题目内容
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances (家用电器) and convenience foods.
This important change in women's way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them.
1．According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married ________ .
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A．at about twenty-five
B．in their early fifteen
C．as soon as possible after they were fifteen
D．at any age from fifteen to forty-five
2．We are told that in an average family about 1900 ________ .
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A．many children died before they were five
B．the youngest child would be fifteen
C．seven or eight children lived to be more than five
D．four or five children died when they were five
3．When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother ________ .
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A．would expect to work until she died
B．was usually expected to die fairly soon
C．would be healthy enough to take up paid employment
D．was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one
4．Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to ________ .
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A．marry so that they can get a job
B．leave school as soon as they can
C．give up their jobs for good after they are married
D．continue working until they are going to have a bandy
5．According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ________ .
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A．stay at home after leaving school
B．marry men younger than themselves
C．start working again later in life
D．marry while still at school
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第一节：阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最
佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Each Indian tribe had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound． One way was by sign language; the other way by signals.
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another meant “horse”. To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.
Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.
The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood． Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.
Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
41． The whole text is mainly about _______.
A． different tribes have different languages
B． the Indians had many kinds of languages
C． how Indians communicated between different tribes
D． why the Indians used many languages
42． An Indian used a mirror to do all the followings EXCEPT _______.
A． send messages in code
B． get the attention of someone in the distance
C． warn someone of danger
D． to tell a friend from an enemy
43． Sign language is _______.
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C． a kind of gesture only for Indians
D． a way to express one’s ideas by making gestures
44． Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language because _______.
A． they thought they could easily make themselves understood
B． they could use signals or sign language
C． different tribes lived far away and never met each other
D． they never communicated with one another