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1、MenandWomen’sPrejudicesPartOneListeningComprehensionSectionACompoundDictationDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksn
2、umberedfromS1toS8withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.ForblanksnumberedfromS9toS11youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finallywhenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritt
3、en.DespitechangesintheAmericanfamilyduringthepast70years--most(S1)________thesharpincreaseinthenumberofworkingwomen--SocialSecurity'sbenefitstructureremains(S2)________forthesingle-earner,1930s-typefamily.Asamatteroffact,underthe(S3)________system,itispossiblethataworkingwomanwi
4、llreceivethebenefitsofa(S4)________woman.In"SocialSecurityChoicesforthe21stCenturyWoman,"LeanneAbdnor,formermemberofthePresident'sCommissiontoStrengthenSocialSecurity,(S5)________thatgivingwomenmorecontrolovertheirSocialSecuritysavingsthroughpersonalretirementaccountswouldcorrec
5、tbenefit(S6)________.SocialSecurity's(S7)________tokeepupwiththechangingroleofwomeninsocietyhasresultedinnothinglessthanasubsidyforsingle-earnerfamilies,(S8)________Abdnor.Furthermore,(S9)________________________________________________________toSocialSecuritycontributionsmadedu
6、ringtheirmarriages.Inlightofthosewell-accountedshortcom-ings,Abdnorassertsthatallowingindividualsthechoicetokeepaportionoftheircontributionsinapersonalretirementaccountwillprovidegreatersocialandeconomicfreedom.Oddly,manywomen'sgroups,despitealonghistoryofadvancingwomen'schoices
7、andopportunities,havedenounced(公开指责)personalretirementaccounts.Theadvocacygroups'oppositionisinconsistentwiththeiragenda,Abdnorcontends.(S10)________________________________________shouldbequestionedabouttheiroppositiontoallowingwomenchoicesunderSocialSecurity.Shefindsitironicth
8、atthelargestwomen'sadvocacygroupsintheUnitedSta
