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1、ReadingComprehension.Directions:Inthispart,youwillreadfourpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorincompletestatements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedbya),b),c)andd).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:ItisonlyseventyyearssinceBritish
2、womengottherighttovote.Somepeoplethinkthisisthemainreasonwomenaresounder-representedinpolitics,tradeunionsandbigbusinesses.Otherfeelitissimplythattheyaremuchtoobusydoingotherthings,Theoldsaying“awoman’splaceisinthehome”mayseemoutofdatetomostpeople,buttheold,fixedimageofawomanasasupport
3、ingwifeandcaringmotheriscertainlystillusual—oneonlyhastowatchafewtelevisionads.In1975thelawdidnotallowwomentobepaidlessthanmendoingthesamework.Certainlyitisusuallythecasenowadaysthatwomendoingthesamejobsasmengetthesamemoneyfordoingit;butgenerallywomendonotdothesamejobs:theydodifferento
4、nesthatofferlowersalaries.Theareaswomenworkinarealmostallthoseof“service’’:teaching,nursing,catering,andcleaning,jobsthatcanbeseenasanextension(延伸)ofthemotheringrole.Apartfromlookingafterpeopleduringthedayatwork,womenoftenhavetotakecareofafamilyathometoo,whichmaymeantheyhavelessenergyt
5、ocompeteintheraceforprofessionaldevelopment.Inalmosteveryfield,toppositionsaremorelikelytobefiledbymen.Whilemostteachersarewomen,forexample,mostheadmastersarenot.Schoolcooksarewomen,headcooksaremenandevencleanerstendtobewatchedoveranddirectedbymalecaretakers（看管人）。1.Whichofthefollowingi
6、strueaccordingtothepassage?a)Manywomen’splacesarestillinthehome.b)Women’splacesarenolongerinthehome.c)Manywomen’sjobshavesomethingtodowithTV.d)Women’sjobsarelessimportantthanbefore.2.Nowwomenare.a)doingthesamejobsasmen.b)inneedofmorenewservices.c)notdoingthesamejobsasmen.d)paidmoreatte
7、ntiontothanbefore.3.InPara.2,Line5,theword“catering”maymean.a)preparingmealsb)writingarticlesc)runningaschoold)watchingTVprograms4.Fromthepassage,wecanseethat.a)it’sbetterforawomantostayathomeb)womenneedmuchmoreeducationtodealsuccessfullywithprofessionaltasksc)thereisstillalongwayfor
