PARTⅠ Cloze (15)
Directions: There are 15 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choo one suitable word or phra marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Blacken the corresponding letter of the word or phra you have chon on your Answer Sheet.
At least since the Industrial Revolution, gender roles have been in a state of transition. As
a result, cultural scripts about marriage have Undergone change. One of the more obvious 1
has occurred in the roles that women 2 Women have moved into the world of work and have
become adept at meeting expectations in that arena, 3 maintaining their family roles .of
nurturing and creating a (n) 4 that is a haven for all family members. 5 油条怎么做many women
experience strain from trying to "do it all," they often enjoy .the incread 6 that can result
from playing multiple roles. As women's roles have changed, changing expectations about
曾厝安men's roles have become more 7 . Many men are relinquishing their major responsibility 8
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emotional 9 of family life. Men are increasingly 10 to meet the emotional needs of their
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families, 11 their wives.
In fact, expectations about the emotional domain of marriage have become more significant for marriage in general. Reareh on 12 迪士尼音乐厅marriage has changed over recent
aecades points to the increasing, importance of the emotional side of-the relationship, and the importance of sharing in the e emotion work" 13 to nourish marriages and other family relationships. Men and women want to experience marriages that are interdependent, 14 both partners nurture each other, attend and respond to each other, and encourage and promote each other. We are thus eing marriages in which men's and women's roles are becoming increasingly more 15 .
1. A. incidents B. changes C. results D. effects
2. A. take B. do C. play D. show
3. A. by B. while C. hence D. thus
4. A. home B. garden C. arena D. paradi
5. A. When B: Even though C. Since D. Nevertheless
6. A. rewards B. profits C. privileges D. incomes
7. A. general B. acceptable C. popular D. apparent
8. A. as B. of C. from D. for
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9. A. ction B constituent: C. domain D. point
10. A. encouraged B. expected C. advid D. predicted
11. A. not to mention B. as well as
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12. A. how B. what C. why D. if
13 A. but B. only. C. enough D. necessary
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14. A. unless B. although C. where D. becau
15. A. pleasant B. important C. similar D. manageable
PART Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (30)
Directions: There are 5 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Passage 1
The first navigational lights in the New World were probably lanterns hung at harbor entrances. The fast lighthou was put tip by Massachutts Bay Colony in 1716 on Little Brewster Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. Paid forand maintained by "light dues" levied on ships, the original beacon was blown up in 1776. By then there were only a dozen or so true lighthous in the colonic. Little over a century later, there were 700 lighthous.
The first eight erected on the West Coast in the 1850's featured the same basic New England design: a Cape Cod dwelling with the tower rising from the center or standing clo
by. In New England and elwhere, though., lighthous reflected a Variety of architectural styles. Since most stations in the Northeast rocky eminences, enormous towers were not the rule. Some were made of stone and brick, others "of wood or metal. Some stood on pilings or stilts: some were fastened to rock with iron rods. "Farther south, from Marylandthreugh the Florida Keys, thecoast was low and sandy. It was often necessary to build tall towers there -- massive structures like the majestic Cape Hatteras. North Carolina. lighthou, which was lit in 1870. At 190 feet it is the tallest brick lighthou in the country.
