2014年经典练习题之公共英语二级考试(7)

2014-08-30 14:35:00来源:网络

  Woman have more problems than men in old age. First of all,

  they have less money—or no money at all — and because of this,

  they often feel they get less respect , even at home. Quite a

  large number have no pension(退休费) because they have never

  worked outside the home, and thirty-eight percent are

  supported mainly by their husbands or children. Second, a

  larger number of old women than old men become window(single

  women). Men are normally older than the women they marry, and

  women generally live longer than men. The remarriage among

  older windows is lower than that among widows(single men).

  Statistics (统计) from 1990 in Shanghai show only 52 percent of

  elderly women with husbands still living, compared

  to(与---相比)82 percent of men.

  Because of lower incomes and the difficulty of remarriage,

  many elderly women who live alone, are poor and have almost no

  social life. Even an old couple lives with children, it is the

  woman who ends up doing the work around the house. She cleans

  the rooms, prepares meals, and takes care of the family. Some

  75 percent of them carry out such heavy physical tasks as

  buying and carrying grain, coal and other supplies for the

  home. How to improve the quality of life of women in their

  later years is a question that needs to be dealt with by all

  the society.

  44.If they had more money, elderly women _______.

  A. would have no more problem    B. could live a fairy life

  C. would get more respect     D. would need no care of others

  45.In Shanghai, of 150 elderly women, only ______have husbands

  still living.

  A.75.    B.52.    C.82. D.78.

  46.According to the statistics, suppose there are 150,000

  elderly men, _____of them are

  widowers.

  A.27,000 B.78,000 C.72,000 D.123,000

  47.According to the writer, _______.

  A. elderly women should be paid well B. elderly women should

  live with their families

  C. all people should do something for elderly women

  D. housework should not be done by elderly women

  参考答案:

  CDAC


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