D
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
What can make your life more meaningful? Aava Murto, only 16 years old, decided to pursue meaning by actively campaigning (参加活动) on gender equality (性别平等) issues. Recently, the girl from southern Finland did this in an unexpected way.
On Oct 7, she became the country’s prime minister (总理) for one day. As she took the seat of Finnish PM Sanna Marin, she met politicians to spread her message that girls “need to realize more how important they are, and how they are just as good at technology as boys,” she told AFP.
This was part of an international campaign called Girls Takeover, which aims to raise more awareness (意识) of gender equality. It invites girls across the globe to step into the shoes of leaders in different sectors of society for a day, according to the BBC. This year the focus is on promoting (推进) digital (数字的) skills and technological opportunities for girls. Countries like Kenya, Peru, Sudan and Vietnam will also hold their own swaps (交换).
Finland always tops lists for gender equality and is now on its fourth year taking part in Girls Takeover. This year, the young campaigner Aava Murto also posted her speech on Finland’s government website to decry gender stereotypes about technology.
According to Murto, girls around the world fear being rejected and discriminated (歧视) against for getting involved in IT and technology.
As Murto explained in the speech, if a girl says she plays video games, she is often considered weird (奇怪的). On the other hand, if a boy says he does not play video games or have a game console (游戏机), he is considered weird for that reason.
Murto said that inequality affects many girls globally and impacts (影响) their lives in a variety of ways. As girls are pushed aside from using and developing technology, they are more than just victims (受害者). Saying that “Girls, too, have a digital future,” Murto called for more help so that many issues can be solved.
On that day, Murto delivered a joint statement (声明) alongside Marin on how Finland would help promote opportunities for girls to use and develop technology, reported China Daily.
Speaking ahead of the event, Prime Minister Marin also stressed the importance of ensuring technologies are made “accessible (容易获取的) to everyone”, adding that “they must not deepen the digital divide between countries or within societies.”
13.What did Aava Murto do as the Prime Minister of Finland for one day?
A.She tried to make herself known by the country.
B.She worked to change people’s opinion of girls.
C.She encouraged girls to learn about technology.
D.She gave Finnish politicians lots of advice.
14.What do we know about Girls Takeover?
A.Aava Murto is one of its organizers.
B.Finland has taken part in it for three years.
C.It is an international campaign on gender equality.
D.It will focus on both art and technology this year.
15.What does the underlined word “decry” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Criticize.
B.Strengthen.
C.Study.
D.Understand.
16.What will Finland probably do, according to Prime Minister Marin?
A.Call on girls to play video games.
B.Cut down technology opportunities for boys.
C.Provide opportunities for girls to use technology.
D.Teach all people to learn the most advanced technologies.
D
13~16：BCAC
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
What can make your life more meaningful? Aava Murto, only 16 years old, decided to pursue meaning by actively campaigning (参加活动) on gender equality (性别平等) issues. Recently, the girl from southern Finland did this in an unexpected way.
On Oct 7, she became the country’s prime minister (总理) for one day. As she took the seat of Finnish PM Sanna Marin, she met politicians to spread her message that girls “need to realize more how important they are, and how they are just as good at technology as boys,” she told AFP.
This was part of an international campaign called Girls Takeover, which aims to raise more awareness (意识) of gender equality. It invites girls across the globe to step into the shoes of leaders in different sectors of society for a day, according to the BBC. This year the focus is on promoting (推进) digital (数字的) skills and technological opportunities for girls. Countries like Kenya, Peru, Sudan and Vietnam will also hold their own swaps (交换).
Finland always tops lists for gender equality and is now on its fourth year taking part in Girls Takeover. This year, the young campaigner Aava Murto also posted her speech on Finland’s government website to decry gender stereotypes about technology.
According to Murto, girls around the world fear being rejected and discriminated (歧视) against for getting involved in IT and technology.
As Murto explained in the speech, if a girl says she plays video games, she is often considered weird (奇怪的). On the other hand, if a boy says he does not play video games or have a game console (游戏机), he is considered weird for that reason.
Murto said that inequality affects many girls globally and impacts (影响) their lives in a variety of ways. As girls are pushed aside from using and developing technology, they are more than just victims (受害者). Saying that “Girls, too, have a digital future,” Murto called for more help so that many issues can be solved.
On that day, Murto delivered a joint statement (声明) alongside Marin on how Finland would help promote opportunities for girls to use and develop technology, reported China Daily.
Speaking ahead of the event, Prime Minister Marin also stressed the importance of ensuring technologies are made “accessible (容易获取的) to everyone”, adding that “they must not deepen the digital divide between countries or within societies.”
13.What did Aava Murto do as the Prime Minister of Finland for one day?
A.She tried to make herself known by the country.
B.She worked to change people’s opinion of girls.
C.She encouraged girls to learn about technology.
D.She gave Finnish politicians lots of advice.
14.What do we know about Girls Takeover?
A.Aava Murto is one of its organizers.
B.Finland has taken part in it for three years.
C.It is an international campaign on gender equality.
D.It will focus on both art and technology this year.
15.What does the underlined word “decry” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Criticize.
B.Strengthen.
C.Study.
D.Understand.
16.What will Finland probably do, according to Prime Minister Marin?
A.Call on girls to play video games.
B.Cut down technology opportunities for boys.
C.Provide opportunities for girls to use technology.
D.Teach all people to learn the most advanced technologies.
D
13~16：BCAC
