Last week, we published an article about modern marriage．A recent research showed that in England 51% of married women go out to work．People were asked what they thought of “working wives”．The results were as follows:

　　　　　　    Men　　　　 Women

    In favor　　  70%　　   80%

    Against　　   10%　　  20%

    Don’t know   20%　　  0%

    We asked readers to write and tell us their opinions．Here are some of the hundreds of letters we got.

    I’m a woman photographer．I make plenty of money, travel a lot, and see a lot of people．I enjoy my work, and wouldn’t have to stay at home．I would never marry a man who wanted me to give up my work .

Ms Joji O’Leary Hampstead

    At present there are over 1,000,000 men who were out of work in Britain．If a woman gets a job, she puts one more man out of work．Perhaps that man has a wife and twelve children to support．Let women stay at home as they used to.

Ted Stubbs    Southend

    I’m the mother of twelve children．When I go to work, my husband, looks after the children．He is good with children and enjoys staying at home with them．And I enjoy the job as a bus driver.

Mrs. F．Boot    Battersea

1．________of men are on the side of working wives.

A．Most.

B．None

C．100%

D．A few

2．The Woman photographer would not marry a man who ________.

A．had less money than her

B．forbade her to work

C．was not very gentle

D．wanted to stay at home

3．Ted Stubbs thought that women’s going out to work would ________.

A．weaken the rights of the husband at home

B．be better than men

C．make men lose chances

D．make their husbands useless for work

4．in England, 51% ________.

A．of．working women are married

B．of the women who have been married go out to work.

C．of the married women want to go to work

D．of the people are in favor of married women’s going out to work

阅读理解：

　　Most women in Ghanathe educated and illiterate (文盲), the urban and rural, the young and oldwork to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved.

　　Nine out of ten women fifteen years of age and over are married. Women say they would like to have six or more children, and in fact an average of seven children is born to every women. In short, the normal life pattern for most Ghanaian women is to combine an active role in the economy with an active role as wife and mother of a large family.

　　How do these working mothers cope with their multiple responsibilities in the home and on the job? Some new ideas are being tried. One of these is family planning to help reduce family size. Another helpful solution is the Day-care Center, but this is available mainly in urban areas, and usually the fees are too high for the poor. Ghanaians realize that more day-care centers are needed. Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, so women can continue to play their multiple roles both in the home and in the economy.

1．Which of the following may best summarize paragraph 1?

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A．Ghanaian women are quite unlucky.

B．Women in Ghana are independent.

C．Women in Ghana have double tasks.

D．Most mothers in Ghana are young.

2．“Their reputation is well deserved” in the first paragraph means ________.

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A．they have not been well respected

B．husbands want them to work harder

C．they should work harder

D．there are good reasons why they are respected

3．In fact a Ghanaian woman has on an average ________ children.

4．What new ideas are being tried to help Ghanaian women?

5．The author of this passage probably agrees that ________.

A．women should continue both their roles

B．women should not be so busy

C．women should not work

　　　　　　    Men　　　　 Women

    In favor　　  70%　　   80%

    Against　　   10%　　  20%

    Don’t know   20%　　  0%

    We asked readers to write and tell us their opinions．Here are some of the hundreds of letters we got.

    I’m a woman photographer．I make plenty of money, travel a lot, and see a lot of people．I enjoy my work, and wouldn’t have to stay at home．I would never marry a man who wanted me to give up my work .

Ms Joji O’Leary Hampstead

    At present there are over 1,000,000 men who were out of work in Britain．If a woman gets a job, she puts one more man out of work．Perhaps that man has a wife and twelve children to support．Let women stay at home as they used to.

Ted Stubbs    Southend

    I’m the mother of twelve children．When I go to work, my husband, looks after the children．He is good with children and enjoys staying at home with them．And I enjoy the job as a bus driver.

Mrs. F．Boot    Battersea

1．________of men are on the side of working wives.

A．Most.

B．None

C．100%

D．A few

2．The Woman photographer would not marry a man who ________.

A．had less money than her

B．forbade her to work

C．was not very gentle

D．wanted to stay at home

3．Ted Stubbs thought that women’s going out to work would ________.

A．weaken the rights of the husband at home

B．be better than men

C．make men lose chances

D．make their husbands useless for work

4．in England, 51% ________.

A．of．working women are married

B．of the women who have been married go out to work.

C．of the married women want to go to work

D．of the people are in favor of married women’s going out to work

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60. Who lives in a place where water used to be difficult to get according to the passage?

　 A. Silke　　 B. Kanukura　　 C. Shahinoor　 D. Mariangela

61. We learn from the passage that women in Colombia ________.

　 A. may give birth to 5 children

　 B. can’t go to school all their life

　 C. have to work in a government office

　 D. are more likely to get harmed than men

62. Women in Bangladesh now become not so poor as they used to be by ________.　

　 A. raising bulls with the help of WFP

　 B. working more hours in the fields

　 C. doing part-time jobs in the evening

　 D. receiving money from the government

63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　 A. There are many victims of sexual violence in Nepal.

　 B. Getting clean drinking water is easier in Bangladesh.

C. The social position of women in Afghanistan has greatly changed.

D. Children in Colombia sometimes have only one meal a day.