It is not only experts in China who are arguing over whether women should work after marriage or not. Worldwide this question is being discussed as an interestingly large number of married women enter the workplace. Take the United States for example. Since 1960, the percentage of married women in the work force has jumped from 31.9 per cent to 59.4 per cent.

American women first moved into the paid labour force during the World War II, when men left their jobs to fight. In the last fifty years, more and more women have worked outside the home. And over these years of developing, Americans have changed their social values as a result. In 1975, women aged 35 and above made up half of all working women. And by 1980, 60 per cent were women at the age of 45 and above.

Now in Japan, women’s work group is M-shaped with middle-aged women and those aged 20-25 at the two peaks. According to statistics(统计)， 37.7 per cent of Japanese women at childbearing age(25-29) still engaged themselves in work in 1980. and the number reached 50 per cent the next year.

Being a housewife has always been regarded as a “graceful occupation” in Japan. Some young Japanese women believe it is good to be a “ professional housewife”. However, old attitudes have been changing everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessary. In recent years, a great number of city housewives have poured out of homes to take part time jobs. Even the UN has given its support.. The 34^th Congress of the United Nations in 1979 put forward the decision for formal agreement on the getting rid of discrimination(歧视) against women.

So far, most UN members have agreed on it, but some still haven’t,  including the United States.

72. From the first passage, we can learn that ________________.

A. experts encourage women to take paying jobs .

 B. men encourage women to take paying jobs

C. government encourage women to take paying jobs.

D. more and more people begin to care about women’s life

73.  In the United States _________________.

1. married women are lazier than their husbands. 
2. husbands are lazier than their wives

C. few married women used to work outside  

D. more married women used to work outside

74．              Married women in Japan________________.

A, all work outside their homes

B. seldom work outside their homes

C. have different opinions on their working outside 

D. all do housework at their homes

75. More and more women have taken jobs outside for the reason that ________.

 A. they have no children to take care of   B. they have no housework to do

 C. they want to make more friends. D. they want to improve their living conditions

My father was poor in expressing his feelings. I knew that my dad loved me, but showed me love in other ways. There was one particular time in my life when this became real to me.

I always believed that my parents had a good marriage, but gradually the strain (紧张）on my mom and dad’s relationship was quite evident. However, I was not prepared for the day when Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family. I kept telling myself that it wasn’t going to happen. The night before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time. I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and that I would always and forever be his Krissie. As I folded my note, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard: “Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy.” Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I slipped my letter into one of his bags.

Two weeks later, my mother told me that they decided that there were things that the both of them could and would change and that their marriage was worth saving. “Well, Dad said that when he read your letter, it made him cry. It meant a lot to him and I have hardly ever seen your dad cry. After he read your letter, he called to ask if he could come over to talk. Whatever you said really made a difference to your dad.”

A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter. I guessed that it became a secret between us.

68. Why did the author’s father decide to leave?

A. Because he was poor in showing his feelings.

B. Because his wife was always giving orders.

C. Because serious problems occurred in their marriage.

D. Because the strain on father-daughter relationship was evident.

69. How did the author feel when her father decided to leave?

A. Excited.     B. Annoyed.    C. Doubtful.   D. Upset.

70. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means _______.

A. a man may have to give up a lot to be a real father

B. a man may have to give in to his wife to be a daddy

C. a man who raises special children can become a real father

D. a man who develops some special talents can be a real father

71. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. How the author’s parents enjoyed a happy marriage.

B. How a letter saved the author’s parents’ marriage.

C. The divorce had a great influence on the author.

D. The author had a good relationship with her parents.

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man--the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands(值得) greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

This attitude toward manual（体力的）labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously（豪华的）furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore, the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled(组合) from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.  

64. Form paragraph 1, we know that in America ____________.

A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man   

B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts   

C. college professors win great respect from common workers

D .people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors 

 65. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _____________.

A. servants in American are hard to get 

B. she takes pride in what she can do herself

C .she can hardly afford servants

D .It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food 

66. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means”__________”.

 A. work in a furniture shop     B. keep accounts for a bar

C. wait to be served at a restaurant  D. serve customers in a restaurant

67. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?_______

A. A Respectable Self-made Family.

B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor.

C. Characteristics of American Culture.     

D. The Development of Manual Labor

When it comes to friends，I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek mends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours，too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school，but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say：“Let’s start with a train whistle today. ” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we，too，were changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望) and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears，sometimes in a funny way, in the other's dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times，we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments，I often think：“Yes，I must tell. . . . ’’We have never met.

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

60. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to __________.

A. become serious about her study.           

B. go to her friend’s house regularly

C. 1earn from her classmates at school        

D. share poems and stories with her friend

61. In Paragraph 3, “‘we gave London to each other” probably means__________.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us.

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

62. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend __________.

A. call each other regularly   B. have similar personalities

C. enjoy writing to each other        D. dream of meeting each other

63. In the darkest moments，the author would prefer to __________.

A. seek professional help  B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend  D. break the silence

Made from the hide (兽皮) of bushy-haired animals, fur is known as the first material used for clothing．It was used by early humans like the hominoids (类人猿) to keep warm during the winter season or when they traveled to cooler regions．Traditionally, animals were hunted down to produce fur coats．At present though, some animals like the mink (水貂) and the fox are bred and farmed for their fur．Now, wearing fur is considered a luxury because of its price and availability.

    Fur coats are produced and used all over the world especially in cooler countries like Russia and Northern Europe．These are usually made from the fur of bigger animals like bears, wolves and foxes which are hunted down for their meat and hide．Because of this, several of their species have become endangereD．Yet, until now, there has been no law passed to regulate the fur industry．That’s why Animal rights groups, including stars, continue to campaign against fur clothing including fur coat manufacturing.

    Dennis Rodman is the first man, and the first sports star, to do a photo shoot for PETA’s “Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” series.

    During the Fashion Week of NYC in 2005, Rodman came not to sit in the front row at a show, but to unveil his provocative (挑衅的, 震动的) new PETA advertisement．In the very tents where designers were pushing fur．In PETA’s advertisement, Rodman appears nude (赤裸的) --- except for his tattoos --- alongside the caption ( 插图说明), ” Think Ink, Not Mink,” and urges :” Be comfortable in your own skin and let animals keep theirs.”

    Rodman watched Pamela Anderson’s three-minute video showing how animals live and die before being made into fur coats．“If you actually look at the video firsthand, it gives you a different perspective on animals and how they’re treateD．It’s heart-wrenching to see what they go through,” he saiD．

56．According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true ?

A．People raise minks and foxes to get their fur.

B．Early humans used fur to keep warm.

C．There are blanks in legal system to regulate the fur industry.

D．Many species have been extinct because of the need for fur.

57．By quoting the example of Dennis Rodman, the author intends to show that _______ .

A．Stars take advantage of every opportunity to make themselves famous

B．Stars are less likely to wear fur.

C．More and more stars have taken part in the campaign against fur clothing.

D．Stars belong to Animal rights groups.

58．The underlined word “heart-wrenching” in the last paragraph most probably means __________ .

A．upset and painful      B．surprising    

C．interesting     D．encouraging.

59．What is the best title for this passage ?

A．Fur Industry   B．Campaign Against Fur Clothing

C．Animals Are Endangered  D．An Animal Rights Activist

 At age 86, Millie Garfield is one of the world’s oldest elderly bloggers(写博客的人). __36___ reading a newspaper article in 2003 and then asking her son for __37___ in getting online, Millie has been blogging ever since.

We usually associate blogging with the __38___: our children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews. While the blogging landscape was once ___39___ almost entirely by teens, it has opened to different age groups now.

After 38 years of marriage, Millie ___40__ her husband in 1994. She has no siblings and has only one son. She has to live alone. Like many elderly people, her social network was beginning to ___41___ in size as many of her friends were in assisted living.

Blogging has ___42__ Millie’s universe. “I have to blog once a week,” she says. “If I don’t, they start ___43__ about me.” When I ask who “they” are, Millie says they are the 70 or 80 ___44__ who visit her blog each day. When she was three days __45___ in posting one week, she began getting ___46___ from them to see if she was okay. She has also got to ___47___ other bloggers from around the country.

Not only has blogging helped Millie make new __48___, but it has also helped her learn about herself. “I write about everyday living in a __49___ fashion, so I try to find interesting things in a TV show, a movie, or a(n) __50___ to the dentist, she says. “I never knew I was funny but now people ___51___ me I am. It is a big discovery.”

Millie __52___ loves blogging. “My life would be __53___ and empty without it. I’m able to learn from people all over the world,” she says. Then she adds, “When you’re older, you don’t have many ___54___. The wonderful thing about blogging is that you can have many people hear what you think and no one ___55__ you when you are speaking.”

36. A. While          B. Until            C.  After          D. As

37. A. help           B. apology          C. excuse          D. permission

38. A. old            B. young            C. rich            D. sick

39. A. damaged        B. occupied         C. prepared        D. designed

40. A. missed         B. followed         C. recognized      D. lost

41. A. grow           B. develop          C. decrease        D. remain

42. A. expanded       B. concluded        C. found           D. ruined

43. A. complaining    B. thinking         C. arguing         D. worrying

44. A. workers        B. readers          C. passengers      D. speakers

45. A. late           B. away             C. fast            D. ready

46. A. warnings       B. suggestions      C. emails          D. books

47. A. know           B. see              C. change          D. ask

48. A. comments       B. connections      C. contributions   D. combinations

49. A. popular        B. famous           C. similar         D. humorous
50. A. gift           B. visit            C. wave            D. award

51. A. warn           B. prove             C. order         D. tell

52. A. probably       B. fortunately       C. hardly        D. clearly

53. A. poor           B. slow              C. dull          D. simple

54. A. listeners      B. managers          C. interpreters  D. lecturers

55. A. fears          B. interrupts        C. controls      D. treats

 No matter how bright a talker you are, there are times when it’s better ______ silent.

    A. remain   B. be remaining   C. to remain   D. having remained

 We laugh at jokes, but seldom __________ about how they work.

    A. we think   B. think we   C. we do think   D. do we think

 There is ___________ as a free lunch.

    A. not such thing   B. no such a thing    C. no such thing   D. such no thing

 He works as an engineer now, but he _____ on a farm for three years.

    A. has worked   B. worked   C. was working   D. had worked