Before you walked down the aisle—if you even did---did you first agree to take your partner’s name? had you agreed to the bank for updated credit cards, changed your email address, and updated your Facebook?
I didn't; and I know plenty of women out there didn't, either. So I was pretty shocked to learn that in a recent survey, over 50 percent of U.S. citizens believe a wife should take her husband's name—and she should be required to do so by law.
Author Emily Schafer, a sociology professor at Portland State University, surveyed a representative national sample of 1,200 people tar the study, which found that a larger number of American adults think there needs to actually be a law in place to prevent women from keeping their own name.
The most common reason given? The general belief is that women should prioritize（优先）their marriage and their family ahead of themselves. To this, I admit I'm a bit confused, because I don't understand how exactly riot taking your husband’s last name means you aren't prioritizing your marriage.
Now, I didn't take my husband's name for a variety of reasons: I didn’t feel like the name was "mine" and professionally I had built up a reputation as a writer under my maiden（未婚的）name, so I didn't want to lose that. His surname wasn't easy to spell, either; everyone gets it wrong (including my mother—still—and we've been married 13 years).But most of all, I felt like in taking my husband's last name, I was losing a huge sense of self. And while yes, we are a family, I don't want his surname to define me. I'm not his possession.
Just like every aspect of motherhood, each woman should be respected for the choices she makes—without having to do anything by law. And we should all be grateful to Lucy Stone—the first American woman to legally maintain her last name after marriage in 1856.Just imagine how difficult that must have been to forego tradition in that time?
1.What can be learned about the tradition of taking a husband's name from the survey?
A. A law should be there to break the tradition.
B. The majority of American adults support the tradition.
C. The majority of American women go against the tradition.
D. The law requires wives to take their husbands' names in America.
2.Why does an American woman generally take her husband's name?
A. To value her marriage and family.
B. To show honesty to her husband.
C. To join in the family of her husband.
D. To unite a new family under the same name.
3.What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?
A. Why the author didn't use her husband's name.
B. Why the author's mother didn't like her husband.
C. How worthy the author's own maiden name was.
D. How bored the author became with her husband's name.
4.What does the author think of the tradition?
A. It's reasonable B. It isn’t worth caring
C. Every coin has two sides D. It's out of date and confusing.
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Before you walked down the aisle—if you even did---did you first agree to take your partner’s name? had you agreed to the bank for updated credit cards, changed your email address, and updated your Facebook?
I didn't; and I know plenty of women out there didn't, either. So I was pretty shocked to learn that in a recent survey, over 50 percent of U.S. citizens believe a wife should take her husband's name—and she should be required to do so by law.
Author Emily Schafer, a sociology professor at Portland State University, surveyed a representative national sample of 1,200 people tar the study, which found that a larger number of American adults think there needs to actually be a law in place to prevent women from keeping their own name.
The most common reason given? The general belief is that women should prioritize（优先）their marriage and their family ahead of themselves. To this, I admit I'm a bit confused, because I don't understand how exactly riot taking your husband’s last name means you aren't prioritizing your marriage.
Now, I didn't take my husband's name for a variety of reasons: I didn’t feel like the name was "mine" and professionally I had built up a reputation as a writer under my maiden（未婚的）name, so I didn't want to lose that. His surname wasn't easy to spell, either; everyone gets it wrong (including my mother—still—and we've been married 13 years).But most of all, I felt like in taking my husband's last name, I was losing a huge sense of self. And while yes, we are a family, I don't want his surname to define me. I'm not his possession.
Just like every aspect of motherhood, each woman should be respected for the choices she makes—without having to do anything by law. And we should all be grateful to Lucy Stone—the first American woman to legally maintain her last name after marriage in 1856.Just imagine how difficult that must have been to forego tradition in that time?
1.What can be learned about the tradition of taking a husband's name from the survey?
A. A law should be there to break the tradition.
B. The majority of American adults support the tradition.
C. The majority of American women go against the tradition.
D. The law requires wives to take their husbands' names in America.
2.Why does an American woman generally take her husband's name?
A. To value her marriage and family.
B. To show honesty to her husband.
C. To join in the family of her husband.
D. To unite a new family under the same name.
3.What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?
A. Why the author didn't use her husband's name.
B. Why the author's mother didn't like her husband.
C. How worthy the author's own maiden name was.
D. How bored the author became with her husband's name.
4.What does the author think of the tradition?
A. It's reasonable B. It isn’t worth caring
C. Every coin has two sides D. It's out of date and confusing.
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“Josie Metz’s father won’t live long enough to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day．But thanks to photographer Lindsey Villatoro，the 11-year-old girl was able to experience what it might be like anyway．
Her father, Jim，62，had already been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when he and his wife．Grace，hired Villatoro—a photographer．Two years ago，Villatoro began offering photography sessions for people with serious illnesses to document their journeys and was hired by the Metz family．”I try to really showcase(充分展示)the person for who they are and not the illness，”she told The Huffington Post during a phone conversation Tuesday afternoon．
Villatoro went to Jim and Grace’s home for a shoot and offered to do one with their young daughter，Josie．After she left，she posted about the family on her website to get gift donations for the girl to help make her last birthday with her father memorable．But she decided to take a step further as a surprise and dreamed up the idea of a wedding for the girl—complete with，flowers，desserts，a promise ring and a dress from L．A．Fashion Week—so that her father could walk her down the aisle．”
For today，appreciate those you love．Give them lots of hugs and be grateful they are in your life．You never know what can happen．Say more“I Love Yous”and show more appreciation for all of your friends and family．Appreciate the blessings you have．I'm going to hug my husband Rich more today，call my Dad，call my friend in NC，and give lots of kitty hugs to my pets．Hugs to all of you—I appreciate you all so much and am grateful to have you in my life every single Day!
1.Villatoro was hired by Josie’s parents to _______________．
A．take care of them B．treat Jim’s cancer
C．take photographs D．fix Josie’s wedding
2.What do we know about Josie’s father，Jim?
A．He wants to attend Josie’s wedding． B．He is fond of photography．
C．He had all idea of a wedding． D．He suffered from cancel
3.Villatoro posted about the family on her website to _____________．
A．show her gratitude to her customers
B．collect birthday presents for the girl
C．raise money for people with illnesses
D．celebrate the poor girl’s last birthday
4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A．We should Treasure loved ones． B．Blood is thicker than water．
C．Without love，nothing can go far． D．Time and tide wait for no man．
5.Which of the following best describes Villatoro?
A．Talented and popular B．Humorous and friendly
C．Intelligent and proud D．Creative and helpfull
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B
The image of a veiled（用面纱遮盖）bride walking down the aisle on her father's arm could become a thing of the past as a growing trend for 'feminist（女权主义者） weddings' has been detected among modern brides to be.
Doing away with the engagement ring, choosing not to be 'given away like property' and wearing a colour other than white are key themes gaining traction（牵引力） in the feminist wedding trend.
The findings, revealed in a survey of 200 brides to be, revealed that almost a quarter of women planned on keeping their maiden name after marriage, while one in 10 were planning to wear a colour other than white on their wedding day.
Traditions such as the wearing of an engagement ring are also increasingly being rejected by brides who feel it is anti-feminist - with such an obvious token（记号） to be worn on the finger marking the woman in question as 'taken'.
However, while there is undoubtedly a stirring among young brides to be, parents can take comfort in the fact that while some women are beginning to push back against the patriarchy（家长制）, the majority are still keen to uphold certain traditions, with 76 per cent of brides saying they really would like their father to walk them down the aisle.
Elki Parmar of Wedding Days.co.uk, who conducted the survey, said: “Some of the brides we have spoken to are doing things that they feel make their wedding more 'feminist'. That could be reflected by deciding not be given away, the idea being that one of the connotations of this tradition is that the woman is property to be given away. Other brides are choosing not to wear white on their wedding day as a woman’s white wedding dress traditionally carries connotations （含义）of virginal innocence whereas what the groom wears on his wedding day is not perceived（意识到） to be symbolic, creating somewhat of an imbalance from some feminist perspectives”.
1.Which of the following is not the symbol of traditional wedding?
A．The bride wears bridal veil.
B．The bride walks down the aisle on her father’s arm.
C．The bride wears the engagement ring.
D．The bride wears a color other than white.
2.Why do the brides reject to wear an engagement ring according to the passage?
A．Because it is too cheap.
B．Because it is not made of gold.
C．Because they don’t want to marry their husband.
D．Because it makes the women I question as “taken”.
3.What can we learn from the survey in Paragraph 2?
A．More than 200 brides were investigated．
B．Half of the brides won’t change their last name after marriage to their husband.
C．10% of them prefer to wear a color other than white on their wedding day.
D．No one wants to wear an engagement ring.
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The tendency mentioned in the passage is becoming more and more popular.
B．Some women are beginning to push back against their parents.
C．The majority of brides don’t like their father to walk them down the aisle.
D．Some brides regard wearing white on their wedding day as a symbol of unequal between men and women.
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Calming Down before the Speech
Public speaking makes almost everybody anxious. Even seasoned speakers need to calm themselves down（or pump themselves up）before they give a presentation.1.
Practice in front of others. If you only practice speaking when you're alone, you're more likely to get anxious when you deliver the speech to an audience.2.Practice a little every day, but on the night before you deliver the speech, don't practice. Just relax. If you notice that there's a section of the speech that makes you the most nervous, practice it extra. For instance, if you always get nervous right at the beginning, devote extra Practice time to the beginning.
Visit the location of your speech. If you can, spend some time in the place where you will give your speech.3.If the location is in your workplace or school, visit it frequently to practice. Relax there as well. If the location won't be accessible until the day of the speech, try to come a little early so you can adapt yourself to the environment.
4.Write down what makes you nervous about a speech. Consider each of them individually. What's the worst that could happen in each case? If it happens, what will you do? For instance, if you're scared that you'll forget what to say next, think, "I'll just pause and look at my notes."
Exercise before a speech. Running and other forms of violent movement can use up your extra adrenaline（肾上腺素）. Try taking a jog, going for a rapid bike ride, or even dancing out your nerves on the morning before you present.5.
A.Practice there if you can
B.List the things that you're afraid of.
C.Make notes of the key points of your speech
D.Get more chance to practice before small groups.
E.Here are some tips that might help reduce anxiety.
F.Below are four causes of anxiety before the speech.
G.If you can't do something violent，take a walk instead.
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语法填空。
Two weeks before Christmas, two little girls were walking down the street 1. they saw old Harry, who was on his knees pulling weeds around a tree.
He wore a pair of worn gloves. His fingers were sticking out 2. the ends, blue from the cold. They stopped to talk to him.
Harry told them he 3. (get) the yard in shape as a Christmas gift for his mother, who had died several years before. “My mother was all I had. She loved her yard and trees, so I do this for her every Christmas.”
His words touched the girls and soon they _4._ (join) him, pulling weeds. When they finished, Harry pressed a coin into each of their hands. “I wish I could pay you more, but that's all I've got right now，” he said.
The girls had often passed his house, and they remembered that it had always been 5. poor condition. No decorations to add cheeriness were anywhere in sight.
As they walked on, the coin in one little girl's hand seemed to burn a hole of 6. (guilty). The next day she called her friends 7. they agreed to put their coins in a jar marked “Harry's Christmas Gift”. Then they began to seek out small jobs to earn more. Every coin they earned went into the jar.
Finally, they had enough 8. (buy) new gloves. On Christmas Eve they were on Harry's doorstep singing carols. They presented him with the gloves. With 9. (tremble) hands, he held the gloves to his face and wept. No doubt he once again felt _10._ love of others as the girls reached out to him.
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The lift________yesterday. We'll have to walk up to the eighth floor this evening.
| A．broke down | B．took down | C．came down | D．got down |
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___he met with the difficulty did he realize the importance of our help.
A．Even though B．Only before C．Never until D．Ever since
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From the moment you open your eyes in the morning, you can feel sweat running down your body, even if you' re barely moving at all. That's what most people in China felt like this summer. In fact, the entire northern hemisphere(半球)saw high temperatures in July.
The Arctic Circle was no exception(例外). Temperatures in the city of Norilsk, which is in the Arctic Circle, reached a record high of 32 ℃, The Atlantic reported. Temperatures there are usually just 10 ℃ at this time of the year.
The heat wave in the Arctic is mainly a long-term result of global warming, according to the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. In fact, while the whole world is getting warmer, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. This is called the polar amplification effect (极地放大效应).
The most direct impact of Arctic warming is the melting of Arctic ice. According to NASA, Arctic sea ice is now disappearing at a rate of 13.2 percent every 10 years. NASA said that if this continues, the Arctic will have no ice by the year 2040.
This has put some Arctic animals, like polar bears, in danger. The ice that the bears live on has shrunk(缩小), the Toronto Star reported.
Melting ice can also cause sea levels to rise in the long term. Since 1993, sea levels have risen at a rate of 3.2 cm every 10 years, the Guardian reported. Some countries, such as Tuvalu(图瓦鲁) in the South Pacific Ocean and Maldives(马尔代夫) in the Indian Ocean, are at risk of disappearing into the sea.
1.Which of the following is true?
A.Some countries in the ocean will disappear in 10 years.
B.China is the hottest in the northern hemisphere this summer.
C.The world gets warmer because of the heat wave in the Arctic.
D.The temperatures in Norilsk used to be lower than this summer.
2.What does the underlined word "this" in the third paragraph refer to?
A.The heat wave in the Arctic.
B.The result of global warming.
C.The Arctic getting warm faster.
D.Getting warmer in the world.
3.What may be the result of the melting of Arctic ice?
A.The polar will become dangerous.
B.There will be an end of water shortage.
C.Sea levels rise in the long term.
D.There will be no ice in the world by 2040.
4.What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Heat hits Arctic.
B.Arctic animals are in danger.
C.The world became hotter than before.
D.Some countries may disappear into the sea.
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Boyan Slat is 26. If you saw him walking down the street, you might think he was just a student at a local technical university. And so he was, seven years ago, right before he _________ out of college.
Slat’s life began to _________ after a holiday trip to Greece with his family when he was 16. Before taking a diving course, he had _________ to see beautiful sea animals. However, what he _________ saw in the ocean was an awful lot of _________ waste. From that moment on, Slat dived into a _________ to find a solution to this alarming problem. _________ by the idea for a floating barrier that could collect plastic in the oceans, he _________ his company at the age of 18. Although the idea was named one of the best _________ of 2015 by TIME magazine, he received __________ feedback from the specialists in __________ issues.
Slat was not __________ and continued with his mission. After five and a half years’ hard work, he launched the world’s __________ ocean plastic cleanup system: System 001. The U-shaped pipe, about 609 meters in __________, snakes its way out under the Golden Gate Bridge into the Pacific. These floating barriers will capture (捕获) plastic as the ocean water flow past. Ships will collect the waste and bring it to land for __________ every few months. According to Slat, if all goes to plan, only 60 systems could __________ the amount of plastic there by as much as 50 percent by 2025.
__________, there remains a problem: what will happen to the plastic brought back to shore from Slats systems? It’s likely that lots of the waste will __________ be recycled into more single-use plastics that end up back in the __________. That doesn’t mean Slat will __________. “Big problems require big solutions,” he says. “If anyone has any better ideas, I’d love to know.”
1.A.ran B.dropped C.studied D.grew
2.A.change B.improve C.suffer D.worsen
3.A.failed B.managed C.started D.expected
4.A.suddenly B.actually C.probably D.rarely
5.A.medical B.industrial C.plastic D.agricultural
6.A.project B.book C.lake D.river
7.A.Troubled B.Amused C.Frightened D.Struck
8.A.left B.founded C.sold D.introduced
9.A.inventions B.results C.wishes D.barriers
10.A.positive B.valuable C.negative D.immediate
11.A.legal B.social C.political D.environmental
12.A.discouraged B.abandoned C.pleased D.surprised
13.A.largest B.best C.first D.fastest
14.A.width B.length C.height D.depth
15.A.burning B.burying C.recycling D.testing
16.A.increase B.reduce C.keep D.limit
17.A.Besides B.Therefore C.However D.Otherwise
18.A.eventually B.certainly C.rapidly D.carefully
19.A.ships B.mountains C.dustbins D.oceans
20.A.give back B.give in C.give out D.give up
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Walk down any British shopping street and you will find shops with strange names. Why is the barbers called "Shearlock Combs"? Why is the opticians (眼镜店)called "Eyediology"? And who decided to name the butchers "Meat you there" and the fish and chip shop "The Plaice to Come"? What's going on?
The British love puns (双关语)----as do many other nationalities. Puns are jokes based on words that sound the same. You've probably noticed that many words in English which are spelt in different ways and have different meanings are pronounced in the same way. Think about the name of the restaurant: "plaice" is a kind of fish, so our restaurant is "the place" to eat fish. Butchers sell meat ——so we'll "meet you there" ——and opticians look after our eyes in a scientific way --- so eyed-iology (ideology) is a name that fits. Hairdressers shear (cut) your locks (hair) and comb it —— say the three words together quickly and you have the name of a famous detective. In shop titles and adverts, puns are used to get our attention.
Puns are very old. The ancient Egyptians and Romans liked to pun. Shakespeare uses many puns in his plays ——King Richard the Third (the son of York) brings "glorious summer" ——just think about a word that has the same sound as son.
Many people enjoy a good pun (pun / fun for all the family! ) —— others hate them. Puns aren't really designed to make you laugh. Here are some puns that might leave you asking for no more puns. Have you heard about the bears who voted in the North Pole? Or the cheetah (猎豹) who couldn't be trusted at cards? Or how about the clever little Australian animal that had lots of koalaifications or the camel with no humps (驼峰) that was called Humphrey (and so was free of humps ... ).
Puns can be funny, but they sometimes make important points. Here' s a fashion tip: "skinny genes make skinny jeans": so don't worry if your jeans don't fit --- it's your family's fault!
1.Where can you probably enjoy fish and chips, judging from the name?
A.Shearlock Combs. B.Eyediology.
C.The Plaice to Come D.Meat you there.
2.Why are puns often used in shop titles and adverts?
A.It's a long-established tradition.
B.They help create a relaxed atmosphere.
C.They show the products are of high quality.
D.They are good for catching people's attention.
3.How does the author make his point in the text?
A.By giving examples. B.By making comparisons.
C.By following the order of time. D.By describing causes and effects.
4.What is the author' s main purpose in writing the text?
A.To compare the use of puns in different countries.
B.To introduce some popular puns in Britain.
C.To stress it is important to understand puns.
D.To explain why puns are common in Britain.
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