Question

14．The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women．During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children．A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties，and would be likely to have seven or eight children，of whom four or five lived till they were five years old．By the time the youngest was fifteen，the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years，during which custom，chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work．Today women marry younger and have fewer children．Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty．Even while she has the care of children，her work is lightened by household appliances（家用電器）and convenience foods．
　　　This important change in women's way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position．Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job．However，when they married，they usually left work at once and never returned to it．Today the school-leaving age is sixteen，many girls stay at school after that age，and though women tend to marry younger，more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born．Many more after wads，return to full or part-time work．Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage，with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life，and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home，according to the abilities and interest of each of them．

23．We are told that in an average family about 1990A．
A．many children died before they were five
B．the youngest child would be fifteen
C．seven of eight children lived to be more than five
D．four or five children died when they were five
24．When she was over fifty，the late 19th century motherD．
A．would expect to work until she died
B．was usually expected to take up paid employment
C．would be healthy enough to take up paid employment
D．was unlikely to find a job even if she is now likely
25．Many girls，the passage says，are now likely toD．
A．marry so that they can get a job
B．leave school as soon as they can
C．give up their jobs for good after they are married
D．continue working until they are going to have a baby
26．According to the passage，it is now quite usual for women toC．
A．stay at home after leaving school    B．marry men younger than themselves
C．start working again later in life    D．marry while still at school．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要寫了19世紀末和現(xiàn)在婦女在就業(yè)和家庭生育等問題上發(fā)生的變化．

解答 23．A  推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties，and would be likely to have seven or eight children，of whom four or five lived till they were five years old一個在第十九世紀末結(jié)婚的女人很可能已經(jīng)二十歲了，而且可能有七到八個孩子，其中有四到五個孩子活到了五歲，由此可以推斷她的孩子在五歲以前夭折了，所以答案選A．
24．D細節(jié)理解題． 根據(jù)句子during which custom，chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work在這期間，她的生活習慣、機會和健康使她無法得到工作．所以答案選D．
25．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born很多已婚婦女一直工作直到她們的第一個孩子出生以前，所以答案D正確．
26．C 細節(jié)理解題．文章第二段提到婦女生活模式的變化對其經(jīng)濟地位的影響，也提到當今婦女婚后，至少在第一個孩子出生前仍工作．然后談到"之后，婦女又返回全日或半日工作當中"．所以C項正確．

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