题目内容
As late as 1800, women's only place was in the home. The idea of women in the business world was unthinkable. Men were certain that no woman could do a job outside her home. This was such a widely accepted idea that when the well known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1846, they had to sign their books with men's names instead.Teaching was the first profession open to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin Colleges in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women.
Hospital nursing became respectable work for women only after Nightingale became famous. Seeing that she was not only a nurse but also a rich and well-educated woman, people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England's first school for nurses in 1860.
The invention of the typewriter in 1867 helped to bring women out of the home and into the business world. By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals, and offices, in both England and America. Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea that women could work in the business world had been accepted.
1. Why couldn't women become teachers easily?
A. Because the first profession to them was writing.
B. Because most schools and colleges were open only to men.
C. Because they wanted to be nurses instead.
D. Because they had to work in the business world.
2. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The first typewriter was invented 1970's.
B. All nurses are rich and well-known women.
C. People's ideas about women's work have changed.
D. Most women in America are doctors or lawyers.
3. The passage is mainly about——.
A. women in the business world B. the famous women in the business world
C. schools and colleges in America D. rights for American women
4. We can infer from the passage that——.
A. a man can't type
B. the first college that accepted women was Oberlin College in Ohio
C. Bronte sisters had pennames when they began writing their novels
D. a woman can do all kinds of work better than a man
解析:
1.B。细节题。看完题目后,应找到描写妇女从事教师工作的第二自然段,从第二句“But even that was not
an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were
open only to men.”可以看出,because从句解释了原因,是“大部分学校只对男性开放”。
2.C。从第三、四段可以看出,A,B和D都有与文章不符的错误。这篇文章主要讲的是19世纪以来,妇女逐步走出家庭在社会从事各种工作的过程;文章最后一句“The idea that women could work in the business world had been accepted.”表明人们对于女性参加工作的看法发生了变化。 3.A。主旨题。全文主要是讲妇女工作的变化——从呆在家里,到当老师、护士、打字员,直到当医生和律师,所以应选择A。选项B的内容过于窄,虽然文中提到一些著名女性,如Bronte sisters和Nightingale,但主要内容并不是讲她们。选项c和D完全与主题无关。 4.C。最后一段虽然提到打字机的发明使得妇女能走出家门参加工作,但并没有说男性不能打字,因此A不正确。B提供的是错误信息。D是武断猜测,本文并没有提到男性和女性在工作上谁强谁弱的问题。从第一段的最后一句“...when the well-known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1846,they had to sign their books with man's Haines instead.”可以看到,勃朗特姐妹在开始写小说时要用男性名字作为笔名。
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