单选题 In Japan, most people still feel that a woman's place is in the home; and most women willingly accept their (31) role as wife, leaving the business of making a living (32) their husbands. For those who do want a (33) of their own, opportunities are limited, and working women usually have to (34) for low wages, fewer promotions, less responsible (35) .
In America, on the other hand, most women, (36) wives and mothers, work most of their times. But (37) few have had real careers. As in Japan, most fields are (38) by men and opportunities for women have been (39) , salaries low, chances for advancement (40) American women work mainly because they (41) ; in these days of inflation and luxury living, (42) income per family is simply not enough to (43) . So American women actually have two jobs: one nine-to-five position outside the home, and (44) round-the-clock in the home job (45) wife, housemaid, cook and nurse.
One of the main goals of the modern women's liberation movement, which started (46) , was to eliminate sex discrimination in the work force, and to (47) careers for women that were previously (48) for men. And though there is still a long way to (49) , a lot of progress has been (50) .

单选题 A. conservative B. usual
C. traditional D. unhappy
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 形容词词义题。C traditional 意为“传统的”,符合题意。A conservative:保守的。B usual:通常的,往常的。D unhappy:不高兴的,不快乐的。
单选题 A. for B. on
C. up to D. away with
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配题。C leave...up to sb意为“把……留给某人,由……决定”,符合题意。其它选项均不正确。
单选题 A. job B. career
C. profession D. post
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义题。该题考查读者对上下文的理解。文中女性需要的不仅仅是一份工作,而是能带来成就感的“事业”。
单选题 A. settle B. request
C. ask D. search
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词组题。A settle for意为“(勉强)接受;安顿”,符合题意。B request:要求,为及物动词,不接介词for。C ask for:要求。D search for:搜索。
单选题 A. titles B. status
C. assignment D. positions
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义题。D position:职位,符合题意。A title:头衔;标题。B status:地位;状况,如:social status/current status社会地位/现状。C assignment:(分配的)任务。
单选题 A. concerning B. including
C. containing D. involving
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 介词词义题。B including:包括,包含,符合题意。A concerning:关于。C containing:包含,包括,一般不作介同。D involving:涉及。
单选题 A. at present
B. until recently
C. recently
D. not until recently
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 副词搭配题。B until recently意为“直到最近”,符合题意。A at present:当前,现在。C recently:最近。D not until recently:直到最近,其后要求接倒装结构。
单选题 A. owned B. kept
C. led D. dominated
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义题。D dominate意为“统治;占领”,符合题意。A own:拥有。B keep:保持。C lead:领导。
单选题 A. restricted B. bounded
C. reduced D. prohibited
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义题。A restrict意为“限制”,符合题意。B bound:以……为界线的。C reduce:减少。D prohibit:禁止。
单选题 A. small B. inadequate
C. rare D. scare
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 形容词词义及搭配题。C rare:极少的,少有的。因为chance作“可能性”解时的常见搭配为slim/rare/fat chance,故此项符合题意。A small:很小的。B inadequate:不足的,不够的。D scarce:不充足的,缺乏的。
单选题 A. should B. ought
C. like D. have to
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义及上下文理解题。D have to意为“不得不”,符合题意。A should:应当,应该。B ought:应该。C like:喜欢。
单选题 A. one B. singular
C. only D. the one
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 数词用法题。A one意为“一个”,一般修饰可数名词,符合题意。B singular:单数的;奇异的。“一份收入”的恰当表达方式应该为single income,不是singular。C only:仅仅。D the one:(特指的)某一个。
单选题 A. live B. live on
C. feed on D. support
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义题。B live on:靠……谋生,以……为生。live on one income符合题意。A live:生活。C feed on:靠……生存,但专指靠某种食物为生。D support:支撑,支持。
单选题 A. another B. one
C. other D. the other
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配题。D the other意为“另一个”,指两者中的另一个,符合题意。A another:另一个,指三者以上的另一个。B one:一个,一般修饰单数可数名词。C other:另外的。
单选题 A. such as B. like
C. as D. acting
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 介词词义题。C as意为“作为”,符合题意。A such as:比如。B like:就像……(但本身不是)。D acting:行动,行为。
单选题 A. in the early l960s
B. in early the l960s
C. early in the 1960
D. in the early 1960
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 介词短语固定搭配题。A in the early 1960s表示在60年代早期,符合题意。其它选项均不符合语法规则。
单选题 A. lead to B. open up
C. offer D. set up
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词组词义题。B open up意为“打开,敞开”,符合题意。A lead to:导致.,C offer:提供,供应。D set up:成立,建立。
单选题 A. preserved B. observed
C. concerned D. reserved
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义题。D reserved意为“保留的;专属的”,符合题意。A preserved:保留的;珍藏的。如:preserved fruit/egg蜜饯/皮蛋。B concerned:有关的,相关的。C observed:观察到的。
单选题 A. go B. travel
C. strive D. pull through
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义及惯用表达题。There is a long way to go意为:“有一段很长的路要走”,是常用表达,故A项符合题意。其它选项均不正确。
单选题 A. made B. taken
C. covered D. completed
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词组搭配题。A make progress意为“取得进步、获得进步”,符合题意。其它选项均不正确。