed by another ten miles per hour. I had no great need for a speeding ticket, but I wanted to get home as quickly as I could.
"Get into the other lane!" sounded a loud and  52  voice.
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38. A. still            B. already              C. yet                D. even
39. A. would          B. could                   C. should            D. might
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49. A. noticed          B. watched           C. glanced            D. observed
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D．Request the buyer of insurance to pay more． 
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Strategy 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks
You’ll get a 10 cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a landfill. While you’re there, pick up some free bags of spent coffee grounds to use as ‘‘green’’ fertilizer in your garden.
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Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag.
The payoff: You’re reducing pollution. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.
Strategy4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom
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The payoff: If every household replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424000 trees would still be standing. Look for eco-paper towels too.
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Replace the old fridge with an Energy Star appliance and you’ll use 15 percent less energy. It might be a little expensive to buy, but you’ll save money on your electricity bills and help the environment.
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The payoff: Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.
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B. Ways to be earth-friendly
C. Ways to end global-warming
D. Ways to limit carbon dioxide
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A. They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity.
B. They all cut down the amount of the paper.
C. They all result in producing less greenhouse gases.
D. They all help to preserve our trees and forest.
56．Which strategies suggest recycling or reuse of things?
A．Strategies 1&3    B．Strategies 2&5 
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