But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how our brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.
57. According to the passage, Chinese people are most likely to ________. A. more emphasize independent thinking B. always focus more on their surroundings C. focus on the context as well as the object D. think of Westerners as highly independent units
58. We know from the passage that people’s brains will be more active when ________. A. the task is much easier
B. the blood flow is tracked D. the task is more difficult
C. people begin to choose colors
59. What does Dr Hedden's experiment in Paragraph 4-5 indicate? A. Culture has a great impact on the way people talk and behave. B. Easterners and Westerners perceive the world differently. C. People's perception of the world can be changed. D. Americans are better at calculating than the Asians. 60. It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A. Easterners prefer collectivism to individualism B. East Asian cultures lay more emphasis on independence C. it took over ten years to find out how to improve our brainpower D. Americans will change their habits of perception when they’re in Britain
D
My grandmother Rosalind Einhorn was born exactly fifty-two years before I was, on August 28, 1917. Like many poor Jewish families in New York City, hers lived in a small, crowded apartment close to their relatives. Her parents, aunts and uncles addressed her male cousins by their given names, but she and her sister were referred to only as “Girlie”.
During the Depression, my grandmother was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by sewing fabric flowers onto undergarments that her mother could resell for a tiny profit. No one in the community would have considered taking a boy out of school. A boy’s education was the family’s hope to move up the financial and social ladder. Education for girls, however, was less significant both financially, since they were unlikely to contribute to the family’s income, and culturally, since boys were expected to study the Torah while girls were expected to run a “proper
home”. Luckily for my grandmother, a local teacher insisted that her parents put her back into school. She went on not only to finish high school but to graduate from U.C. Berkeley.
After college, “Girlie” worked selling pocketbooks and accessories at David’s Fifth Avenue. When she left her job to marry my grandfather, David’s had to hire four people to replace her. Years later, when my grandfather’s paint business was struggling, she jumped in and took some of the hard steps he was unwilling to take, helping to save the family from financial ruin. She displayed her business ability again in her forties. After being diagnosed（诊断）with breast cancer, she beat it and then devoted herself to raising money for the clinic that treated her by selling some watches. Girlie ended up with a profit that Apple would envy. I have never met anyone with more energy and determination than my grandmother.
When my grandmother had children of her own — my mother and her two brothers — she emphasized education for all of them. My mother attended the University of Pennsylvania. When she graduated in 1965 with a degree in French literature, she surveyed a workforce that she believed consisted of two career options for women: teaching or nursing. She chose teaching. She began a Ph. D. programme, got married, and then dropped out when she became pregnant with me. It was thought to be a sign of weakness if a husband needed his wife’s help to support their family, so my mother became a stay-at-home parent and an active volunteer. The centuries-old division of labor stood. Even though I grew up in a traditional home, my parents had the same expectations for me, my sister, and my brother. All the three of us were encouraged to do well in school, do equal routine tasks, and participate in after-school activities. We were all supposed to be athletic too. My brother and sister joined sports teams, but I was the kid who got picked last in gym, despite my athletic shortcomings. I was raised to believe that girls could do anything boys could do and that all career paths were open to me.
When I arrived at college in the fall of 1987, my classmates of both genders seemed equally focused on academics. I don’t remember thinking about my future career differently from the male students. I also don’t remember any conversations about someday balancing work and children. My friends and I assumed that we would have both. Men and women competed openly and aggressively with one another in classes, activities，and job interviews. Just two generations removed from my grandmother, the playing field seemed to be level.
But more than twenty years after my college graduation, the world has not evolved nearly as much as I believed it would. Almost all of my male classmates work in professional settings. Some of my female classmates work full-time or part-time outside the home and just as many are stay-at-home
mothers and volunteers like my mom. This mirrors the national trend. In comparison to their male counterparts（相同能力者）, highly trained women are scaling back and dropping out of the workforce in high numbers.
61. Why were the writer’s grandma and her sisters called “Girlie”? A. They had not yet got their given names. B. They were highly valued by their elders. C. They shared apparent similarities in many ways. D. They were regarded as less important than boys.
62. What conclusion can we draw about the writer’s grandmother? A. She was an extraordinarily able and tough woman. B. She was full of ideas for solving various problems. C. She benefited greatly from her family background. D. She had special ways of teaching her own children.
63. What might people think when the writer’s mother gave up her job? A. Her freedom of choice ought to be well respected. B. Her job should be taken over by a younger person. C. It was a real shame about her losing that good job. D. It was quite normal for a woman like her to do so.
64. From the description of the writer’s own life, we can see ________. A. great expectations in the students’ minds B. seeming social progress in certain aspects C. innocent friendship between boys and girls D. positive attitudes to work and competitions
65. By writing the passage the writer intends to reveal ________.
A. the necessity of women’s education B. the importance of women’s liberation C. the existence of gender discrimination D. the lives of three generations of women
第II卷 (非选择题，共40分)
第四部分：词汇检测 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
请认真阅读下列各个小题，并根据上下文语境和所给首字母的提示，写出下列各句空格中的单词，注意保持语义和形式的一致。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。 ．．．．．．．66. —Jane is being scolded by our boss for her being late.
— Oh, poor girl. She should have been p ▲ for such an important meeting. 67. —That’s funny. I am forced to log off the Glory of King when I am playing.
—Oh, the Tencent Company has issued a ban, which f ▲ any child under 12 from playing the game more than one hour.
68. —What a pity! Although the young man jumped into the cold water b ▲ to save the drowning
child, the child still died.
—Well, we still think of the young man as our hero.
69. —What c ▲ should be used for assessing a student’s ability?
—It is complicated to say, but obviously, the college entrance examination should not be the only standard.
70. —The building project will be f ▲ only by public donation. —But it is really a big challenge to collect such a big sum of money.
第五部分：任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卷上相应题号的横线上，每个空格只填一个单词。
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