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共81小题，约4870字。
　　宜昌市一中高二年级十月阶段性考试
　　英语
　　考试时间：120分钟分值：150分
　　本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分,考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
　　注意事项:
　　1. 答第I卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。
　　2. 选出每小题答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上, 否则无效。
　　第I卷
　　第一部分：听力(共两节, 满分30分)
　　做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
　　第一节：(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
　　1. Where was the man born?
　　A. In France. B. In Poland. C. In America.
　　2. What did the boss call the woman about?
　　A. A project. B. An appointment. C. A business trip.
　　3. What did the woman do today?
　　A. She went shopping. B. She surfed the Internet.
　　C. She climbed a mountain.
　　4. What does the woman mean?
　　A. The man can attend the party with his wife.
　　B. The man should stay at home with his wife.
　　C. The man should spend more time with his wife.
　　5. What happened to the man?
　　A. He had a car accident.
　　B. He was stuck in the traffic.
　　C. He stepped on some chewing gum.
　　第二部分：阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
　　第一节：(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
　　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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Educating girls quite possibly brings in a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women education may be an unusual field for economists,  but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived（被剥夺）of an education. 
　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school—the prophecy （预言）