Angel--Jack Johnson

四川省广安市2023-2024学年高一下学期7月期末英语试题一、阅读理解Here’re some new reads that you might enjoy.Daughters of the LampSahara has always felt insignificant. She always has a plan. But a necklace (项链) belonging to her late mother changes all of that. Sahara goes to a family wedding in Cairo, Egypt. There, as she looks into the origin of the necklace, family secrets are unearthed. Author Nedda Lewers put Arabian fairy stories into this magic al adventure. The book surely interests teens.The Partition ProjectMaha loves storytelling. She explorers her grandmother’s life story by making a documentary about her. Maha learns about her grandmother’s experience growing up in India and her move from India to Pakistan. The book, by Saadia Faruqi, focuses on the importance of family relationship. It is for children aged 13 and above.Shiny MisfitsWritten by Maysoon Zayid, and illustrated by Shadia Amin, this novel grabs you from the first chapter. Bay Ann has a brain disease, but she doesn’t let that hold her back. She loves tap dancing, and decides to perform at her school talent show. She hopes doing so will get her closer to her dream. It always encourages teens to study hard.Zombie TrainImagine a world where people turn into zombies (僵尸) because of a kind of insect that affects only grown-ups. In this book by David Macinnis Gill, which is for the taste of teenagers, a boy named Wyatt is on a train filled with kids he’s protecting. He meets Ryle who gains his trust. But Ryle has a plan to hijack (抢劫) the train so she can get to Nirvana, where there’s a cure. 1．Which is about a patient’s struggle story?A．Daughters of the Lamp.B．The Partition Project.C．Zombie Train.D．Shiny Misfits.2．What can we say about David Macinnis Gill?A．He’s an author.B．He’s a character in a book.C．He’s a train driver.D．He’s a book illustrator.3．What do the books listed above have in common?A．They’re about family relationships.B．They’re written by the young.C．They’re suitable for teenagers.D．They’re based on true stories.I would treasure every moment on the hockey arena (冰球场). My dream job would be to become a professional hockey player. I grew up playing hockey in local leagues. I was never the star player on the team, but hockey was always something I eagerly expected every day, simply enjoying the game.It has been seven years since I last played hockey, and I deeply miss the excitement of driving to the arena with my family, scoring a goal, making an important save (扑救), or simply being part of a team.Being a professional hockey player makes big money. For example, Connor McDavid signed a $100 million deal with the Edmonton Oilers in 2017. But, in fact, very few people like the career only because of this. The majority of people play it because they love the game. For me, it’s not about the money or the fame (名声). If I were in their skates, I’d treasure every second on the ice.I’d treasure every step on the ice of famous hockey arenas like Madison Square Garden, Bell Centre, Rogers Arena, and Scotiabank Arena. I’d enjoy every moment sharing the ice with future Hall-of-Famers like Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, and Carey Price.I’d feel like the luckiest person alive every time I’m reminded that I’m living the dream—a dream many, like me, would give anything to experience. Twenty-three lucky individuals for each team have the honor to tell the world with pride that they play hockey professionally and support their families. I’d devote myself to anything for the chance to be among them. Yes, professional hockey players earn significant salaries, but if given the opportunity, I wouldn’t ask for a single dollar.4．What can we say about the author concerning hockey?A．He showed no interest in hockey.B．He started a local hockey team.C．He was not good at playing hockey.D．He played hockey due to his family. 5．What inspires many people to be hockey players?A．The money they make.B．Their love for competition.C．The desire for fame.D．Their interest in the game.6．Why does the author mention the famous hockey arenas?A．To highlight his dream.B．To show hockey is popular.C．To explain his rich experiences.D．To recommend them to hockey lovers. 7．What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?A．Gaining success helps become an expert.B．We should stay true to what we run after.C．Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.D．All things are difficult before they are easy.According to the United Nations, there’s plastic litter at the bottom of the ocean and on top of Mount Everest. Now plastic has been found in another unlikely place: on the backs of hermit crabs (寄居蟹).According to a study released in February, 2024, hermit crabs are using plastic litter as shells (外壳). Zuzanna Jagiello, a biologist at the University of Warsaw, in Poland, is the study’s lead author. She said, “They don’t have homes, so they use rubbish.” Jagiello studies the Anthropocene age. That’s the age we’re in now. Scientists consider it as the period in which human activity has had a major impact on the environment. Hermit crabs’ using plastic waste as shells is one example of that impact.Hermit crabs are small, soft-bodied crabs that live near oceans. To protect themselves from enemies, in general, they wear seashells that have been left behind by dead sea snails (海螺). But according to February’s study, at least 386 hermit crabs have been documented wearing rubbish. Of the world’s 16 species of hermit crabs that live on land, 10 have been seen wearing rubbish. Nearly nine out of every 10 of those crabs were wearing plastic waste, such as bottle caps.Scientists aren’t sure why hermit crabs are choosing litter instead of snail shells. But they have theories. Some sea snail populations are declining. Hermit crabs could be turning to litter because they can’t find enough seashells. It’s also possible that crabs are opting for plastic because it’s light and easy to carry. Or they’re drawn to its flamboyant materials. Scientists agree that plastic pollution harms wildlife and their living places in many ways. But it isn’t clear that the crabs are in any danger. “It’s really an amazing example of the beauty of adaptation,” Jagiello says. “What are the long-term results of these adaptations? We don’t know.”8．What do scientists think of hermit crabs’ using plastic waste as shells?A．They’re products of the environment.B．They don’t have to use their homes.C．They don’t have enough food to eat.D．They have ability to live alone.9．What do we know about hermit crabs?A．Their population is becoming smaller.B．Their physical health is getting worse.C．They typically wear seashells not litter.D．They are moving out of the oceans. 10．What does the underlined word “flamboyant” in the last paragraph mean?A．Real.B．Colorful.C．Familiar.D．Expensive. 11．What’s the best title for the text?A．Less Plastic, More Creative Crabs B．The Anthropocene Age’s CrabsC．More Hermit Crabs, Less Polluted D．Hermit Crabs in Plastic ShellsA person’s IQ is a measurement of a person’s intelligence. It stands for intelligence quotient, the amount or degree of intelligence. IQ tests have been around since the beginning of the 20th century, although people have been trying to measure intelligence for much longer than that.French psychologist Alfred Binet was one of the first people to come up with what we know as the IQ test. In 1905, he was tasked with creating a tool for measuring which students in school were more likely to do poorly. A new law had been passed in France that made all children go to school. Education leaders wanted to know the children who were not as intelligent as the others.Binet developed a test that would consider two factors: a child’s chronological age (How old was he or she?) and a child’s mental age (Was the child thinking at, below, or above the level of other children his or her age?). He developed questions for specific age groups. If a child could answer questions that older children could answer, that child’s mental age was higher than his chronological age. If a different child could not answer questions that children his own age could answer, then that child’s mental age was lower than his chronological age.Binet did not believe his test fully measured a person’s intelligence. He felt intelligence was something you could not put a number on. He said more research needed to be done. Despite this, an American psychologist at Stanford University read Binet’s work and confidently developed the test further. It became known as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. This test became one of the most popular IQ tests of the 20th century. The test may be useful, but some people said that Alfred Binet was right: intelligence is more than just a number.12．Why did Alfred Binet create the IQ test?A．To keep poor students out of school.B．To separate weak students from others.C．To measure students’ daily behaviour.D．To make laws for poor but clever students. 13．Which aspect of Binet’s IQ test is paragraph 3 mainly about?A．Its results.B．Its subjects.C．Its methods.D．Its origins. 14．What was the attitude of the American psychologist mentioned to his own IQ test?A．Doubtful.B．Favorable.C．Unclear.D．Negative. 15．What’s the main purpose of the text?A．To provide some explorations of intelligence.B．To present a new intelligencemeasurement.C．To compare the measurements of intelligence.D．To list the benefits of applyingintelligence fully.Let’s talk now about how to visit a museum right once you are inside of it.Dress properly. This is quite important for visiting museums. For example, when in the museum you won’t walk that much, but you’ll stand on the same spot a lot. 16 Wearing some comfortable shoes is necessary for a great museum experience.Don’t spend more than two hours at a museum. From my experience, after two hours at the museum, you’ll be too tired to continue exploring it. Just walking around in the museum without any idea of what you’re looking at won’t be the best experience. 17 That way, you can really enjoy the artwork, learn the story behind it and have a great museum experience.18 One of my favourite things about visiting museum s is to talk about the art pieces. If you’ll visit the museum on tour, feel free to ask your guide who often knows the artworks well all the questions you have. Why is that painting so famous? How long would an artist need to create a marble statue (大理石雕像)? 19Avoid taking pictures. Although some exhibits could be so beautiful and interesting to you, don’t take photos of them. 20 You’re damaging the paintings that are often hundreds of years old if using the flash. And since the light is not bright at museums, the quality of your photos won’t be the best. Another thing is that you are damaging other visitors’ experience.A．And that could be tiring.B．There are good reasons for this.C．Ask everything that interests you.D．Pick only one collection and explore it deeply.E．Anyway, use the advantage of having an expert with you.F．Find great high-quality photos of the paintings on their website.G．The step of researching the museum collections before your visit is important.二、完形填空Naomi Harper,23, runs a café in London where lonely and unhappy people can come and talk. It opened a few months ago and has now got 21 . So many people come here.She first got the 22 when a homeless man turned to her for help in the street one night. There was no place to 23 him, talk properly and give comfort. She always feels moved by the people who open 24 or make donations.The café was 25 a disused shop, owned by a local church. Naomi rented it and has hired a group of people to 26 . It is called the Open Door.When Naomi was at college, she used to work with her father in the afternoons. Her father is always 27 to help others. He is an eye doctor who sets up camps and performs operations in poor areas of the world. Naomi was 28 by her father and hopes to 29 helping those in need. “I 30 a sense of achievement from the work I do, though tired. My greatest 31 is when I see somebody happy,” she said.In November, Naomi made worldwide headlines when she 32 the café with her father’s help while running a charity event to 33 money for a local children’s hospital. Naomi devotes all her energy to 34 and doesn’t have much time for other activities.35 , she obtains much pleasure from her work.21．A．simple B．famous C．different D．familiar 22．A．idea B．task C．money D．experience 23．A．visit B．follow C．house D．guide 24．A．stores B．doors C．shelters D．companies 25．A．temporarily B．naturally C．eventually D．originally 26．A．show off B．help out C．hold back D．move on27．A．thankful B．ready C．afraid D．nervous 28．A．influenced B．protected C．observed D．trusted 29．A．finish B．advise C．appreciate D．continue 30．A．exchange B．remember C．gain D．copy 31．A．choice B．joy C．role D．opinion 32．A．reached B．saw C．opened D．left33．A．raise B．spend C．save D．borrow 34．A．study B．life C．health D．charity 35．A．However B．Besides C．Otherwise D．Therefore三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

20世纪最伟大的100名吉他手20世纪最伟大的100名吉他手20世纪最伟大的100名吉他手（转载）上个世纪是现代音乐飞速发展的一百年，这期间诞生了许多新的音乐种类，爵士、摇滚、金属、朋克……在这些音乐类型中，吉他手总是站在最闪亮的前沿。

当要列出我们所喜欢的吉他手时，我们最先想到的总是Hendrix ，Beck ，Page，Richards等等。

事实上还有很多值得我们关注的伟大的吉他手，他们虽然没有制造什么传奇，但给音乐的发展作出很大的贡献；他们的技术虽然没有达到极限，但他们知道如何用感情去弹奏；他们从不模仿任何人，都能创造自己的独特风格。

下面就是上个世纪里最受欢迎的一百名吉他手的排行：1. Jimi Hendrix六十年代中期，LSD对整个文化的发展有着很大的影响，Hendrix 的音乐也同样地散发着无尽的迷幻色彩。

他拥有着似乎来自其他世界的天赋，融汇各种音乐风格于胸中，从BIG BAND到GOSPEL。

他将传统的POP和布鲁斯音乐任意地解构、拆分，调制出全新色彩的音乐。

Hendrix的现场演出极具爆炸性，他在舞台上点燃浇满汽油的吉他的场景是摇滚音乐史上最经典的场景。

Jimi的吉他是他身体的一部分，他的精神渗透在了弹出的每一个音符中。

可以说每一个刚刚拿起吉他的人都受Jimi的精神鼓舞着。

最重要的专辑：Are You Experienced?最经典的单曲：Red House2. Jeff BeckJeff Beck是摇滚乐中侯爵级的吉他主音演奏者，三十多年一直享有很高的声望。

他最早出现在乐坛是在60年代作为Yardbirds乐队一个狂妄的吉他手。

几十年中，他与摇滚乐、流行乐及爵士乐的许多著名音乐人合作，包括Mick Jagger，Tina Turner，Bon Jovi等。

Beck 在他的Strat吉他上音色的绝技是功放高频很大的时候，先将吉他音量完全关闭，拨弦后再徐徐打开，制造一种缓慢进入天堂似的美丽的声音。

湖北省云学新高考联盟2024-2025学年高二上学期10月联考英语试卷一、听力选择题1．Where are the speakers?A．In a library.B．In a bookstore.C．In a classroom.2．What will the man do in the afternoon?A．Visit a customer.B．Go to the airport.C．Eat in a restaurant. 3．Why does the man make the phone call?A．To apply for a new job.B．To make an apology.C．To make an appointment. 4．What does the man mean?A．He cannot help.B．He has lost his way.C．He is not interested. 5．What is Jane going to do this evening?A．Work in the office.B．Fly to New York.C．Have dinner with Kevin.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6．What is the relationship between the speakers?A．Strangers.B．Roommates.C．Neighbors.7．What will the woman probably do next?A．Find a street map.B．Run to catch a bus.C．Walk to the market.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

8．What did David do last night?A．He played volleyball.B．He watched television.C．He read the newspaper. 9．When will the match on Saturday afternoon start?A．At 2:30.B．At 3:00.C．At 3:30.10．What will Lisa do first?A．Talk with her mom.B．Give David a call.C．Take a piano lesson.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

好听简单的英文名字带翻译好听简单的英文名字带翻译Betty：贝蒂上帝的誓约Angel：安杰尔天上的使者Laura：劳拉有野心的，独立的Ellen：爱仑光明Elena：埃琳娜光辉的人Vicky：维可纯朴的Summer：萨默夏天Nancy：南希友善的Zoe：佐伊生活Teresa：特丽萨美丽的Wendy：温迪精力充沛的Christine：克里斯廷有活力的Princess：普琳西思皇家女儿Barbara：巴巴拉陌生人好听好念的英文名Lee、Ann、Diana、Fiona、Sam、Davis、Neil、Carl、Lewis、Billy、MariaKate、Demi、Sunny、Wendy、Richard、Howard Allen、Johnny、Robert、JeffAva、Christina、Judy、Susan、Grace、Alice、Martin、Bob、John、ThomasDean、Paul、Jack、Brooke、Judy、Doris、Rudy、Amanda、Shirley、JoanTracy、Kevin、Louis、John、George、Henry、Benjamin、Melody、DebbieLisa、Yvonne、Helen、Robert、Carl、Scott、Tom、Eddy、Kris、PeterShelly、Mary、Dolly、Nancy、Jane、Barbara、Johnson、Bruce、RobertPeter、Bill、Joseph、John、Shirley、Emily、Sophia、Vivian、LillianBurt、Charlie、Elliot、George、Johnson、Ross、Julie、Gloria、CarolRichard、James、Charles、Bruce、David、Joy、Taylor、Wendy、GraceVivian好听简洁的女生英文名Edith：伊迪丝Rachel：雷切尔Susan：苏珊Darcy：达茜Camille：卡米尔Lydia：莉迪娅Charlotte：夏洛特Adelaide：阿德莱德Quentina：昆蒂娜Ariel：艾莉尔Anita：安尼塔Bonnie：邦妮Matilda：玛蒂尔达男孩英文名字简单好听Kim：金姆Rachel：拉赫尔Chris：克里斯Maggie：马吉Christian：克里斯丁Claire：克莱尔Jean：基恩Nicole：尼科尔Sam：萨姆Amber：安伯Doris：桃瑞斯Alexandra：亚力起英文名常见问题问题1、所起英文名太常见第一种问题是起的英文名太常见，如：Henry, Jane, John, Mary. 这就像外国人起名叫赵志伟、王小刚、陈小平一样，给人牵强附会的感觉。

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esson SixteenSection One: News in BriefTapescript1. President Reagan announced today, that he and Soviet leaderGorbachev will meet in Iceland October I 1 th and 12th to prepare fora summit between the two leaders in the United States later this year.The announcement came after the release yesterday from Moscow ofAmerican reporter Nicholas Daniloff and a court appearance inNew York this morning by accused Soviet spy Gennadi Zakharov,who pleaded no contesti6espionage charges and was. told to leavethe United States within twenty-four hours. Zakharov is now on hisway back to the Soviet Union and Daniloff has arrived back in theUnited States. The movement of Daniloff and Zakharov and plansfor the meeting in Iceland were also announced today in Moscow.The BBC's Peter Ruff reports. 'The announcement makes it clearthat this was at Mr. Gorba hev'@nm iation, and it's,also pointed outc vthat this is simply a preparator eeting to a possible summit. It'spointed out here that it will enable the Soviet Union to focus onarms issues, particularly the Strategic Defense Initiative, or StarWars program, President Reagan's refusal to join a testand a possible arms deal involving medium-rangiEurope. In a separate announcement, the official news agency Tasrevealed that Gennadi Zakharov had, as they put it, been releasedfrom custody and was returning home. It made no mention of thefact that I ie'd pleaded no contest in a court in New York. Then came,the first official confirmation from the Soviet Union that theAmericar reporter Nicholas Daniloff had been expelled, The newsitem did aot refer to him as a spy but as someone who'd been en-gaged in inadmissible activity." BBC correspondent Peter Ruff inMoscow.2. There was the Soviet press today that prominentSoviet disside and his wif@ will be allowed to leave forthe U s by October 7th. Secretary of State Shultz madethat announcement in Washington saying Orlov was the drivingforce behind the Helsinki Monitoring Group of Civil RightsActivists. In 1978, Orlov was sentenced to seven years in a prisoncamp to be followed by five more years in internal exile. Shultz saidOrlov's release was in exchange for that of Zakharov and had noth-ing to do with Daniloff's freedom.Section Two: News in DetailTapescriptIn just eleven days President Reagan and Soviet leaderGorbachev will meet in Iceland for what is described by the two sides*****************************************************was made at the White House this morning at a news conferenceheld by President Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz cal-led to discuss the Iceland meeting and the negotiations which had ledup to the release of Nicholas Daniloff yesterday. Negotiations forthe release of Daniloff went on for over a month. Today, at the sametime that the White House news conference was going on, SovietForeign Minister Shevardnadze met with the press in New York.NPR's Jim Angle was at the White House, and Mike Shuster waswith the Soviet Foreign Minister.'Jim, since Daniloff was only released yesterday, and the detailsof the negotiations leading up to his release were not known yester-day, didn't this arm uncement of a summit announced before anydiscussion of the D-.tniloff affair come as a surprise?'"What was a surprise is that we did not know it was cois not a surprise if you look at the overall context of preparations fora summit and the discussions so far. Of course, the US had said it would not attend a summit until the Daniloff case wag resolved, and the President said today that he could not have accepted thispre-summit preparatory meeting if Daniloff were still being held. Today the matter was resolved. At least we heard that the other de-tails of the matter's resolution, including the fact that Gennadi Zakharov, the accused Soviet spy, was allowed to plead no conte 'st in a New York court and allowed to leave the Urited States. The reso-lution of that matter cleared the way for summit preparations. The meeting, of course, this pre-summit meeting, was proposed by Secre-tary Gorbachev, in a letter delivered to President Reagan by Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze on September ]9th. The announcement of this meeting todav at the same time as the resolu-tion of Zakharov's status is a way of both sides saying that they con-sider the Daniloff matter resolved with the exception of one or two details and that no obstacles now exist in the preparations for sum-mit later this year in the US.''At the news conference this morning both President Reaganand Secretary of State Shultz stress that there had been no trade for Nicholas Daniloff. Jim, was this a trade?'" Well, clearly, Daniloff's release, Zakharov's quick trial and departure, and the release of the Soviet dissident were all part of one -package. But to the extent that definitions are important, especiallyin the diplomatic world and in terms of principles and precedents,the US has insisted that there was no trade involved here. They say Daniloff was released without a trial, an M iC' acknowledgement,if you will, by the Soviet, that he is not a spy. Kakharov, on the other hand, in pleading no contest to espionage ch4rges, allows, in a sense, the US assertion that he was a s to stand. resident Reagan soujzht today in his rema t W te H se that these wereUers. " There is no connection between these twore eases. I don't know just what you have said so far about this.But there were other arrangement-. with regard to Zakharov that re-sulted in his being freed." Margo, the President's referring there to what the US sees as the only trade involved in this whole package, and that is the Soviet agreement to allow Soviet human rights activist Yuri Orlov and his wife to leave the Soviet Union by October7th."Section Three: Special ReportTapegcript;Today in the Supreme Court of the United States, a case in-volving maternity leave: at issue wh6ther,. states may require employers to guarantee that pregnant workers are able to return to their jobs after a limited period of unpaid disability leave. NPR'sNina Totenberg reports.Nine states already have laws or regulations that require all employers to protect the jobs of workers who are disabled by preg-nancy or childbirth. Depending on what the- Supreme Court rules in the case it heard today, those laws will either die or flourish. The test case is from California. It began with Lillian Garland, the receptionist at California Federal Savings and Loan. In 1982, she re-turned to work after having a child and found she had no job-,-"After working for California Federal for over three and a @iyears, I was told at that time they no longer had apposition available for me. My question was, 'Well, what about the job that I've had foriso many years?' And they said,- 'We hired the person that youi trained in your place.' I was in shock."Officials at California Federal say Garland should not havebeen surprised, that she'd been told at the time she took pregnancy leave that her job was not guaranteed. But the fact is that California law requires all employers in the state to provide up to four months' disability leave for pregnant workers. The leave time is unpaid, andit is only available to women who, because of pregnancy or child--birth, are physically unable to work. The law does require that suchworkers get back the same job unless business necessity makes thatimpossible. So when Lillian Garland was told she couldn't have herold job back, she filed discrimination charges against the bank. Thebank then challenged the California pregnancy disability law incourt, claiming that the state law amounted to illegal sex discrimina-tion. The bank's reasoning went like this: Federal law bans discrimi-nation in employment. based on pregnancy, but the state law man-dates disability leave to women for pregnancy while denying thesame leave time to men who are disabled by other ailments, such asheart attacks and strokes. California counters that the state law doesnot discriminate between men and women, that it treats them boththe same as to,all, ailments, bui-gra@ts@disability leave only to preg-nant workers. Moreover, California argues that the state law in factequalizes the situation between men and women, allowing them bbthh bt he pregnancy disabilityto have children without t_FV j IT)- C/'-case has produced so@triaViZe @Ae s 'Me Reagan Admini-stration is siding with the California business community in arguingthat federal law requires no special treatment for pregnancy. Manyof the major national women's organizations agree, but argue thatthe way to cure the problem is to give everybody unpaid disabilityleave in case of illness. Other women's organizations, particularly inCalifornia, argue that singling out pregnancy for special treatment is6 " > n o t s e x d i s c r i m i n a t i o n . F e m i n i s t B e t t y F r i e d a n d e f e n d s t h e b r b d s f i d = " 1 97 " > C a l i f o r ni a l a w . b r b d s f i d = " 1 9 8 " > ' I t ' s n o t d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t m e n t o d o s o m e t h i n g a b o u t t h e b r b d s f i d = " 1 9 9 " > f a c t t h a t w o m e n g i v e b i r t h t o c h i l d r e n . I t ' s a f a c t o f l i f e . I f m e n c o u l d b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 0 " > c a r r y t h e b a b y , i f m e n c o u l d g o t h r o u g h t h e n i n e m o n t h s , i f m e n b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 1 " > c o u l d h a v e t h e l a b o r p a i n , y o u k n o w , t h e y a l s o s h o u l d h a v e c o v e r a g e b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 2 " > f o r p r e g n a n c y . Y o u ' r e n o t d i s c r i i h i n a t i n g a g a i n s t m e n ; y o u ' r e r e c o g - b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 3 " > n i z i n g a f a c t o f l i f e : t h a t w o m e n a r e d i f f e r e n t t h a n m e n . ' b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 4 " > O n t h e o t h e r s i d e , t h e l a w y e r f o r t h e b a n k , T e d O l s o n , a r g u e s b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 5 " > t h a t s p e c i a l t r e a t m e n t f o r p r e g n a n c y i s o b i o u s l y d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , a n b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 6 " > t h a t C a l i f o r n i a c o m p a n i e s r i s k b e i n b y o n e g r o u p o f p e o p l e b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 7 " > g s u e b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 8 " > t i ' i e y f o l l o w f e , , i e i - a l l a w a n d b y a n o t h e r g r o u p o f p e o p l e i f t h e y f o l l o b r b d s f i d = " 2 0 9 " > s t a t e l a w . b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 0 " > " T h e C t l i f o r n i a l a w r e q u i r e s s p e c i a l t r e a t m e n t o f p r e g n a n c y ; t h b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 1 " > f e d e r a l l a w r e q u i r e s e q u a l t r e a t m e n t o f p r e g n a n c y . A n e m p l o y e r - b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 2 " > e n t i t l e d t o k n o w w h i c h l a w i t m u s t f o l l o w . ' b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 3 " > T h e f a c t i s , t h o u g h , t h a t m u c h o f t h e C a l i f o r n i a b u s i n e s s c o b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 4 " > ) i , t i n i t y o b j e c t s , m o s t o f a l l , t o b e i n g t o l d t h a t i t h a s t o p r o v i d e a n b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 5 " > D i s a b i l i t y l e a v e . H e r e i s D o n B u t l e r , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e M e r c h a n t s a n b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 6 " > M a n u f a c t u r e r s A s s o c i a t i o n , w h i c h i s a p a r t y t o t h i s l a w s u i t . b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 7 " > " W h a t w e h a v e t o g e t b a c k t o , t h o u g h ; i s w h o ' s g o i n g t o s e t t h b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 8 " > d i s a b i l i t y l e a v e p o l i c i e s . I s t h e f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t , i s t h e s t a t e o b r b d s f i d = " 2 1 9 " > C a l i f o r n i a , o r a r e w e , t h e e m p l o y e r s , g o i n g t o s e t ? Y o u , t h b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 0 " > e m p l o y e e , h a v e t h e c h o i c e o f w o r k i n g f o r o u r c o m p a n y u n d e r t h e f o l b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 1 " > l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n s o r w o r k i n g f o r a n o t h e r c o m p a n y u n d e r o t h e b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 2 " > c o n d i t i o n s . A n d I b e l i e v e t h a t t h a t w a s w h a t b u i l t @ t h i s c o u n t r y t o b b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 3 " > a g r e a t f r e e e n t e r p r i s e s y s t e m . A n d i f w e ' r e g o i n g t o l e g i s l a t e i t , t h e b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 4 " > w e ' r e g o i n g t o d e s t r o y a l o t o f t h e i n c e n t i v e s t o . . . ' b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 5 " > ' B u t b a s i c a l l y y o u d o n ' t w a n t t o b e t o l d t o h a v e a d i s a b i l i t y p o l b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 6 " > i c y a t a l l . " b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 7 " > ' R i g h t . ' b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 8 " > I n t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t t h i s m o r n i n g , p e r h a p ! u e s - b r b d s f i d = " 2 2 9 " > t i o n w a s a s k e d b y J u s t i c e L o u i s P o w e l l , w h o p o @ b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 0 " > s i t u a t i o n t o C a l i f o r n i a D e p u t y A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l M a r i o n J o h n s t o n . b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 1 " > " L e t u s a s s u m e , ' s a i d J u s t i c e P o w e l l , " t h a t a m a n a n d a w o m a n i n b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 2 " > t h e s a m e c o m p a n y l e a v e t h e i r j o b s o n t h e s a m e d a y : h e , b e c a u s e h e i s b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 3 " > i l l ; s h e , b e c a u s e s h e ' s a b o u t t o h a v e a c h i l d . A n d t h e y r e t u r n o n t h e b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 4 " > ' s a m e d a y , b u t u n d e r t h e C a l i f o r n i a l a w s h e g e t s h e r j o b b a c k a n d h e b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 5 " > d o e s n o t . I s t h a t f a i r ? " a s k s J u s t i c e P o w e l l . L a w y e r J o h n s t o n r e - b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 6 " > s p o n d e d , " I t m a y n o t b e f a i r , b u t i t ' s l e g a l . C a l i f o r n i a l a w , ' s h e s a i d , b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 7 " > s i m p l y r e q u i r e s t h a t e m p l o y e r s t r e a t a l l t h e i r e m p l o y e e s , m e n a n d b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 8 " > w o m e n , i n t h e s a m e w a y w i t h r e s p e c t t o p r e g n a n c y .B u t , s i n c e m e n b r b d s f i d = " 2 3 9 " > e o f f . " A ' d e c i s i o n i n t h e b r b d s f i d = " 2 4 0 " > d o n ' t g e t p r e g n a n t , t h e y d o n ' t g e t t h e t i m t e d u n t i l n e x t y e a r . 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