1、第10頁 共10頁英語四級閱讀備考材料練習題一 As she walked round the huge department store,Edith reflected how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.She wish that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was always delighted with perfumeBesides,shoppong at this time of the year was a

2、most disgreeable experience :people trod on your toes,poked you with their elbows and almost knocked you overin their haste to get to a bargain ahead of you.Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter where some attracive ties were on display. They are real silk, the assistant assured

3、her, trying to tempt her. Worth double the price. But edit knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.She moved on reluctantly and then quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of man had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes on sale-an

4、d the prices were very reasonable. Edith did not hesitate for long : although her father only smoked a pipe occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was bund to please him.When she got home,with her small well-chosen present concealed in her handbag, her parents were already at the suppe

5、r table. Her mother was in an especially cheerful mood, Your father has at last to decided to stop smoking. She informed her daughter.1.Ediths father _.a.did not like presentb.never got presentc.preferred tiesd.was difficult to choose a present for2.The assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed_.b

6、.interested in tiesd.in need of fort3.Edith stopped at the next counter_.4.Ediths father smoked a pipe_.a.when he was obligedb.on social occasionsc.from time to timed.when he was delighted5.Shopping was very disagreeable at that time of the year because_.a.coustomers trod on each others toesb.cousto

7、mers poked each other with their elbowsc.customers knocked each otherd.customers were doing their shopping in a great hurry答案：dbdcd二 Perhaps it was only during the dawn of the human race that women 11 stood equal with men. At the beginning, I think both sexes shared equal responsibility for the 12 o

8、f the race. Men and women shared in the hunt and in wars. Traces of this ancient tradition can be found, for exle, in the Achinese society in North Sumatra, where women fought alongside men against the invading Dutch colonial 13 during the Achinese wars in the 19th century. Some women even became ad

9、mirals of the Achinese fleet. Other cultures in other parts of the world have had the 14 tradition.Perhaps the invention of agriculture 15 the beginning of a differentiation between mens and womens roles. Men continued to hunt, and women became food gatherers and tended the field. Men 16 became agri

10、culturists as well, when the hunt no longer provided enough sustenance for the munity. The biological fact that women 17 children, and that each time they give birth they are 18 , for a time, fully to play their role in the provision of sustenance and other work for the family, slowly gave rise to m

11、ore distinct mens and womens roles. Men who are physically stronger 19 on such natural roles as warriors, and in most cases men became chiefs, manders, and kings. In the 20 of history, as matriarchal systems became minorities in many cultures, the roles of men and women in many societies became incr

12、easingly gender-oriented and differentiated.A. really B. police C. bear D. courseE. survival F. later G. forces H. unableI. lately J. process K. remarked L. markedM. same N. took O. unstableII. A12. E13. G14. M15. L16. F17. C18. H19. N20. D三 Once it was possible to define male and female roles easil

13、y by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the ine to support their families， while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people， and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles. But by t

14、he middle of this century， mens and womens roles were being less firmly fixed.In the 1950s， economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American

15、 goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare， men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact， some young men and women moved to munal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally

16、by both sexes. In addition， many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.In terms of numbers， the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of Ameri

17、can society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on overtime work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors， lawyers， and teachers turned away from high paying situ

18、ations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.In the 1970s， the feminist movement， or womens liberation， produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers. Most of them still took traditional

19、 womens jobs as public school teaching， nursing， and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations： police work， banking， dentistry， and construction work. Women were asking for equal work， and equal opportunities for promotion.Today the experts generally agree that

20、important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally， there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.1.Which of the following best express the main idea of Paragraph 1A.Women usually worked outside the home for wages.B.Men and womens roles were easily exchanged i

21、n the past.C.Mens roles at home were more firmly fixed than womens.D.Men and womens roles were usually quite separated in the past.2.Which sentence best expresses the main idea of Paragraph 2A.The first sentence.B.The second and the third sentences.C.The fourth sentence.D.The last sentence.3.In the passage the author propose