The trend of Phubbing group (低头族) getting inc...

The trend of Phubbing group (低头族) getting increasingly large is spreading worldwide, ______ many problems such as traffic accidents and cold interpersonal relationship.

A. and cause               B. only to cause         C. caused           D. causing

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

You’re probably aware of the basic trends. The financial rewards to education have increased over the past few decades, but men fail to benefit.

In elementary and high school, male academic performance is lagging. Boys earn three-quarters of the D’s and F’s. By college, men are clearly behind. Only 40 percent of bachelor’s degree go to men, along with 40 percent of master’s degree.

Thanks to their lower skills, men are dropping out of the labor force. In 1954, 96 percent of the American men between the ages of 25 and 54 worked. Today, that number is down to 80 percent. In Friday's jobs report, male labor force participation reached an all-time low.

Millions of men are collecting disability benefits. Even many of those who do have a job are doing poorly. According to Michael Greenstone of the Hamilton Project, annual earnings for average prime-age males have dropped by 28 percent over the past 40 years.

Men still dominate (主宰) the top of the corporate ladder because many women take time off to raise children, but women lead or are gaining nearly everywhere else. Women in their 20s outearn men in their 20s. Twelve out of the 15 fastest-growing professions are dominated by women.

Over the years, many of us have employed a certain theory to explain men's economic decline. It is that the information-age economy rewards qualities that women are more likely to possess.

To succeed today, you have to be able to sit still and focus attention in school at an early age. You have to be emotionally sensitive and aware of context. You have to communicate smoothly. For genetic and cultural reasons, many men are not good at these.

But, in her fascinating new book, The End of Men, Hanna Rosin suggests a different theory. It has to do with adaptability. Women, Rosin argues, are like immigrants (移民) who have moved to a new country. They see a new social context, and they flexibly adapt to new circumstances. Men are like immigrants who have physically moved to a new country but who have kept their minds in the old one. They speak the old language. They follow the old customs. Men are more likely to be rigid; women are more fluid.

This theory has less to do with born qualities and more to do with social position. When there’s big social change, the people who were on the top of the old order are bound to stick to the old ways. The people who were on the bottom are bound to experience a burst of energy. They are going to explore their new surroundings more enthusiastically.

Rosin reports from working-class Alabama. The women she meets are flooding into new jobs and new opportunities — going back to college, pursuing new careers. The men are waiting around for the jobs left and are never coming back. They are strangely immune (免疫的）to new options. In the Auburn-Opelika region, the average female income is 140 percent of the average male income.

Rosin is not saying that women are winners in a global gender (性别) war or that they are doing super simply because men are doing worse. She's just saying women are adapting to today’s economy more flexibly than men. There’s a lot of evidence to support her case.

A study by the National Federation of Independent Business found that small businesses owned by women outperformed male-owned small business during the last recession (衰退). In finance, women who switch firms are more likely to see their performance improve, whereas men are likely to see theirs decline. There's even evidence that women are better able to adjust to divorce. Today, more women than men see their incomes rise by 25 percent after a marital breakup.

Forty years ago, men and women stuck to certain theory, what it meant to be a man or a woman. Young women today, Rosin argues, have abandoned both feminist (女权主义者）and prefeminist preconceptions. Men still stick to the masculinity (大男子主义的）rules, which limit their vision and their movement.

If she's right, then men will have to acknowledge that they are strangers in a strange land.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Male labor force participation has declined by 80% since 1954.

B. More men than women take time off to raise children now.

C. Good communication is one of the qualities that women possess.

D. Men are still taking most top and fastest-growing professions.

2.In Hanna Rosin’s opinion, male performance is falling behind because _______.

A. men are less likely to sit still and focus in school at early age

B. men are more rigid and less able to adapt to new circumstances

C. women are doing better for genetic and cultural reasons

D. it is more and more difficult for men to get bachelor’s degree

3.What is the passage intended to convey?

A. The differences between men and women.

B. The reasons why men do no better than women.

C. The social status of men and women.

D. The reasons why men fail compared with women.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Since the Second World War, there has been an obvious trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence, ''go steady'' through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the ways of rebellious youth. However, emotional maturity does not grow with age; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.

Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. However, any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one's problems; more often, it merely worsens them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say that they are abandoning one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the ultimate good, but they themselves are wrong in believing that they have found the true center of life's meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially unrealistic and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment (幻想破灭) is often bound to follow.

Shall we, then, join the chorus of those against early marriages? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically practicable, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones.

1.From Para. 1 we can learn that 　　 .

A.emotional maturity automatically grow with age

B.some old people disapprove of early marriage

C.growing group of college students are against early marriage

D.the emotional expectations of young lovers are too high

2.The author's attitude to marriage as an escape is 　　 .

A.negative B.unsure

C.indifferent D.acceptable

3.It can be implied from the last paragraph that 　　 .

A.early marriages should not be encouraged

B.later marriages are always better than early marriages

C.each marriage should be looked at differently

D.young people can benefit a lot from early marriage

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A.Disillusionment in Marriage B.Expectations for Marriage

C.Marriages and Emotional Maturity D.The Trend of Early Marriages

高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Many of the world's pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities．Supply for the needs of the people leads to further　 　 　　 by industry．If the rapid increase of world population continues at the present rate, there may be much greater　　 　 　 to human beings．

Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as "population pollution''．

About 2,000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million．It　　 　 　　 a billion in 1850．By 1930 the population was two billion．It is now six billon．It is　　 　 　 to double by the year 2020．If the population continues to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the　　 　 　　 a hundred years from now．

Man has been　　 　 　 the earth's resources more and more　　 　 　　 over the past years．Some of them are almost gone．Now many people believe that man's greatest problem is how to control the　　 　 　　 of the population．The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to　　 　 　 the human population if the present rate of increase continues．

There is already over-crowding in many cities and starvation in some countries．Many people believe that human survival in the future 　 　 on the answer to the question．

1.A．progress　      B．pollution    　　 C．education　     　　 D．production

2.A．danger    B．harm    C．benefit    D．hardship

3.A．got    B．took    C．brought    D．reached

4.A．suggested　　 B．hoped    C．expected    D．said

5.A．world    B．country　     C．star　     D．end

6.A．discovering[　 B．using    C．digging    D．destroying

7.A．seriously　　 B．dangerously　 C．rapidly    D．steadily

8.A．existence　　 B．start    C．growth    D．birth

9.A．increase　　 B．starve    C．construct 　　　　　　 D．support

10.A．depends　 B．agrees    C．saves    D．passes

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further 1 by industry. If the rapid increase of world 2 continues at the present rate, there may be much greater 3 to human beings. Some scientists 4 of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution（人口公害）”.

About 2, 000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million. It 5a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now six billion. It is 6to double by the year 2020. If the population 7 to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the 8 a hundred years from now.

Man has been 9   the earth’s resources more and more 10   over the past years. Some of them are almost gone. Now many people believe that man’s 11   problem is how to control the 12   of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to 13  the human population if the present rate of increase continues. There is already over-crowding（过分拥挤）in many cities and 14  in some countries. Many people believe that human survival（生存） in the future 15  on the answer to the question.

1.                A．progress        B．pollution        C．education D．production

2.                A．agriculture      B．industry        C．environment   D．population

3.                A．danger         B．harm           C．benefit   D．hardship

4.                A．dream         B．approve        C．rid  D．speak

5.                A．got            B．took           C．brought  D．reached

6.                A．suggested       B．hoped          C．expected D．said

7.                A．continues       B．fails            C．tries D．means

8.                A．world          B．country         C．star  D．end

9.                A．discovering      B．using           C．digging   D．destroying

10.               A．seriously       B．dangerously     C．rapidly    D．steadily

11.               A．greatest        B．easiest         C．lightest    D．simplest

12.               A．existence       B．start           C．growth    D．birth

13.               A．increase        B．decrease       C．report D．support

14.               A．discussion      B．starvation       C．construction    D．argument

15.               A．depends        B．agrees         C．saves D．passes

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It is reported that the government has ____ the outbreak of violence by sending a large group of soldiers to police the area.

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

It is reported that the government has ____ the outbreak of violence by sending a large group of soldiers to police the area.

A. gone for    B. reacted to    C. appealed to    D. made for

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I ________ to half a dozen other groups.

A. was giving      B. am giving      C. had given      D. have given

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Since then the population of London________by almost 50,000 a year—an increase largely fuelled by immigration.

A．has risen　    B．have risen

C．rises　    D．rise

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析