In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result some women’s colleges decided to accept men students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again
The president of Trinity College in Washington, D. C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a women’s college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a women’s college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women.
Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a women’s college, women feel free to say what they think. Women’s schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women are represented everywhere. For example, at a women’s college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show this leadership continues after college. The studies show that American women who went to women’s colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life. 
小題1:Some women’s colleges decided to accept men students because_______.
A．teaching women is more difficult than teaching men
B．many young women chose to study at colleges with both men and women
C．study with men is more challenged.
D．women and men can have equal chances of competition.
小題2:From the passage we know that_______.
A．more and more women’s colleges are being established now
B．more and more women like to study in colleges with both men and women
C．there are more women’s colleges than colleges with both men and women in the USA
D．it is better for American women to study in women’s colleges
小題3:According to this passage, if a woman wants to hold successful jobs, she’d better_______.
A．study in colleges with both men and women
B．study in Trinity College
C．learn from the president of Smith College
D．study in women’s colleges
小題4:Most of women’s colleges were established_______.
A．to give women the education they could not receive anywhere else.
B．to separate women from men.
C．to offer women special chances for work.
D．to help women have more study opportunities.

小題1:B
小題1:D
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小題1:A
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“I want to go to 861 Jasmine Street,” I said, and I started to climb into the carriage. But the old man stopped me. “Why do you want to go there, sir?”
“What business is it of yours?” I said angrily. Uncle Caesar relaxed and smiled. “Nothing, sir. But it’s a lonely part of town. Just step in and I’ll take you there right away.”
861 Jasmine Street had been a fine house once, but now it was old and dying. I got out of the carriage.
“That will be two dollars, sir,” Uncle Caesar said. I gave him two one-dollar bills. As I handed them to him, I noticed that one had been torn in half and fixed with a piece of blue paper. Also, the upper right hand corner was missing.
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A．his appearanceB．his familyC．the way he talked and behavedD．his wife
小題3: The publisher told the narrator to go to Nashville ______.
A．to get a writer to sign an agreement for his magazine
B．to collect some stories and poems from a writer
C．to look for good writers for his magazine
D．to visit his old friend Azalea Adair
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C．was an old yellow raincoatD．had only one button left
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小題4:Where would you probably read such an article?
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Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now I can’t even remember what happened.
In the past nine years, I’ve seen her twice, and each time we’ve been polite but distant. And that troubles me because we were once that close to each other. I’d like nothing more than to go back nine years, and continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you’ve lost throughout the years?
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Although you can’t share information about your past with friends you’ve met recently, you don’t have a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with them.
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Searching for friends
Fortunately, finding lost friends isn’t as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:
Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.
Contact your high school or college alumni（校友）office to request current address information.
Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend’s hometown.
Network with other friends who might have known your friend.
Get in touch with any of her relatives(親戚), if you know where they live. If you know where she works, find the company’s web site and search the directory of personnel.
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C．How to develop healthy friendshipsD．How to keep in touch with friends.
小題2:The underlined sentence “Friends from years ago are custodians of our past” means _____.
A．many years ago old friends kept something for us
B．in the past old friends took care of us
C．old friends are part of our life history
D．old friends know what wrong things we did in the past
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A．Lack of moneyB．Shortage of time
C．Regret and shameD．Fear and shyness
小題4:How can we make contact with the lost friends?
A．By asking other friends of the information on your lost friends.
B．By searching your friends’ telephone number in the net.
C．By asking the local post office about your friends’ new address.
D．By putting an ad in your friends’ local town.

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