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April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls' horizons（視野）and raise their self-confidence.

For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, “girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, a nurse or a chief executive(主管).”says the chairman of the Our Sons and Daughters Charitable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. “Now the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more self-confident when they are faced with a choice of work."

Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers Green High School for girls in north of London, has made the day a necessary part of careers education.

Zarina Bart, 15, from Palmers Green, went with her mother Gwen to her Lawyer's office this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day. "I learned how to fill in a legal aid form and I read details of a case. Then I went to see the actual trial." she said.

Zarina found it interesting to see her mother at work. “It's really strange seeing Mum at work--running around, getting serious and telling people what to do.” She has always liked this idea of going into law and thinks it likely that she will follow in her mother’s footsteps. Having a chance to see how her mother works has given her more self-confidence.

Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.

1.The writer’s purpose in writing this text is to ______.

A．tell how the special day for girls came into be.

B．show us the girls can do as well as boys.

C．introduce a special day for girls to us.

D．broaden girls’ view and raise their confidence.

2.According to the chairman of the Our Sons and Daughters Charitable Trust, ______.

A．girls can do as well as boys in any field.

B．girls need more opportunities in society compared to boys.

C．girls will follow their parents’ jobs after watching them work.

D．girls will be more confident than boys due to the special day.

3.A particular mention of Zarina’s story ______.

A．tells what a woman lawyer’s daily work is like

B．serves as an example of how the Day works.

C．shows a successful mother’s effect on the daughter.

D．explains why a girl should go to see mum's office rather than dad.

4.In the text the writer especially suggests the importance of ______.

A．parents’ job.

B．support from society.

C．understanding of the parents.

D．girls’ self-confidence.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹“帶女兒上班日（Take Our Daughters to Work Day）”。在這一天，父母將女兒帶到辦公室，并且經(jīng)由與辦公室的同仁共同設(shè)計(jì)的特殊活動(dòng)，幫助少女肯定自我的價(jià)值，并得以更有自信的方式渡過青春期，同時(shí)這一活動(dòng)也記得了社會(huì)和學(xué)校的支持。該節(jié)日在1994年開始由美國(guó)傳至英國(guó)。

1.綜合全文，文章主要介紹“帶女兒上班日（Take Our Daughters to Work Day），這樣一個(gè)節(jié)日，這正是作者的寫作意圖。D答案是這個(gè)節(jié)日的目的，故不能入選。

2.從第二段girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys...”says the chairman of the Our Sons and Daughters Charitable Trust可知，她認(rèn)為在任何領(lǐng)域女孩能做得同男孩那么好。

3.從第四，五段提到有關(guān)Zarina的故事是告訴讀者關(guān)于這個(gè)節(jié)日是如何由父母及其同仁共同設(shè)計(jì)運(yùn)作的一個(gè)例子，故選擇答案B

4.推理判斷題。由第二段最后一句“…this made her feel more confident about her future. ”和第四段都可以看出，在她們的將來，自信對(duì)女孩們來說是最重要的。

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)文化類說明文。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要介紹“帶女兒上班日”這個(gè)節(jié)日及其運(yùn)作過程，目的等。文章主要通過Zarina的例子來進(jìn)行具體闡述父母與辦公室的同仁共同設(shè)計(jì)的特殊活動(dòng)以及這個(gè)活動(dòng)的意義。文章主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題和推理題。要求考生在閱讀時(shí)體會(huì)字里行間的言外之意。在答題中，應(yīng)首先略讀一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思。然后帶著問題通讀全文，找出答題依據(jù)，完成閱讀。