He received the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ 1983 Crafoord Prize, established to honor fields not（ ）for the Nobel Prize.

A.advisable B.noticeable C.eligible D.favorable

After negotiation for some time, all the members of the association promised to（ ）to the strict code of practice.

A.ascribe B.confirm C.adhere D.confide

In 1998, a Belgian student named Sacha Klein left Brussels and enrolled as a four-year student at a U. S. university, graduating with a computer-science degree, and landing a summer internship at Virginia-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, where management liked him enough to offer him a full-time position. Today, he designs information systems for Booz Alien, and studies toward a master’s degree in business.He is deaf.（1）In 1990 , the Americans with Disabilities Act ( ADA) opened the door for people like Klein to contribute to the U. S. economy in ways no one imagined before. The ADA requires businesses to make accommodations to allow a person with a disability to do a job for which he or she is qualified.In addition, the ADA requires public facilities to remove architectural barriers that hinder people with disabilities from shopping, going to the theater, or using public toilets.（2）Katherine McCary, president of a business group that promotes hiring people with disabilities, said European managers tell her they want to hire people with disabilities, but that they can’t get to work.（3） Had he stayed in Europe, he said, he would not have been able to become a white-collar professional, but would have been put on track for factory work.（4） A federal hotline offering advice on workplace accommodations went from handling 3, 000 calls per year before the law to 40, 000 calls per year in the mid-1990s.The cost of accommodations turned out to be zero in half the cases and averaged about $ 500 in the other half, according to the Labor Department. （5）Compliance with the law is good for business: 87 percent of consumers prefer to patronize companies that hire people with disabilities, according to a January 2006 survey by the University of Massachusetts. In addition, workers with disabilities could help relieve a labor shortage.

A.Klein thinks attitudes matter, too. B.Employers report that workers with disabilities are loyal and productive. C.Klein said he has learned a lot at Booz Allen about teamwork and communication. D.While one can paint a rosy picture of U. S. companies embracing people with disabilities, in the early 1990s, the ADA was greeted with panic by the business community, which predicted enormous costs and out-of-control litigation. E.Since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which obligated government agencies to hire people with disabilities, Congress has passed 11 major laws to improve access to education, transportation, technology, and housing. F.Some experts believe such widespread architectural changes have put the United States ahead of the 44 other countries with disability-discrimination laws.
问题2：
A.Klein thinks attitudes matter, too. B.Employers report that workers with disabilities are loyal and productive. C.Klein said he has learned a lot at Booz Allen about teamwork and communication. D.While one can paint a rosy picture of U. S. companies embracing people with disabilities, in the early 1990s, the ADA was greeted with panic by the business community, which predicted enormous costs and out-of-control litigation. E.Since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which obligated government agencies to hire people with disabilities, Congress has passed 11 major laws to improve access to education, transportation, technology, and housing. F.Some experts believe such widespread architectural changes have put the United States ahead of the 44 other countries with disability-discrimination laws.
问题3：
A.Klein thinks attitudes matter, too. B.Employers report that workers with disabilities are loyal and productive. C.Klein said he has learned a lot at Booz Allen about teamwork and communication. D.While one can paint a rosy picture of U. S. companies embracing people with disabilities, in the early 1990s, the ADA was greeted with panic by the business community, which predicted enormous costs and out-of-control litigation. E.Since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which obligated government agencies to hire people with disabilities, Congress has passed 11 major laws to improve access to education, trans

They would be （） buying a product if it had not been tested on animals.

A.deterred from B.derived from C.dismissed from D.deserted from

While big corporations （ ） global business news, small companies are charging into overseas markets at a faster pace.

A.overtake B.occupy C.dominate D.reflect

Fifty is the gateway to the most liberating passage in a woman’s life. Children are making test flights out of the nest. Parents are expected to be roaming in their recreational vehicles or sending postcards of themselves riding camels. Free at last! Women can graduate from the precarious balancing act between parenting and pursuit of a career. That has been the message of my books since I wrote New Passages 15 years ago. What I didn’t see coming was the boomerang.With parents living routinely into their 90s, a second round of caregiving has become a predictable crisis for women in midlife. Nearly 50 million Americans are taking care of an adult who used to be independent. Yes, men represent about one third of family caregivers, but their participation is often at a distance and administrative. Women do most of the hands-on care.It starts with the call. It’s a call about a fall. Your mom has had a stroke. Or it’s a call about your dad — he’s run a red light and hit someone, again, but how are you ever going to persuade him to stop driving? Or your husband’s doctor calls with news that your partner is reluctant to tell you： it’s cancer.When that call came to me, I froze. The shock plunges you into a whirlpool of fear, denial, and feverish action. You search out doctors. They don’t agree on the diagnosis. You scavenge the Internet. The side effects make you worry. You call your brother or sister, hoping for help. Old rivalries flare up.We’d like to think that siblings would be natural allies when parents falter. But the facts are quite different. Brothers bury their heads in the sand. The farther away a sister lives, the more certain she will call the primary caregiver and tell her she doesn’t know what she’s doing. A 1996 study by Cornell and Louisiana State universities concluded that siblings are not just inherent rivals, but the greatest source of stress between human beings.There are many rewards in giving back to a loved one. And the short-term stress of mobilizing against the initial crisis jump-starts the body’s positive responses. But this role is not a short race. It usually turns into a marathon, averaging almost five years. But most solitary caregivers will wait until the third or fourth year before sending out the desperate cry，“ I can’t do this anymore! ”1.As a writer, the author has for years focused on women’s liberation from （ ）.2.The word “boomerang” (boldfaced in Paragraph 1) refers to （ ）.3.To many women, the calls as described would most likely be very （ ）.4.Your brother or sister would be angry with your request for helping to （ ）.5.According to the author, siblings tend to （ ）.6.The author stresses that the process of giving back to a loved one is very （ ）.

A.looking after their children B.taking care of their parents C.earning a living for their families D.doing housework all day long
问题2：
A.husbands and wives giving different care to their weak parents B.women in their fifties taking all responsibilities for their families C.the elderly becoming dependent on their middle-aged children D.family caregiving having been shifted onto women’s shoulders
问题3：
A.invigorating B.distressing C.refreshing D.confusing
问题4：
A.stop the quarrel between your parents B.find your husband a better doctor C.deal with your family problems D.take care of your Mom or Dad
问题5：
A.live in different places after they form their own families B.stand on the same side when arguing with their parents C.compete with each other for being the primary caregiver D.shift onto each other the responsibilities for their parents
问题6：
A.hopeless B.rewarding C.demanding D.fruitless