题目内容
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth 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 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 years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.”
This important change in women's life has only recently begun to have its full effect(影响)on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and 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 marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards(后来)return to full－time or part－time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship(关系)in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share(份额)of the duties and satisfactions(满意)of family life.
1．We are told that in a family about 1900 ________.
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A．few children died before they were five
B．seven or eight children lived to be more than five
C．the youngest child would be fifteen
D．four or five children died when they were five
2．One reason with the woman of today may take a job is that she ________.
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A．is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves
B．does not like children herself
C．needn't worry, about food for her children
D．can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty
3．Many girls are now likely to ________.
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A．give up their jobs after they are married
B．leave school as soon as they can
C．marry so that they can get a job
D．continue working until they are going to have a baby
4．According to the passage, it is now quite common for women to ________.
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A．stay at home after leaving school
B. marry men younger than themselves
C．start working again late in life
D．marry while still at school
解析：
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1．D 由第一段中第二句的后半句可知：四到五个只能活到五岁大。 2．A 由第一段倒数第二句和最后一句可推出。 3．D 由第二段倒数第三句可看出。 4．C 由第二段后半段可看出：许多女性在生儿育女后返回去参加全职或业余工作。 |
