Part 2 Banked Cloze (Each item: 5 point(s)) Directions: Fill in the blanks in thefollowing passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word canbe used only once. A.marrying B. retirement C. economic D. displacing E. competitive F.proportion G. epoch H. overthrows I. engagement J. tend K.illiterate L. sociable M.providing N. relationship O. traverse Many great social changes take place in thelives of women. The possibility of a paid job gradually 1. ________some of the old patterns of familylife. During the 20th century there has been a great shortening of the 2. _______of a woman's life spent in child-caring.A woman 3. ________at the end of the19th century would often have seven or eight children in life. By the time theyoungest was 15, the mother would have been in her early 50s. Considering thefact that many of them being 4. ______,it was unusual for them to get any paid work. Today women have fewer children.Usually when the youngest child is 15, a woman would be about 45 and is likelyto take paid work until 5. ________at 60. This important change in life-pattern marksa new 6. ______for women. It has a greateffect on their 7. __________status.Today the school-leaving age is 18. Many girls stay at school after that age,and though women 8. _______to marry younger,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first childis born. Many more afterward return to full- or part-time work. Such changeshave led to a new 9. _____in marriage, with both husband and wife sharing moreequally in 10. _________living expenses and running the home. This change insocial roles offers more choices for young girls.

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Part 2 Banked Cloze (Each item: 5 point(s)) Directions: Fill in the blanks in thefollowing passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word canbe used only once. A.marrying B. retirement C. economic D. displacing E. competitive F.proportion G. epoch H. overthrows I. engagement J. tend K.illiterate L. sociable M.providing N. relationship O. traverse Many great social changes take place in thelives of women. The possibility of a paid job gradually 1. ____some of the old patterns of familylife. During the 20th century there has been a great shortening of the 2. _of a woman's life spent in child-caring.A woman 3. at the end of the19th century would often have seven or eight children in life. By the time theyoungest was 15, the mother would have been in her early 50s. Considering thefact that many of them being 4. ,it was unusual for them to get any paid work. Today women have fewer children.Usually when the youngest child is 15, a woman would be about 45 and is likelyto take paid work until 5. at 60. This important change in life-pattern marksa new 6. for women. It has a greateffect on their 7. ____status.Today the school-leaving age is 18. Many girls stay at school after that age,and though women 8. _to marry younger,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first childis born. Many more afterward return to full- or part-time work. Such changeshave led to a new 9. _in marriage, with both husband and wife sharing moreequally in 10. _______living expenses and running the home. This change insocial roles offers more choices for young girls.

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According to the passage, as employment became a dominant form of work, ______. A: women were left to work at homes B: old people tend to live a more active life C: women enjoy more working opportunities D: men and women begin to share the household work
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Ex. 5 Fill in the blanks with the newly-formed words in Ex. 4. Change the form where necessary. Each word can be used only once. 5. To illustrate my point of view, I would like to _____ from a source that many of us find more authoritative than the words of a businessman.
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Unit 4Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required toselect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank followingthe passage. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Who is an “adult”? Many would (1)____ having completed schooling, working steadily, living (2)____ of one’s parents, marrying, and having children as the markers of adulthood, traditionally achieved between the late teens and the early thirties. However, compared with their parents’ generation, young people today are taking longer to complete their schooling, to settle into steady employment, to establish their own households, to get married, and to fulfil the (3)____ to raise children.The psychologist Jeffrey Arnett describes the phase of life for those now between the age of eighteen and twenty-five as a period of relative independence from social roles and expectations. As such, (4)____ adulthood provides some younger people, especially those who have access to parental resources and supports into their twenties, with new opportunities for exploring their (5)____, particularly in the areas of work, love, and worldviews. Those who do not have resources, however, (6)____ problems.Many observers have thought about the factors that have made the transition from (7)____ to adulthood more complex and variable. Some believe that industrialization, improved health, and increased life expectancies have changed the (8)____ life sequences of the early twentieth century. Others think that the rising cost of housing in some parts of the century explains why young people are increasingly likely to live with their parents. Still others suggest that because this generation’s parents have fewer children, they are able to provide support that (9)____ the needs of each child, allowing their children to prolong their dependence and lengthening the time it takes them to complete their education and find (10)____ employment and independent living arrangements. A) adolescence B) anticipate C) eases D) emerging E) exceeds F) fascinating G) financially H) identify I) identity J) independently K) obligation L) optimistic M) positive N) stable O) typical
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______________ clothes always sell well in supermarkets. A: Women and children’s B: Women’s and children’s C: Women and children D: Woman and child
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8. Many men, women and children sought ________ in their neighboring country, where they had to live in camps, during their own country’s civil war. A: life B: refuge C: work D: room