The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning .You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that .The seat ,of course ,has become harder as the hours have passed.By now you’ve sat with you legs crossed ,with your hands crossed behind your head .the end comes just at the right time . There are just no more ways to sit.

 1．According to the passage ,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long

Bus trip?(   )

A Buses on the road               B Films on television  

C Advertisements on the board       D gas stations

2．What is the purpose of this passage ?(    )

A To give the write’s opinion about long bus trips

B To persuade you to take a long bus trip

C To explain how bus trips and television shows differ

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 (&n