问题 阅读理解

第二部分:阅读理解(第一节20小题;第二节共5小题;每小题2分,满分50分)

第一节:阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

A

In 1921, Lewis Lawes became the warden (监狱长) at Sing Sing Prison of New York State.No prison was tougher than Sing Sing during that time.But when Warden Lawes retired some 20 years later, that prison had become a humanitarian institution.Those who studied the system said credit for the change belonged to Lawes.But when he was asked about the transformation, here’s what he said, “I owe it all to my wonderful wife, Catherine, who is buried outside the prison walls.”

Catherine Lawes was a young mother with three small children when her husband became the warden.Everybody warned her from the beginning that she should never set foot inside the prison walls, but that didn’t stop Catherine!

When the first prison basketball game was held, she went into the gym with her three beautiful kids and she sat in the stands with the inmates.Her attitude was: “My husband and I are going to take care of these men and I believe they will take care of me! I don’t have to worry!” She insisted on getting acquainted with them and their records.She discovered one convicted murderer was blind so she paid him a visit.Holding his hand in hers she said, “Do you read Braille?” “What’s Braille?” he asked.Then she taught him how to read.Later, Catherine found a deaf-mute in prison.She went to school to learn how to use sign language.

Many said that Catherine Lawes was the body of Jesus that came alive again in Sing Sing from 1921to 1937.Then, she was killed in a car accident.The next morning Lewis Lawes didn’t come to work, so the acting warden took his place.It seemed almost instantly that the prison knew something was wrong.The following day, her body was resting in a casket in her home, three-quarters of a mile from the prison.As the acting warden took his early morning walk, he was shocked to see a large crowd of the toughest, hardest-looking criminals gathered like a herd of animals at the main gate.He came closer and noted tears of grief and sadness.He knew how much they loved Catherine.He turned and faced the men.

“All right, men, you can go.Just be sure and check in tonight!” Then he opened the gate and a parade of criminals walked, without a guard, the three-quarters of a mile to stand in line to pay their final respects to Catherine Lawes.And every one of them checked back in.Every one!

41.Catherine was not afraid of getting inside the prison walls because she believed ______.

A.one good turn deserves another      B.no pains, no gains

C.a new broom sweeps clean         D.virtue never grows old

42.The underlined word in paragraph three most probably refers to ______.

A.basketball players           B.prison guards

C.prisoners                 D.family of the prisoners

43.What made every one of the criminals check back in?

A.The acting warden’s requirement    B.The strict rules of the prison

C.Their respect for Catherine        D.The force of the guards

44.What is the best title of the passage?

A.A Tough Prison                            B.A Woman Bringing Changes

C.A warden Caring for Prisoners         D.A Great Wife

答案

41--- 44 ACCB  

单项选择题 A1/A2型题
问答题

案情:目前,“禁婚禁育”的规定在各个高校比比皆是,许多学生,特别是在读女硕士、博士因此规定,不得不在受教育权和生育权之间作选择。
唐女士原来是北京某高校博士二年级的学生,当时已30岁了。在读博士期间经学校批准与同在一校的男友办了结婚手续。婚后几个月,意外怀孕。为了完成学业,她和丈夫打算做人流手术,但大夫建议她,为了避免危险不要做流产手术。但是,由于学校研究生管理规定:“在校期间不允许生育。”她和爱人陷入了进退维谷的境地。一方面她不想苦读两年的学业毁于一旦,但她更害怕因手术而永远失去做母亲的能力。思量再三,她向学校提出休学申请,但学校认为任何情况下都不能违反规定,只能按规定办。因为丈夫也在此校读书,唐女士没办法,在学业与孩子上她含泪选择了孩子。
随着新《婚姻法》和《婚姻登记条例》的施行,目前各个高校“婚禁”的大门基本打开,但还不彻底;而生育的大门还是关得很严,要么退学,要么放弃生育。
2005年3月29日教育部正式公布了新修订的《普通高等学校学生管理规定》,该规定于2005年9月1日起实施,在新规定中取消了一些涉及学生婚恋的强制性规定,最显著的是取消了原规定中“在校学习期间擅自结婚而未办理退学手续的学生,作退学处理”的条文,对学生能否结婚不再作特殊规定。新规定不提“婚育”二字,言外之意,学校对在校大学生结婚、生育等将不再干涉。
请谈谈你对此事的看法。