The greatest social change has been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. 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. D.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, opportunity 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 can be expected to live another thirty-five years and she is likely to take paid jobs until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances and convenient foods.
This important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few year ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. B.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. Many more afterwards return to a full-time or part-time job. B.Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions 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, the woman of today usually .
2. One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she .
3. Many girls the passage claims are now likely to .
4. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to .
5. Nowadays, a husband tends to .
问题1选项
A.gets married instead of getting paid work
B.marries before she is twenty-five
C.has more children under fifteen
D.has fewer children
问题2选项
A.is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves
B.does not like children herself
C.does not need to worry about food for her children
D.can retire from family responsibilities when she reaches sixty
问题3选项
A.give up their jobs for good 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 babies
问题4选项
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
问题5选项
A.share more family duties
B.help his wife by doing most of the household work
C.feel dissatisfied with his role in the family
D.take a part-time job so that he can help in the home
第1题:D
第2题:A
第3题:D
第4题:C
第5题:A
第1题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, the woman of today usually ____. 根据文章，今天的女性通常____。
A. gets married instead of getting paid work A. 结婚而不是从事有报酬的工作
B. marries before she is twenty-five B. 在二十五岁之前结婚
C. has more children under fifteen C. 有更多15岁以下的孩子
D. has fewer children D. 子女较少
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据选项关键词“fewer children”定位到第一段倒数第三句“如今，女性结婚更早，生的孩子也更少（have fewer children）。”由此可知，D选项符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项定位到第二段第五句“如今……尽管妇女往往结婚较早，但更多的已婚妇女至少在第一个孩子出生前不久仍在工作”，属于曲解原文；
B选项虽然第一段有提到“如今，妇女结婚更年轻”，但并没有说“在二十五岁之前结婚”，属于无中生有；
C选项与原文“如今，妇女结婚更年轻，子女更少”不相符，属于反向干扰。
第2题:
【选项释义】
One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she ____. 现在的妇女可能会去工作的一个原因是她____。
A. is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves A. 孩子大到可以照顾自己时，她还比较年轻
B. does not like children herself B. 自己不喜欢孩子
C. does not need to worry about food for her children C. 不需要为子女的食物发愁
D. can retire from family responsibilities when she reaches sixty D. 六十岁时可以从家庭责任中退休
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章第一段提到，以前的女性可能有七八个孩子，所以当她最小的孩子十五岁的时候（可以照顾自己），她已经五十出头；而现在的女性当孩子十五岁的时候，她四十五岁，预计还能再活三十五年。由此可以推断，现在的妇女当孩子大到可以照顾自己时，她还比较年轻，所以可以出去工作，故A选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
B、C、D选项文章均未提及，属于无中生有。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Many girls the passage claims are now likely to ____. 文章称，许多女孩现在可能会____。
A. give up their jobs for good after they are married A. 婚后永远放弃工作
B. leave school as soon as they can B. 尽快离开学校
C. marry so that they can get a job C. 为了找到工作而结婚
D. continue working until they are going to have babies D. 继续工作直到生孩子
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据选项关键词“working until they are going to have babies”定位到第二段第五句“许多女孩过了这个年龄还会继续上学，尽管女性往往结婚更早，但更多已婚女性至少在第一个孩子出生前不久还会继续工作（more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born）。”由此可知，D选项符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项与原文“尽管妇女往往结婚较早，但更多的已婚妇女至少在第一个孩子出生前不久仍在工作。之后，更多的妇女重返全职或兼职工作岗位”表述不相符，属于曲解原文；
B选项与原文“如今，离校年龄是16岁，许多女孩在这一年龄后仍留在学校”表述相反，属于反向干扰；
C选项“为了找到工作而结婚”没有提及，属于无中生有。
第4题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ____. 根据这篇文章，现在女性通常会____。
A. stay at home after leaving school A. 离开学校后留在家里
B. marry men younger than themselves B. 嫁给比自己年轻的男人
C. start working again later in life C. 在以后的生活中重新开始工作
D. marry while still at school D. 在校期间结婚
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章第二段提到“尽管妇女往往结婚较早，但更多的已婚妇女至少在第一个孩子出生前不久仍在工作。之后，更多的妇女重返全职或兼职工作岗位（Many more afterwards return to a full-time or part-time job）。”由此可知，现在的女性在以后的生活中重新开始工作是很常见的，C选项符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项根据“如今，离校年龄是16岁。许多女孩在这一年龄后仍留在学校，尽管妇女往往结婚较早，但更多的已婚妇女至少在第一个孩子出生前不久仍在工作”可知，现在女性在离开学校后会工作，属于曲解原文；
B、D选项文章均未提及，属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
Nowadays, a husband tends to ____. 现在，丈夫往往____。
A. share more family duties A. 分担更多的家庭责任
B. help his wife by doing most of the household work B. 帮助妻子做大部分家务活
C. feel dissatisfied with his role in the family C. 对自己在家庭中的角色感到不满意
D. take a part-time job so that he can help in the home D. 做一份兼职工作，以便能在家里帮忙
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据选项关键词“share more family duties”定位到第二段最后一句“这些变化导致了一种新的婚姻关系，丈夫在家庭生活中承担了更多的责任，获得了更多的满足（with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life），丈夫和妻子根据各自的能力和兴趣，更平等地分担了提供金钱和操持家务的责任。”
【干扰项排除】
B选项与原文“更平等地分担了提供金钱和操持家务的责任（sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home）”不相符，属于曲解原文；
C选项与原文“丈夫在家庭生活中承担了更多的责任，获得了更多的满足（with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life）”正好相反，属于反向干扰；
D选项“丈夫做一份兼职工作，以便能在家里帮忙”没有提及，属于无中生有。
