D To describe the billboards along the road

　　3.The write of this passage would probably favor ( )

　　A bus drivers who weren’t reckless B driving alone

　　C a television set on the bus D no billboards along the road

　　4.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because ( )

　　A the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

　　B they both have a beginning ,a middle ,and an end , with commercials in between

　　C the drives are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

　　D both travelling and watching TV are not exciting

　　5.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are ( )

　　A exciting B comfortable C tiring D boring

　　Passage two

　　Questions 6—10 are based on Passage One：

　　Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world .women’s education may be unusual territory for economists ,but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue .and economics ,with its emphasis on incentives ,provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education

　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expert them to make an economic contribution to he family :girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children .Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling ,trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect.

　　An educated mother ,on the other hand ,has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children ,ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance .The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls ,as well as of boys ,will be education and healthy . The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

　　Few will dispute that education women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economic advantages as well .Most obviously ,there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments ,but they are just the beginning .Education women also has a significant impact on health practices,including family planning.

　　6.The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ( )

　　A troublesome B labor –saving

　　C rewarding D expensive

　　7.By saying“…the prophecy becomes self –fulfilling…” (Lines45，para.2).the author means that ( )

　　A girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

　　B girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

　　C girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach

　　D girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home

　　8.The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when ( )

　　A women care more about education

　　B girls can gain equal access to education

　　C a family has fewer but healthier children

　　D parents can afford their daughters’education

　　9.What does the author say about women’s education?( )

　　A It deserves greater attention than other social issues

　　B It is now given top priority in many developing countries

　　C It will yield greater returns than other known investments

　　D It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists

　　10.The passage mainly discusses ( )

　　A unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

　　B the potential earning power of well –educated women

　　C the major contributions of educated women to society

　　D the economic and social benefits of educating women

　　Passage Three(略)

　　写作部分

　　请用黑色墨水笔在主观题答题卡的相对位置上作答，否则无效。(本题共45分)

　　阅读下面的材料，自选角度，自定文意，自拟标题，写一篇不少于800字的议论文。

　　于丹在《<论语>心得》中引述了美国科学家进行的一项实验，科学家在许多同时生长的南瓜上加上质量不同的砝码。有的几克，有的几十克，有的几百克，有的几千克。其中一个南瓜加得最多，从最初的几克进步加压到它成熟时，已经加到了几百千克。科学家把这些加压的南瓜摘下来，试着用刀把它们打开，看它们的质地有什么不同。别的南瓜随着手起刀落迎刃而开，而那只承受压力最大的南瓜却把刀弹开了，最后只好用电锯把它锯开，实验的数据令人难以置信，这只南瓜里面的硬率竟然相当于一颗成年的树干。