It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 

For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.

― From New York Times (December 22, 2008)

56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women ______.

A. go to work abroad after American women’s example

B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20^th century

C. are commonly used to living and working separately

D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as ______.

A. proud, homesick or independent             B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  

C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic             D. painful, desperate or conservative

58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?

A. The public think highly of it.                      B. The public care very little about it.

C. The public show both interest and anxiety.  D. The public are strongly against it.

59. The author intends to tell the readers that ______.

A. Arab women can hardly find any work     

B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf

C. flight attendants lead quite a different life

D. young Arab women’s values are changing

60. According to the passage, which of the following is untrue about the traditional culture in the Arab countries?

A. Families usually wouldn’t like unmarried women to go out working.

B. People value individualism more than community.

C. People think little of the women who worked outside.

D. It is men who usually work outside.

It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 

For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.

—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)

56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.

A. go to work abroad after American women’s example

B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century

C. are commonly used to living and working separately

D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.

A. proud, homesick or independent                  B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  

C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                  D. painful, desperate or conservative

58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?

A. The public think highly of it.             B. The public care very little about it.

C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.

59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.

A. Arab women can hardly find any work

B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf

C. flight attendants lead quite a different life

D. young Arab women’s values are changing

第二部分 閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 

For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.

—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)

56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.

A. go to work abroad after American women’s example

B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century

C. are commonly used to living and working separately

D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.

A. proud, homesick or independent                  B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  

C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                  D. painful, desperate or conservative

58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?

A. The public think highly of it.             B. The public care very little about it.

C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.

59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.

A. Arab women can hardly find any work

B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf

C. flight attendants lead quite a different life

D. young Arab women’s values are changing

第二部分 閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

A

It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 

For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.

—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)

56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.

A. go to work abroad after American women’s example

B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century

C. are commonly used to living and working separately

D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.

A. proud, homesick or independent                  B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  

C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                  D. painful, desperate or conservative

58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?

A. The public think highly of it.             B. The public care very little about it.

C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.

59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.

A. Arab women can hardly find any work

B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf

C. flight attendants lead quite a different life

D. young Arab women’s values are changing

第二部分閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）
A
It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.
Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.
A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.
Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 
For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”
Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.
—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)
56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.
A. go to work abroad after American women’s example
B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century
C. are commonly used to living and working separately
D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men
57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.
A. proud, homesick or independent                 B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  
C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                 D. painful, desperate or conservative
58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?
A. The public think highly of it.            B. The public care very little about it.
C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.
59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.
A. Arab women can hardly find any work
B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf
C. flight attendants lead quite a different life
D. young Arab women’s values are changing

第三部分 閱讀理解 (共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 

For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.

—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)

56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.

A. go to work abroad after American women’s example

B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century

C. are commonly used to living and working separately

D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.

A. proud, homesick or independent                  B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  

C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                  D. painful, desperate or conservative

58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?

A. The public think highly of it.             B. The public care very little about it.

C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.

59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.

A. Arab women can hardly find any work

B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf

C. flight attendants lead quite a different life

D. young Arab women’s values are changing

.

第三部分  閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

       請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.

Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.

A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.

Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 

For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”

Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.

—From New York Times (December 22, 2009)

51. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.

A. go to work abroad after American women’s example

B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century

C. are commonly used to living and working separately

D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men

52. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.

A. proud, homesick or independent                  B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  

C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                  D. painful, desperate or conservative

53. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?

A. The public think highly of it.             B. The public care very little about it.

C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.

54. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.

A. Arab women can hardly find any work

B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf

C. flight attendants lead quite a different life

D. young Arab women’s values are changing