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
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 themto 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