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　　Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet fighter pilot in Viet Nam．After 75 missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile．Plumb parachuted down into enemy hands．He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison．

　　One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man from another table came up and said“You're Plumb!You flew jet fighters in Viet Nam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk．You were shot down!”

　　“How in the world did you know that?”asked Plumb．

　　“I packed your parachute,”the man replied．“I guess it worked”．Plumb assured him,“It sure did．If your chute(降落傘)hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today．”

　　Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man．Plumb says,“I kept wondering what he looked like in a Navy uniform：a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers．I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said‘Good morning．How are you?’or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was‘just a sailor’”．

　　Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds(傘罩)and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know．

　　Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important．We may fail to say hello, please, thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason．As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachutes．

(1)

Why didn't Plumb say hello to the sailor each time he passed him on the Kitty Hawk?

[　　]

A．

He thought the sailor was just an unimportant man．

B．

He didn't like him at that time．

C．

He was very busy then．

D．

He didn't know him well then．

(2)

What did the sailor do on the Kitty Hawk at the Viet Nam War?

[　　]

A．

weaved clothes for the pilots．

B．

repaired the wooden table in the ship．

C．

helped the jets start．

D．

packed the parachutes for the fighter pilots．

(3)

What does the writer think we should do?

[　　]

A．

We should help each other if they are in trouble．

B．

We shouldn't look down upon the sailors．

C．

We should be thankful to others' help．

D．

We should be honest to our friends．

(4)

Which is the best title for the passage?

[　　]

A．

A story about a sailor．

B．

Who pack your parachutes?

C．

Don't forget your past!

D．

Never forget your friends!

答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;4．B;
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　　Women might have a higher position at work, but at home their careers tend to give way to their husband’s job, with women most likely to quit when both are working long hours, according to a U．S．study．

　　Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more likely to end up quitting their jobs．

　　An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 nonprofessionals from dual-earner(雙職工)families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week it increased the woman’s possibility of quitting her paid job by 42 percent．Cha said the possibility of quitting increased to 51 percent for professional women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week, and for professional mothers the possibility they would quit their jobs jumped 112 percent．

　　However, it did not significantly affect a man’s possibility of quitting his job if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week, according to the study published in the American Sociological Review in April．For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours were negligible, according to the study．

　　“As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often solve conflict in ways that prioritize husbands’ careers,”Cha, who used data from the U．S．Census Bureau, said in a statement．“This effect is magnified(突出)among workers in professional and managing occupations, where the criterion of overwork and the culture of looking after children tend to be strongest．The findings suggest that the popularity of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional family pattern－breadwinning men and homemaking women．”

(1)

According to the text, we know that ________．

[　　]

A．

men prefer work long hours

B．

women prefer to work outside

C．

men’s careers are unimportant

D．

women are more likely to quit jobs

(2)

The underlined word“negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

unimportant

B．

limited

C．

different

D．

obvious

(3)

Which statement is true according to the text?

[　　]

A．

When there’s conflict between work and family, a husband will give up his work．

B．

Women may still do most of the housework and care for babies or children．

C．

Professional women are more likely to quit the job than professional mothers．

D．

A man’s chance of quitting jobs was influenced if his wife works long hours．

(4)

We can infer from the last sentence that ________．

[　　]

A．

all the workers pay more attention to looking after children

B．

overwork may have no influence on dual-earner couples

C．

traditionally, men usually worked to support the family

D．

most dual-earner couples will return to a traditional family pattern

(5)

In which column of China Daily can you find this passage?

[　　]

A．

Health

B．

Life

C．

Sport

D．

Entertainment

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