69. Lewis’ research provides an answer to the question ______. A. why TV is important in family life B. why parents should keep good order C. why children in small families seem to be quieter D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life

75. This passage is about ______　 in the 19th century.

A. service and industry　　　　　　　　　　　 B. female and male jobs

C. women and their work　　　　　　　　　 D. female jobs and the pay

答案　 72.C　 73.C　 74.A　 75.C

Passage 106

(05·全国ⅠA篇)

Pet owners are being encouraged to take their animals to work, a move scientists say can be

good for productivity, workplace morale (士气), and the well-being of animals. A study found that 25% of Australian women would like to keep an office pet. Sue Chaseling

of Petcare information Service said the practice of keeping office pets was good both for the people and the pets. “On the pets’ side, They are not left on their own and won’t feel lonely and unhappy,” she said. A study of major US companies showed that 73% found office pets beneficial (有益的), while 27% experienced a drop in absenteeism (缺勤). 　 Xarni Riggs has two cats walking around her Global Hair Salon in Paddington. “My customers love them. they are their favorites, ” she said. “They are not troublesome. They know when to go and have a sleep in the sun. ” 　 Little black BJ has spent nearly all his two years “working” at Punch Gallery in Balmain. Owner Iain Powell said he had had cats at the gallery for 15 years. “BJ often lies in the shop window and people walking past tap on the glass, ” he said. 　 Ms Chaseling said cats were popular in service industries because they enabled a point of conversation. But she said owners had to make sure both their co-workers and the cats were comfortable. 56.The percentage of American companies that are in favor of keeping office pets is_______. A. 73%　　　　　　　　 B. 27%　　　　　　　　　 C. 25%　　　　　　　　 D. 15% 57. We know from the text that “BJ” _______. A. works in the Global Hair Salon　　　　 B. often greets the passers-by C. likes to sleep in the sun　　　　　　　　　 D. is a two-year-old cat 58. The best title for this text would be_______. A. Pets Help Attract Customers　　　　　 B. Your Favorite Office Pets C. Pets Join the Workforce　　　　　　　　　 D. Busy Life for Pets 答案　 56.A　 57.D　 58.C

Passage 107

(05·全国ⅠD篇)

As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to

a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out

just how much more. Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping(录像) the families while

they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each othes Ner and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is. ” 　 The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child. ” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event. ” 66. The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ______. 　 A. show the relationship between parents and children 　 B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table 　 C. report on the findings of a study 　 D. give information about family problems 67. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ______. 　 A. they are busy serving food to their children 　 B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table 　 C. they have to pay more attention to younger children 　 D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family 68. By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children

　______.

A. have to help their parents to serve dinner B. get the least attention from the family C. are often kept away from the dinner table D. find it hard to keep up with other children

73. Domestic service because a female job mainly because_______.

A. more and more women began to work in domestic service

B. women mainly worked as servants, nurses, and miners

C. service and industrial jobs absorbed more women than men

D. women enjoyed working as sellers, teachers, and miners

72. 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

71.It can be inferred from the 4th paragraph that_______.

　 　A. it depends on your position to settle everything in a form

　 B. questions in a form are more imoortant

　 C. you have little right to determine the contions you like most

　 　D. you must change a preprinted applicationbefore it is discussed

答案　 68.D　 69.A　 70.D　 71.A

Passage 105

(06·辽宁E篇)

Important change took place in the lives of women in the 19th 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 their 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.

70. The writer points out with an example that the side who will sign a form _______.

A. it depends on your position to settle everything in a form

B. questions in a form are more important than your position　

C. you have little right to determine the conditions you like most

D. you must change a preprinted application before it is discussed

69. We can learn from the underlined part “Each word is important” that _______.

A. everything in a form must be read carefully

B. questions in a form must be answered

C. the conditions that interest you are changeable

D. something of your interests is most important

68. Filling out application forms is much “easier” because_______.

A. everything connected with application forms is easier

B. it is easier to collect information about pre-employment

C. you can plan and have control of the needed time

D. you can control the form filling with enough time

67. The purpose of the writer is_______.

A. to explain why custom-made clothing costs more

B. to show the advantages of mass production

C. to provide information about different kind-of clothing

D. to tell readers how to make money from ready-made clothing

答案　 64.D　 65.A　 66.D　 67.C

Passage 104

(06·辽宁D篇)

Collecting information about pre-employment and filling out an application form(申请表)are closely connected, However, filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.

That you are given a form to fill out does not necessarily mean that you have to answer all the questions in it. If the form contains unclear questions or terms and conditions, you can make some changes before signing(签约)it, or refuse to answer some of the questions. What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there; and you can be sure that there is not anything there that is written with your interests in mind.

I know what I speak of because, as a lawyer for Litton Industries. I wrote the terms and conditions that were printed on the back of order forms, I wrote the most tiring terms and conditions anyone has ever seen. Still, 90 percent of the buyers would just sign on them without questioning anything. If anyone questioned them, we would reach an agreement on something that was acceptable to both sides.

So when you see a preprinted application that contains questions or terms and conditions, read it all and read it slowly. If you don’t like something, you can simply change the parts you don’t like, Remember that everything can be settled by discussion. To what degree it can be settled depends on your position(立场),of course, and that is something only you can determine.

66. Which of the following is true about ready-made clothing?

A. It is of poor quality.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It suits all people.

C. It takes more time to make it.　　　　　 D. It is labor-saving to make it.