单选题 The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, (56) in the last twenty years. The main change has been (57) giving women greater equality with men. (58) to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had (59) rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. (60) , as far as we know, most women were happy (61) this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly (62) more rights than they used to. They were (63) the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal (64) of wealth in the case of divorce, (65) the Equal Pay Act gave them the right (66) equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year. Yet (67) these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to (68) the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is (69) to earn only about half (70) a man earns for the same job. (71) a survey, at present, only one third of the country's workers are (72) women. This small percentage is partly (73) a shortage of nurseries. If there were (74) nurseries, twice as many women (75) go out to work.

单选题 A. certainly B. especially
C. apparently D. practically
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本句是递进关系,强调本世纪的后20年,所以选B,certainly必然地,apparently明显地,practically实际上。
单选题 A. towards B. against
C. upon D. through
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】towards表示变化的倾向,意为“朝向……方向发展”。
单选题 A. By B. On
C. Over D. Up
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】upto相当于until,“直到”的意思。
单选题 A. few B. less
C. some D. many
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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
单选题 A. Besides B. Therefore
C. However D. Then
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】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
单选题 A. at B. to.
C. with D. for
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】behappywithsth是固定搭配。
单选题 A. lack B. enjoy
C. occupy D. take
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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。
单选题 A. given B. deprived
C. denied D. approved
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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
单选题 A. rate B. value
C. number D. share
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】share是“分享、共享”的意思,本句的意思是离婚时,给予妇女同样份额的财产,即夫妻分享财产。所以选D
单选题 A. but B. and
C. because D. although
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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。
单选题 A. of B. with
C. on D. for
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】表示权利(right)的内容,用介词of。
单选题 A. because of B. instead of
C. in spite of D. as a result of
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】becauseof“因为、由于”,insteadof“而不是……”,inspiteof“不管、虽然”,asaresultof“作为……的结果”。本句的意思是“虽然有这些改变,女性与男性的地位仍然存在巨大差别”,表示让步关系,所以应选C
单选题 A. support B. favour
C. ignore D. doubt
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】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
单选题 A. likely B. willing
C. ready D. about
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】sbbelikelytodosth表是可能性,“某人很可能做某事”,本句的意思是“做同样的工作,女性可能平均只赚男性的一半”。
单选题 A. than B. that
C. which D. what
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这半句话的意思是“做同样的工作,女性可能平均只赚男性的一半”。
单选题 A. Apart form B. According to
C. Because of D. In addition to
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】accordingtosth“根据某事”,apartfrom/inadditiontosth“除了某事”,accordingtoasurvey是“根据调查结果”的意
思。
单选题 A. by mistake B. by accident
C. in turn D. in fact
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】bymistake“错误地”,byaccident“偶然”,inturn"依次、轮流”,infact“事实上”。比较选项只能选D,本句的意思是“根据一份调查,事实上,现在全国只有三分之一的工人是女性。”
单选题 A. involved in B. stemmed from
C. related to D. resulted in
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】stemfrom是“来自、源于”的意思,相当于resultfrom,本句的意思是“这么小的比例部分是由于缺乏幼儿园。”Sth1resultinsth2是“某事1导致某事2”的意思。
单选题 A. efficient B. advanced
C. delicate D. enough
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】上一句提到妇女参加工作少是由于缺乏幼儿园,所以此句应为如果有足够的幼儿园。
单选题 A. might well B. had better
C. are going to D. are about to
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】用if条件从句表示的虚拟条件,虚拟现在时表示与现在事实相反的假设,其if从句的谓语形式用动词的过去式(be一般用were),主句用would/should/could/might+动词原形。