单选题 The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, (51) in the last twenty years. The main change has been (52) giving women greater equality with men. Up to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had (53) rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. (54) , as far as we know, most women were happy with this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly (55) more fights than they used to. They were (56) the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal (57) of wealth in the case of divorce, (58) the Equal Pay Act gave them the right of equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year.
Yet (59) these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to (60) the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is (61) to earn only about half that a man earns for the same job. (62) a survey, at present, only one-third of the country's workers are (63) women. This small percentage is partly (64) a shortage of nurseries. If there were (65) nurseries, twice as many women might well go out to work.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 上文提到本世纪主要变化是女性享有更多与男性同样的权利。因此可以推断本世纪初与现在相比，妇女的权利要比较少。所以选B。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 上一句说“妇女不能投票，被关在家里”，下一句说“据我们所知，大多数妇女很高兴这样”，这显然是转折关系，所以选C。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 有上文推断妇女的权利应该更多，因此本句的意思应该是“英国妇女当然比过去享有更多的权利”，所以选B，lack是“缺少”的意思；occupy是“占据”的意思。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] give“给予”，deprive“剥夺”，deny“否认、拒绝”，approve“批准、通过”。有上文妇女获得权利可以推断本句的意思是“1919年，妇女被给予投票权”。因此选A。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 上一句说“1970年，通过法律在离婚时给予妇女同样份额的财产”，下一句说“同年的《同酬法案》授予妇女同工同酬的权利”，两项法律都是授予妇女权利，是并列关系，所以用表示并列关系的连词and。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] because of“因为、由于”，instead of“而不是……”，in spite of“不管、虽然”，as a result of“作为……的结果”。表示让步关系，所以应选C

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 由上文可以推断虽然有法律规定，但是女性与男性的地位仍然存在巨大差别，工资的差别就是其中之一，这是由于许多雇主忽视《同酬法案》，所以选C。