Question

Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in the US. Last Thursday, she didn’t go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, millions of young girls go to work. This is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The girls are between the ages of 9 to 15. They spend the day at work with an adult, usually a mother, aunt, or uncle. They go to offices, police stations, laboratories, and other places where their parents or other family members work. Next year, the day will include sons, too.

The Ms. Foundation, an organization for women, started the program about ten years ago. In the US, many women work outside the home. The Ms. Foundation wanted girls to find out about many different kinds of jobs. Then, when the girls grow up, they can choose a job they like.

Cara’s father is a film director. Cara says, “It was very exciting for me to go to the studio with my dad. I saw a lot of people doing different jobs.” Many businesses have special activities for girls on this day. Last year, Cara went to work with her aunt at the University of Massachusetts. In the engineering department, the girls learned to build a bridge with toothpicks and candy. In the chemistry department, they learned to use scales. They learned about many other kinds of jobs, too.

Right now, Cara does not know what jobs she will have when she grows up. But because of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, she knows she has many choices.

What is Cara’s father?

A. An engineer.                                               B. An official.              

C. A moviemaker.                                            D. A professor.

According to the passage, Take Our Daughters to Work Day is __________.

A. on every Thursday in April                          

B. a holiday for girls of all ages

C. a day for girls to know about jobs                

D. a day for girls to get a job easily

On this special day, Cara has done all the following EXCEPT that __________.

A. she learned to use scales                               

B. she worked as an actress

C. she went to work with her aunt                     

D. she used toothpicks and candy to build a bridge

What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Cara Lang, a Fortunate Girl           

B. Take Our Daughters to Work Day

C. Children’s Day and Work Day        

D. Ms. Foundation, an Organization for Women

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】B

【小題3】B

【小題4】B

解析:

本篇開頭采用了新聞常見的手法“設懸念”，以吸引讀者。這個小懸念就是：Cara Lang上周四沒去上學，而且不僅她，美國還有上百萬的女孩在每年的這天都去“上班”。之后為你揭曉原因，這一天是Take Our Daughters to Work Day。通常懸念的答案就是文章的主題或者中心。

然后文章具體講了誰能享受這個日子，都具體做什么，為什么會出現這樣一個日子。之后再回到Cara這個典型的例子，更具體地體現出這個日子對女孩子帶來什么樣的影響。這樣就可總結出文章的中心是Take Our Daughters to Work Day。 用具體的人物做例子來介紹事件是新聞常見的手法，從而使新聞事件有人情味、更具體、更具趣味性。這樣的新聞容易被誤認為記敘文，但和記敘文不同的是，新聞強調事實性、客觀性。

【小題1】細節題。原文是Cara’s father is a film director。

【小題2】　本題涵蓋了對細節和主旨的考查，所以還要求一定的概括與推斷。像原文中設此日子的目的The Ms. Foundation wanted girls to find out about many different kinds of jobs. 說明了C正確。她們在這天只是體會并不會得到工作。

【小題3】這天的意義在于女孩子可接觸到很多不同的工作，本題就是考查這點的理解。答案為B，因為她在studio里只是看別人工作。

【小題4】選擇合適的標題，其實就是考查主旨，很容易就可以確定是B。而Cara Lang是作為參與者的例子。