Spanish men will have to learn to change diapers and do dishwashing under the terms of a new law designed to strike a blow.
The law, due to be passed this month, is likely to cause a revolution in family affairs in a country where 40% of men reportedly don’t do housework at all. It will oblige men to “share domestic responsibilities and the care and attention” of children and elderly family members, according to the draft approved by the Spanish parliament’s justice commission.
“This will be a good way of reminding people what their duties are. It is something feminists (女權主義者) have been wanting for a long time,” said Margarita Uria, of the Basque Nationalist Party, who was behind what is an amendment to a new divorce law.
Failure to meet the obligations will be taken into consideration by judges when determining the terms of divorces. Men who refuse to do their part may be given less frequent contact with their children.
Spanish women spend five times longer on housework than husbands. Even when both have jobs outside the home, Spanish women still do three times as much work in the house.
“It is not just about housework, though,” said Ms. Uria.
A study five years ago by Spain’s Center for Sociological Investigation concluded that fathers spent an average of 13 minutes each day looking after their children.
Only 19 % of Spanish men thought it was right for mothers of school-age children to have a full-time job. More than a third thought mothers should not work outside the home at all.
The Change to the Spanish legal code will see domestic obligations added to a list of marital(婚姻的) duties that currently includes fidelity, living together and helping one another.
That should guarantee that, when the law—which will also make divorce proceedings faster and easier—is voted on in parliament in the next few weeks, the obligation to share domestic chores will be added to the statute books.
What is the percentage of Spanish men who don’t do any housework?
A. 19% B. 40% C. 60% D. 80%
About the new law, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Men are obliged to do housework.
B. Men will have to take care of children.
C. Women have to have full-time jobs.
D. Men will have to take care of the elderly.
According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following is TRUE?
A. If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will get a divorce.
B. If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will be thrown to the jail.
C. If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will be in an unfavorable condition in a divorce.
D. If a man fails to fulfill the obligation, he will not be allowed to see the child any more.
What is the general topic of the passage?
A. Spain will pass a new law to oblige men to share domestic responsibilities.
B. Men have to share more domestic responsibilities.
C. There will be a revolution by provoked (被激怒的) feminists.
D. Marital laws in Spain are not enough yet.
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Next Hot Language to Study: Chinese
The fourth-graders at Chicago’s McCormick Primary School are unaware of the difficulty in learning Chinese. For most, who speak Spanish at home, it’s becoming their third language. They’ve been learning and using Chinese words since kindergarten, and it’s now second nature to give a hearty “ni hao” when strangers enter the classroom.
The classroom scene at McCormick is unusual, but it may soon be a common fixture(固定物) in American schools, where Chinese is rapidly becoming the hot new language. Government officials have long wanted more focus on security—useful languages like Chinese, and pressure from them—as well as from business leaders, politicians, and parents—has driven a quick growth in the number of programs.
Chicago itself is home to the largest effort to include Chinese in US public schools. The program here has grown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more schools on a waiting list. Programs have also spread to places like Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and North Carolina. It’s true that the number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish or French.
Advocates (提倡者，擁護者) see knowledge of the Chinese language and culture as a help in a global economy where China is growing in importance. “This is an interesting way to begin to engage with the world’s next superpower,” says Michael Levine, director of education at the Asia Society, which has started five new public high schools that offer Chinese. “Globalization（全球化) has already changed the arrangements in terms of how children today are going to need to think about their careers… The question is, when not whether, the schools are going to adjust.”
In Chicago, the trend extends beyond schools with high numbers of Asian students. “The fact that my students are 98% low income and 99% Latino(拉丁美洲人) and they are succeeding in this, tells me everyone should have a try at learning languages,” says Virginia Rivera, principal at McCormick.“We want to give our young people opportunities to advance… and Chinese is a great opportunity to survive in today’s economy,” says Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago.
The first paragraph is mainly written to _______.
A. show the importance of Chinese learning
B. introduce the topic to be followed
C. advise primary schools to teach Chinese
D. prove it’s easy for children to learn language
How many languages are mentioned in this passage?
A. Six. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
In the last paragraph, the underlined word “this ”probably refers to _____.
A. the competition between Latino and Asian students
B. the global economy
C. the interesting way to engage with China
D. the Chinese learning
What CANNOT be learned from this passage?
A. Most students at McCormick can speak three languages.
B. Chinese is gaining its popularity in all schools in Chicago.
C. French has far more speakers than Chinese does in Chicago.
D. Globalization in a way makes it necessary to learn Chinese.
Which of the following is mainly about in this passage?
A. The Chinese learning in Chicago.
B. The ways to learn Chinese.
C. McCormick Primary School.
D. Globalization and Chinese learning.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
完型填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上涂黑。
Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the llth grade．Her goal is to become an international diplomat （外交官） and peace-maker．
It was my first day at school．I felt __36___ and scared．I went to all my classes with no _37_ ．It felt like no one _38__．I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch __39_ at 1:00．Then finally the bell rang．It was time to talk and have 40 ．
In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab （穆斯林婦女戴的面紗） on her head, and though I am 41 ．we got along fine, and I was so 42 when she said, "Sit-with us, at our table．" She pointed to the one next to the door．
So I 43 ,and took my tray and was _44_ to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog．"Hey, I saw you on the bus," said a tall girl in a long skirt．"I see your Jewish star necklace．You _45_ sit with us．"
At that moment I looked around, and that's when I 46 ,to my surprise, the nations of the world, 47 themselves．That's what I saw through my own eyes．
The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and _48_ the Arabs with the Jews．
I saw the reason why 49 got started．Everyone 50 to their own kind．The 51_ was just like a map of the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations．But why was everyone so _52_?
And so I turned _53__ this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 54 between two worlds when I sat with those 55 from me．
A．nervous B．generous C．frightened D．excited
A．relatives B．teachers C．friends D．classmates
A．cared B．mattered C．understood D．helped
A．hours B．stop C．period D．break
A．rest B．fun C．chat D．lunch
A．Spanish B．Arab C．Russian D．Jewish
A．curious B．relieved C．worried D．serious
A．allowed B．adopted C．agreed D．admitted
A．about B．ready C．willing D．likely
A．might B．would C．could D．should
A．saw B．noticed C．knew D．recognized
A．developing B．expanding C．separating D．defending
A．only B．always C．sometimes D．never
A．dialogues B．friendships C．wars D．arguments
A．stuck B．catered C．turned D．listened
A．school B．classroom C．restaurant D．lunchroom
A．quiet B．blind C．deaf D．tough
A．down B．towards C．off D．up
A．stage B．platform C．bridge D．path
A．opposite B．different C．strange D．apart
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When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but
Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003,
Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤兒院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
56.Without Mr. Clark, the writer .
A.might have been put into prison B.might not have won the prize
C.might have joined a women’s club D.might not have moved to Atlanta
57.The Essential 55 is .
A.a show B.a speech C.a classroom rule D.a book
58.How many students’names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?
A.None B.Three C.Fifty-five. D.All.
59.In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that .
A.Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling
B.Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs
C.a good teacher can help raise his or her students’ scores
D.a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students
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BEIJING, Sep. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The extra-large model baby in the Spain Pavilion（館） was “conceived”（構思）by a Spanish filmmaker, Shi Yingying reports.
Visitors admiring the 6.5-meter-high giant baby, Miguelin, in the Spain Pavilion may be surprised to realize that it was not the concept of a famous designer or a group of groundbreaking engineers. It came from one filmmaker’s interpretation of the meaning of “Better City, Better Life”.
Spanish director Isabel Coixet developed the idea after being asked to contribute to Expo 2010 Shanghai.
“They asked me to do something to tell the Chinese audience about Spain in the future and the first thing jumping to my mind was a baby,” said Coixet. “If we really fight to have better cars, better cities and better lives, it’s for them - for our children.”
Despite her Spanish heritage, Coixet doesn’t focus on making Spanish films or using Spain as the setting. Fans of her various award-winning films, including My Life Without Me, The Secret Life of Words and Elegy, may not even be aware of Coixet’s Spanish background.
“The borders between countries are just illusion（假象）,” said Coixet. “Some directors feel really comfortable telling stories that belong to their territory.”
But Coixt feels the opposite: “I'm more comfortable outside my country. It gives me a strange freedom.”
One of her favorite things about being a director is the freedom. “The thing is that the world is wide and this freedom lets you make films everywhere,” she said.
Coixet’s curiosity took her latest exploration and movie work to Japan. In the movie Map of the Sound of Tokyo, the Catalan actor Sergi Lopez is the owner of a wine shop in Tokyo, and Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi is a young woman who works both as a fishmonger and as a hired killer.
The conflict of the two people's very different worlds and the tango-like relationship they develop is just one representation of what Coixet is able to produce by mixing cultures.
While she doesn’t know if she will shoot a film in Shanghai, two things have caught her attention: Shanghainese women and crickets（蟋蟀）.
After just arriving in the city, she was surprised by the mix of old Chinese culture in a booming chief city “Behind the skyscrapers, there is a flower and bird market with heaps of crickets and birdcages in,” she said. “I'm totally amazed with the city.”
The huge baby represents the idea that ______________.
A. our children are the new generation full of imagination.
B. our children will develop the friendship between China and Spain.
C. our children are our future.
D. our children will understand the meaning of “better city, better life”.
We learn from the passage that Coixet’s award-winning films were set ____________.
A. only in Spain. B. only in Japan.
C. mainly in the countries outside Spain. D. mainly in the countries within Europe.
According to Isabel Coixet, a flower and bird market behind the high rises_______________.
A. shows people in Shanghai are living a rich life spiritually and materially.
B. reflects prosperity of the market.
C. indicates the Chinese people are leading a rich life.
D. represents the traditional culture of China.
From the passage we can learn that ____________.
A. Isabel Coixet is dissatisfied with the design of the extra-large model baby.
B. A mix of different cultures is reflected in Isabel Coixet’s films.
C. Isabel Coixet feels less comfortable while making films all over the world.
D. Isabel Coixet designed the huge baby according to the requirement of a group of engineers.
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科目：高中英語 來源：2007年高考福建卷英語試題 題型：閱讀理解
When I met him,I had a lot of anger inside of me.I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem,but in my neighborhood,there are shoot-ups all the time.I know kids who have been shot or beaten up.I have friends who ended up in prison.I could have ended up that way,too,but Mr.Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr.Clark worked long hours,making sure I did my work.My grades rose.In fact,the scores of our whole class rose.One day,he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera,and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem.Before the show,he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full.We did not want to let him down.
Mr.Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year.He said he would draw three names out of a hat;those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award.But when the time came to draw names,Mr.Clark said,“You’re all going.”
On graduation day,there were a lot of tears.We didn’t want his class to end.In 2001,he moved to Atlanta,but he always kept in touch.He started giving lectures about education,and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules,The Essential 55.In 2003,Mr.Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤兒院).It was the most amazing experience of my life.It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs,helping people from all backgrounds.
【小題1】Without Mr.Clark,the writer _______.
| A．might have been put into prison |
| B．might not have won the prize |
| C．might have joined a women’s club |
| D．might not have moved to Atlanta |
| A．a show | B．a speech |
| C．a classroom rule | D．a book |
| A．None. | B．Three. | C．Fifty-five. | D．All. |
| A．Mr.Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling |
| B．Mr.Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs |
| C．a good teacher can help raise his or her students’ scores |
| D．a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students |
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