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.
A. by mistake
B. by accident
C. in turn
D. in fact
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Questions 14-16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16. Which of the following is NOT true
All of the prisoners get paid for their work.
B. 5 percent of the prisoners are women.
C. All prisoners should work.
D. None of the prisoners is to sleep outside.
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.
A. involved in
B. stemmed from
C. related to
D. resulted in
Continuing to Heal After Returning to Work You are on medical symptom.after learning that you have cancer,and you plan to return to work after your treatment.Should you return full time or part timeAccording to the American Cancer Society,a great number of workers who receive a (21) of cancer do retum to their jobs during or after treatment. (22) ,it’s better to come back in stages rather than all at once.Doctors (23) working two or three days the first week and then returning to full time from there, (24) ,on the energy level.After all,you can’t just walk into the office and expect to (25) .at the same level you did before treatment.Just because you are healthy enough to go back to work doesn’t mean you are necessarily ready to work eight hours (26) .a roW. What if you have to come back full time for financial reasonsHow do you (27) .feeling sick or tired on the jobYou’d better be honest about it.Talk to your manager,immediate co-workers and people who (28) .directly to you about how much work you can handle and what you need to (29) .It’s also important to communicate to coworkers (30) you need to get through the day-it could be lying down for 20 minutes to regain your strength,or acknowledging that you can no longer work through lunch.
A. perform
B. work
C. position
D. practise
Vision Human vision like that of other primates(灵长类) has evolved in an arboreal(丛林) environment. (46) In the course of evolution, members of the primate line have acquired large eyes while the nose has shrunk. (47) Of mammals(哺乳动物) only humans and some primates enjoy color vision. (48) Horses live in a single-color world. Light visible to human eyes, however, occupies only a very narrow band in the whole electromagnetic spectrum(光谱). Ultraviolet rays(紫外线) are invisible to humans though ants and honeybees are sensitive to them. (49) The world would look terribly different if human eyes were sensitive to infrared radiation(红外线). Then instead of the darkness of night, we would be able to move easily in a strange shadowless world. (50) The color sensitivity of normal human vision is rarely surpassed even by complicated technical devices.A. Humans have no direct perception of infrared rays.B. In the dense complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see well than to develop an acute sense of smell.C. That gives the eye a wilder view.D. The red flag is black to the bull.E. There are different mammals in tropical forest.F. In this world, objects glowed with varying degrees of intensity.