Passage One Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage. For a long time women with HIV were ignored because the focus was totally on HIV men. The gay community（同性恋） was very much in sight and vocal(呼声高的)and successfully got support for its cause. Now we are rapidly approaching the point where about one half of all AIDS cases in the world are women. But no one is taking this dangerously high level of infection among women seriously enough. Women usually have a worse time dealing with HIV than men do. In most cases, the woman is taking care of children as well as her sick partner. She may not even have time to take care of herself. The HIV-positive woman ends up shouldering the family as well as her own personal problems. Men, howeverare usually the ones who have insurance(保险), income and access to doctors. They get care. Women often do not. The discrimination(歧视) against HIV-positive women is simply terrible. They are likely to be more inactive than men in the home and workplace because too many people think that women are the cause of the disease. This is not at all true. They get it from a man. They don’t just simply have HIV. Of course, there’s a social discrimination against all people with HIV. They are scared that other people will know they are HIV-positive and that they will, therefore, be discriminated against. For example, it’s very different for people with HIV to travel. They are not allowed to enter many countries, including the United States, China and Russian. The biggest difficulty an HIV-positive woman must face is the isolation(孤立). Once the woman knows she’s HIV-positive, she lives in fear that other people will find out. She’s so frightened she will go into hiding, into an isolated place by herself. It’s not at all uncommon to meet a woman who has been HIV-positive for nearly 10 years and has never told anyone, except the doctor. And the resulting stress is enough to make her sick. But HIV-positive women who get support, who can discuss their trouble and then do something about it—whether that means taking better care of themselves or going to the United Nations to struggle for their rights—are likely to live longer. Active women don’t die out of shame in a corner. This happens to too many HIV-positive women. 1. Women with HIV were ignored for a long time because . A. HIV men were the only concern over a long time B. they often lived in a community that was hardly noticed by others C. their effort to attract attention was not as successful as the HIV men’s D. they failed to get support 2. Which of the following statements is not true? A. HIV-positive women make up nearly half of all AIDS cases in the world. B. The high level of infection among women has been taken seriously. C. The gay community succeeded in getting support. D. There is social discrimination against all people with HIV. 3. According to the passage, it’s difficult for the women to deal with HIV but not because . A. they have little time left to take care of themselves B. they usually have the family problem C. they often have no access to doctors , D. they often lose their jobs after other people find out they are HIV-positive 4. Countries such as the United States and China are mentioned in the article in order to show that . A. they often have no access to doctors B. it is not convenient for HIV-positive people to travel C. there are more AIDS cases in those countries D. people have little time left to take care of themselves 5. Which of the following does the passage show to us that active women don’t do? A. Get support from others. B. Struggle for their rights. C. Discuss their trouble with their doctors only. D. Take better care of themselves. Passage Two Questions 6-10 are based on the following passage. Valentine’s Day（情人节）was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly thought of him as my “Valentine Man”. At the age of six, on Valentine’s Day morning, I got a card signed “Love, Dad” for the first time and a gift of ring with small piece of red glass. As I grew older, the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates and always included a special card signed “Love, Dad”. Year by year, the cards seemed less important, and I thought the valentine（情人节卡片或礼物等）would always be there. I had placed my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “important others”, and “Love, Dad” just didn’t seem quite enough. If my father knew then that he had been replaced, he never let it show. If he sensed any disappointment over valentines that didn’t arrive from me, he just tried that much harder to create a positive atmosphere（气氛）, giving me an extra hug and doing what he could to make my day a little brighter. On Valentine’s Day eight years ago I received a card addressed to me in my mother’s handwriting. On the side, my mother had printed “Happy Valentine’s Day” and my father had signed “Love, Dad”. It was the kind of card that put tears in my eyes because I knew this would be the last I would receive from him. His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a remainder of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a tradition of love with simple acts of understanding and had the ability to express happiness to the people in his life. 6. Why did the writer think of her father as her “Valentine Man” over the years? A. She had placed her hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from her father on Valentine’s Day. B. Her father had given her a valentine on Valentine’s Day to show his love, understanding and happiness. C. Her father created a positive atmosphere (气氛) and made her day brighter on Valentine’s Day. D. She missed her father very much on Valentine’s day after he died. 7. When the writer grew older, her father’s card seemed less important because . A. she was no longer interested in Valentine’s Day B. she did not like the design of the cards her father sent her C. her boyfriend took the place of her father D. she thought her father’s Valentine wasn’t enough and hoped to get more from others 8. When the writer was disappointed about the valentines she did not receive, her father . A. gave her another heart shaped box filled with her favorite chocolates. B. comforted her by doing what he could to make her happy C. told her to place her hopes and dreams away from others D. tried to talk with her about something else 9. Why was the writer’s last valentine written in her mother’s writing? A. Her father was too ill to mail a card. B. Her father was so busy that he had no time to mail the card. C. Her mother wanted to show her love too. D. Her father wanted to give her a surprise. 10. The writer put her father’s final card on her desk in order to . A. think of the past life of her father B. show it to her colleagues (同事) C. remember her father and his love D. get encouragement from her fathers