题目内容

Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same chances as men in education, jobs and training. But it’s still unusual to find women doing dirty or heavy jobs.

Nikki Henriques is a car maintenance engineer in London. She used to be a secretary. Barty Philips, a journalist with “The Observer”, a Sunday newspaper, asked her why she wanted to work with cars.

“My first reason was independence(独立),” she said. “I also wanted to use my hands, and I like learning about how things work. Many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars, too.”

Nikki didn’t find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a Government Skill Centre—a special sort of college where people can learn a new job for twenty weeks. “For ten weeks I was the only woman among four hundred men, and some of them were rude to me. It was also very tiring—from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, with only 30 minutes for lunch.”

Now Nikki works free-lance, that is, she’s self-employed, working for herself and not for a garage or a company.

Barty Phillips also spoke to Rose, who works as a general builder in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England. Like Nikki, Rose used to be a secretary. “I didn’t enjoy it at all.” she said. “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self-employed.”

Rose joined a women’s building co-operative, and she learnt her job from other people and from experience. However, many of the women in her group have been specially trained. Most of the jobs they do are improvements to buildings and general repairs.

“People often say, ‘Oh, women aren’t strong enough,’ but I don’t think strength is important.” said Rose, “The important thing is to get used to doing a different sort of work.”

Rose would like more women to come into the building industry. “Everything built at the moment is a product of man’s world. If women become builders, they will be able to understand the production of their house and their towns.”

1.There are laws in Britain to help women _____.

A.get higher pay than men

B.enjoy more freedom than men

C.do whatever they like to do

D.have equal chances with men in education and work

2.The job of a car maintenance engineer is to _____.

A.make cars

B.sell cars

C.repair cars

D.keep cars for others

3.According to Rose, a woman wishing to be a general builder _____.

A.must be specially trained

B.should be strong enough

C.can learn her job either from others or by experience

D.must get used to doing a different sort of work

4.The best title for this passage might be _____.

A.Nikki Henriques, a car maintenance engineer

B.Rose, a General Builder in Shefield

C.Women at Work

D.British Women

 

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:本文主要讲了有些女性选择了比较繁重且脏的工作。

1.根据Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same chances as men in education, jobs and training.故选D。

2.根据Many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars, too.”

故选C。

3.根据“The important thing is to get used to doing a different sort of work.” 故选D。

4.根据But it’s still unusual to find women doing dirty or heavy jobs以及全文内容,故选C。

考点:本题是一篇人物采访类文章。 

点评:本题型考查了读者对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上,结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意,对于把握文章主旨,分析全文结构都是至关重要的。

 

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