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   Heads turned, tears dropped, and gossip-filled whispers went on and on from the hospital passages to the house windows. There was a problem: a daughter had been born. She wasn’t the first disappointment born to her family. Although my aunt didn’t care about giving birth to a girl, her mother-in-law constantly reminded her of the criticism she would have to face if she gave birth to a daughter. In India, most people held these views.

When I visited my relatives during the summer, one sentence managed to fill me with anger and start arguments with my so-called relatives. “You are a girl, stay within your limits.” They simply don’t know how different it is living in the US. Anyway, comparisons to my cousins led me to end the arguments for the moment and accept the way they lived their lives.

My words didn’t make sense to them so my mind was set on proving them wrong.

Although their words didn’t tear me apart, their actions managed to. The amount of sexism(性别歧视) in this culture, especially my hometown, made me feel bad. It was the 21st century, yet women had to eat after the men at family gatherings. They had to cook all the family meals and were asked to take jobs that required little skill or education. It was time to change these views.

As I was growing older, the same relatives repeatedly questioned me about my future: “What do you want to be?” And the answer was always the same:electrical engineer. I have a passion for electronics; as clichéd(陈词滥调的) as it sounds, I was born to do it. When I connect wires together to repair something, I can’t contain my excitement. But when I tried to explain this to my relatives, all of them, except for my parents and grandparents, would be shocked and laugh at me — laugh because they didn’t think I could live up to my goals, being a “girl and all”. It was time to change these views.

In my world, being a girl is not a problem. Rather, it is an opportunity to allow passion, not stereotypes(成见), to shape my future. I decided to channel my relatives’ views into positive energy. Rather than letting them bring me down, I let them be motivation to achieve my goal of becoming an engineer. I, a female, will become a successful engineer.

【小题1】The first paragraph was mainly written to    .
A.describe how bad the author’s aunt felt for having a baby girl
B.describe the pressure the author’s aunt had to face when she was going to have a baby
C.show that most Indian people are strongly prejudiced against women
D.show that the author’s aunt’s generation is fighting against prejudice against women
【小题2】From the second and third paragraphs, it can be concluded that    .
A.the author realized that just using words couldn’t change the relatives’ sexism
B.the author’s friends and relatives were jealous about her life in the US
C.the author got used to being reminded to stay within her limits after she was born
D.the author often argued with her relatives because she believed US lifestyles were right
【小题3】According to the text, the author decided to change her relatives’ views by    .
A.achieving her ambition of changing her hometown
B.using her relatives’ comments as motivation
C.letting stereotypes influence her future decisions
D.achieving her dream of becoming an engineer
【小题4】In the article, in what way does the author show how serious the amount of sexism was in her hometown?
A.By describing feeling defeated after arguments.
B.By describing people’s words, behavior and common practices.
C.By stressing the conflicts she had with her relatives.
D.By giving examples of how her goals were laughed at repeatedly.
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   “Smombies” are very real and a growing cause for concern. Tired of having to constantly warn both locals and tourists to pay more attention to their surroundings to avoid serious accidents, authorities of a small German town have come up with a more positive solution — embedding (嵌入) traffic lights in the pavement to make them visible to people constantly looking down at their phones while walking.
The seemingly ridiculous safety measure was put in place. Authorities in Augsburg decided to act, installing ground level traffic lights at two tram (有轨电车) stops last Tuesday. The lights flash red every time a tram is approaching, or when the regular traffic light turns red. “We realized that the normal traffic light isn’t in the line of sight of many pedestrians these days,” said Tobias Hermes, a city administration official. “So we decided to have an additional set of lights — the more we have, the more people are likely to notice them.”
Some Augsburg residents appear to be quite happy with the idea. “I think it makes sense,” said Jack Smith, “One always sees young people these days running over red lights. This makes it more obvious that you need to stop.” Others, however, found the need for ground traffic lights disturbing and even frightening. “I find it scary that smart phone users are so engrossed that they need to install lights in the ground so that they notice the tram coming,” one person told the local paper.
But do this kind of pavement-embedded lights actually work? Well, if one interviewed teenager is to be believed, not really, “To be honest I didn’t even notice it,” he said, “Maybe it’d be useful at night, but yeah, I didn’t realize it was there until just now.”
The word “smombie” — a mashup of the words smart phone and zombie — was born in Germany. It was voted “youth word of the year” in 2017, but the serious consequences of this behaviour are no laughing matter.
【小题1】What can be inferred about “smombies”?
A.They are fond of walking.
B.They concern others very much.
C.They look at phones while walking.
D.They hate locals and tourists.
【小题2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “engrossed” in Paragraph 4?
A.Disturbed.B.Frightened.
C.Encouraged.D.Addicted.
【小题3】What is the author’s attitude to “smombies”?
A.Positive.B.Negative.
C.Indifferent.D.Interested.
【小题4】What is the text mainly about?
A.Ground traffic lights for people looking at smart phones.
B.Effective ways to educate people to obey traffic rules.
C.The meanings of ground traffic lights.
D.The serious problem of traffic safety.