49.Domestic service became a female job mainly because 　　　　　.

A. women took care of children

B. women took jobs as servants

C. men were employed in industry

D. men seldom worked in shops

48.We learn from the first paragraph that 　　　　　　　had been done chiefly by men before they went to cities to seek jobs.

A.　　 mining, teaching, and nursing

B.　　 sewing clothes and mining

C.　　 sowing, growing, and harvesting

D.　　 caring for cattle and growing crops

44．What of the following can be the best title for the passage?

　A. Bomb Hidden in a Rubbish Bin　 B. The Cause of the Explosion

　C. A Terrible Thing　 D. Market Blast Kills 1 ,Injures 21

　　 　　　　　　　　　B

I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I hardly saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely. I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions(文学志向) were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated(孤独) and undervalued. I knew that I had a natural ability with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life. 　　 However, the quantity of serious writing which I produced all through my childhood would not add up to half a dozen pages. I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation. I cannot remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and the tiger had “chair-like teeth” - a good enough expression. At eleven, when the war of 1914-18 broke out, I wrote a poem which was printed in the local(地方的) newspaper, as was another, two years later, on the death of Kitchener. From time to time, when I was a bit older, I wrote bad and usually unfinished “nature poems”. I also, about twice, attempted a short story which was a failure. That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on paper during all those years. 45.The underlined word“it” in paragraph 2 refers to　　　 . 　　 A.the quantity of serious writing　　 B.the writer’s first poem 　　 C.the writer’s childhood　　　　　　 D.the tiger in the poem 46.From the text, we learn that as a little boy the writer　　 . 　　 A.had no playmates 　　 B.showed his gift for writing 　　 C.put out lots of poems and stories 　　 D.got his first poem published in 1916 47.What can be inferred about the writer? 　　 A.He was least favoured in his family. 　　 B.He had much difficulty in talking with others. 　　 C.He had an unhappy childhood for lack of care. 　　 D.His loneliness resulted in his interest in writing.

C

Important changes took place in the lives of women in the 19^th century. When men went out from their farms to cities to seek jobs in industry, peasant women had to take over the sowing, growing, and harvesting of the fields as well as caring for cattle and raising children. When women also moved to the cities in search of work, they found that it was increasingly separated by sex and that employment opportunities for women were limited to the lower-paid jobs. Later in the century, women in industry gathered mainly in cloth-making factories, though some worked in mining or took similarly difficult and tiring jobs.

　　　 In the 1800s, service work also absorbed(吸纳) a great number of women who arrived in the cities from the country. Young women especially took jobs as servants in middle-class and upper-class homes; and as more and more men were drawn into industry, domestic service(家庭服务) became increasingly a female job. In the second half of the century, however, chances of other service work also opened up to women, from sales jobs in shops to teaching and nursing. These jobs came to be done mainly by women and low paid.

　　　 For thousands of years, when almost all work was done on the family farm or in the family firm(家庭作坊)，home and workplace had been the same, In these cases, women could do farm work or hand work, and perform home duties such as child care and preparation of meals at the same time. Along with the development of industry, the central workplace, however, such as the factory and the department store, separated home from work.　 Faced with the necessity for women to choose between home and workplace, Western society began to give particular attention to the role of women as homemakers with more energy than ever before.

43．In the last paragraph the underlined word“ speculate” probably means ________.

　A. tell　 B. guess　C. discuss　　D. talk

42．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

　A. One passer- by, indentified only as Zhang, saw the man throwing a bomb into a bin.

　B. Some customers in restaurants were injured.

　C. The writer didn’t get to the scene.

　D. All customers in shops got hurt.

41．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　A. All the injured were taken to a hospital

　B. 8 of the injured were not taken to a hospital

　C. The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a restaurant

　D. The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a shop

39. A. some　　　　 B. any　　　　　 C. such　　　　　 D. no

38. A. so　　　　　 B. until　　　　 C. while　　　　 D. although

37. A. hurriedly　 B. soon　　　　 C. fast　　　　 D. slowly