An American woman Anna Jarvis was the first person to decide that mothers should have a holiday in their honour each year. Miss Jarvis started her campaign（戰(zhàn)役）in 1906 in her home city Philadelphia. She wrote thousands of letters to congressmen（國會議員）, city officials, teachers and newspaper publishers, proposing（提議）an official holiday for mothers. She traveled all over America, trying to get support（支持）for the idea. Her battle went on for years.

In 1914 the Congress declared（宣布）the second Sunday in May each year as Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis wanted Mother’s Day to be a simple event. She thought children could honour their mothers by spending some time with them as an act of love and respect. However, the holiday turned out to be a major event for department stores, flower shops and greeting-card industry, which Miss Jarvis didn’t like.

Americans spend millions of dollars on gifts for their mothers on this day. Younger children often try to prepare and serve breakfast for their mothers. Fathers may offer to take care of children so that mothers can enjoy themselves. The holiday becomes an important time for family gathering.

72. Miss Jarvis      .

  A. kept writing letters to persuade people to love and respect their mothers

  B. kept writing letters and making speeches for people to support her idea

  C. declared the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day

  D. did all she could to support people to accept the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day

73. Miss Jarvis proposed Mother’s Day in order that people could show their love and respect to their mothers by      .

  A. spending some time with them

  B. offering them precious（珍貴的）gifts

  C. eating in restaurants together

  D. taking care of children for them

74. On Mother’s Day, department stores, flower shops      .

   A. are closed

B. have fewer customers（顧客）

   C. are full of people

D. only have women customers

75. Miss Jarvis didn’t like      .

   A. department stores

B. flower shops

   C. greeting-card industry

D. the way people spend Mother’s Day

Ruth Mckenney was born in 1911 in Mishawak, Indiana. She grew up in Cleveand, Ohio, and at the age of fourteen she got her first job working nights in a printer’s shop. She also worked as a waitress, but after dropping two fruits salads on the floor, she was fired.

While Miss Mckenney was studying in a Ohio State University, she found an outside job as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch. In fact, she left college before she got her degree in order to devote all her time to newspaper work. She later worked on papers in Akron, Ohio, and New York City.

In New York, Miss Mckenney began to write stories about the amusing experiences she shared with her sisiter. These were published in the New York magazine, and later in a book called “My Sister Eileen”. This book was an immediate bestseller, and soon became a hit play. Miss Mckenney has also written a guide to England and a number of serious books on American labor.

Miss Mckenney married Richard Bransten in 1937. They had one daughter, and it came as no surprise when the author named her Eileen.

Ruch Mckenney died in 1972.

69. Ruth Mckenney started her newspaper work      .

  A. after she left college

  B. when she was a university student

  C. before she got her degree

  D. when she worked in New York City

70. The book My Sister Eileen consists of stories about      .

  A. Miss Mckenney only

  B. Miss Mckenney’s sister only

  C. both Miss Mckenney and her sister

  D. Miss Mckenney’s family and her fellow reporters

71. Why do you suppose it came as no surprise when the author name her daughter “Eileen”?

  A. Because the best-selling book made her famous and its heroine’s（女主人公的）name was “Eileen”.

  B. Because this name could help her to remember her sister forever.

  C. Because she had only one daughter and she loved her so much.

  D. Because she wished her daughter would be as successful as she had been.

Years ago people could hardly accept the ideas of a woman’s being a doctor. In order to get into medical school in 1847, Elizabeth Blackwell was asked to keep it a secret that she was a woman. This was contrary to her beliefs, and she refused to do it. After entering medical school, Elizabeth often had to summon all her courage to free the unkindness of teachers and classmates. By her great efforts, she was able to complete her studies. Many people came to her graduation just to have a look at a woman doctor. Doctor Blackwell soon found that most people were not as ready as to go to a woman doctor. She had to struggle to make a living. Then came the great day when she was offered a job as a doctor in a hospital. She did so well that she was asked to organize a new hospital and medical college. The United States can now be proud of thousands of women doctors.

64. How do you think Elizabeth was treated in the medical school?

  A. Kindly.              B. Unfairly.

  C. Normally.          D. Cruelly.

65. Many people came to see Elizabeth when she graduated      .

  A. because they wanted to congratulate her on being a doctor

  B. but they didn’t believe she would be famous in the future

  C. because they wanted to find out the secret of her success

  D. but they weren’t sure that she could manage to finish her schooling

66. When she was at the medical school, Blackwell      .

  A. had to pretend to be a boy student in class

  B. was discouraged by the others’ critical looks

  C. felt sorry that she was a woman

  D. made great effort to do well in her lessons

67. After graduation, Elizabeth found that      .

  A. she was not right for the job and had to struggle for a living

  B. she must organize a new hospital and medical college for women

  C. few people were willing to go to a woman doctor

  D. most people were ready to go to a woman doctor

68. What in fact was Elizabeth’s great effort in the medical school?

  A. To study hard to complete her studies.

  B. To refuse to pretend to be a boy.

  C. To realize her idea of being a doctor.

  D. To struggle for the position of the women.

Agnes Miller was one of the earliest leaders of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the United States. She was born on a farm in Missouri in 1892. Strangely enough she had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers always treated her as their favorite.

In 1896 the family moved to Chicago. Three years later they moved back to St. Louis where Agnes spent the rest of her childhood. She enjoyed her years in school and was an excellent student of mathematics. She also was quite skillful as a painter.

It was when Agnes went off to college that she first learned that women were not treated as equals. She didn’t like being treated unequally but she tried not to notice it. After graduating from college she tried to get a job in her major field―physics. She soon found it was almost impossible for a woman.

Agnes spent a full year looking for a job. Finally she gave up in anger. She began writing letters of anger to various newspapers. An editor in New York liked her ideas very much. He specially liked her style. He asked her to do a series of stories on the difficulties that women had in finding a job. And there she began her great fight for equal rights for women.

61. Where did Agnes spend her childhood?

  A. Missouri.           B. Chicago.

  C. New York.        D. St. Louis and Chicago.

62. At school, Agnes was good at      .

  A. physics and painting

  B. maths and painting

  C. writing and maths

  D. physics and writing

63. What happened in Agnes’s life when she was in college?

  A. She learned to accept the fact that men and women were unequal.

  B. She learned that it was impossible for a woman to be a scientist.

  C. She came to know of the inequality between men and women.

  D. She developed her personal way of writing.

A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.

“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.

Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”. “I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says. “And I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there…or engineers or scientists?”

56. A lot of women in       wish that they were born men.

    A. European countries

B. West Germany

    C. West Europe

D. West Germany

57. “It is still a men’s would.” Means “       ”

  A. There’re more men than women in the world.

  B. There’re more men scientists or engineers than women in the world.

  C. Women cannot live without men.

  D. Women have not been given the same chance as men.

58. Anne Harper considers that women should      .

    A. be really liberated

B. live a better life

   C. be well paid

D. get better jobs than men

59. Anne Harper doesn’t wish that she were a man because she      .

  A. has got a very good job

  B. believes in “Women Liberation”

  C. does the work that a man can’t do

  D. isn’t looked down upon by anyone

60. Which of the following is NOT true?

  A. Usually the best jobs are not open to women.

  B. Women are less paid than men for the same job.

  C. There’re more men pilots, engineers and scientists than women.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn’t get a   36   to go to school.   37   a child, Harriet had to work very hard in    38   all day. That way, her owner could    39   a lot of money when he sold his crops. Harriet    40   think that she was being treated fairly.

   41   Harriet grew up, she ran away from the plantation（莊園） to the northern United States. There, and in Canada,   42   could be free.

Harriet liked to be free. She felt    43    for all of the black people who were    44   slaves.

Harriet returned to   45   to help other slaves to run away. She made   46   that they got to the north and became free.

Harriet was in great   47   because of a law that   48  . The law said it was not permitted to   49   runaway slaves. She also   50   that the slave owners said they would   51  $ 4 000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman.

There were many stories about Harriet   52  slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen trips back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to   53 . When the Civil War broke out, the northern states   54  with the southern states. Harriet   55   the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.

It was __________ computer games that cost the boy a lot of time he ought to have spent on his lessons．

 A. having played           B. to have played    

 C. playing                    D. played

--Would you like to come to my birthday party?

-- ________ to go to. At what time will it start?

A: I’m very willing                                  B: I’m too willing

C: I’m sorry I have no time                      D: I hate

She knows so much about England. She       there before.

A. must be                                           B. must live  

C. must have been                                D. must have lived in

I’m glad to see that you ________ a lot of progress since I ______ you last.

    A. will make; have met                       B. have been making; met

    C. had made; met                               D. have made; meeting