unit3

I. Fill in the blanks with the phrases given below, and change the form if necessary. Each word should be used only once. Some words may be left unused.
2. According to our divorce agreement, my ex-husband________________ the children at weekends.
3. They want all groups to be treated____________________(平等地).
4. Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the__________________ of London.
5. It was a few months before his eyes became_______________ the bright glare of the sun.
6. Wuhan is a city with _______________ temperature. Y ou can feel burning hot in summer while awfully cold in winter.
7. My main reason for _________________New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
8. Chairman Hu restated that the Chinese government remained______________ peace and development.
9. He decided to___________ the rest of his life_______ literary research.
10. The new measures are_____________ tightening existing sanctions against an aggressor country.
11. Paul is ill-informed about . He even doesn’t know who Jacque Chirac is.
12. Our tutor was invited to the Halloween party and asked to________________________.
13. We tried to find out the Senator’s opinion on this matter, but he__________________ for comment.
14. It took them about one month to ________________how to start the equipment.
15. Lang Lang’s piano recital will be given___________________, but I am afraid I cannot go, for I am
on duty every Monday and Tuesday.
II. Reading comprehension
Direction: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Some words may be left unused.
The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done__16___ by women----ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing __17___ work-----still need to be done by someone .Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a __18___ that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time “ and look for help elsewhere , creati ng opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.
Although there is still a big wage __19___ between men and women, the income working women ____20____ gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now __ 21__ about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers __22___ women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are ___23___ customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to ___24____ pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars ---- the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented. Perhaps it was the __25___ contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
A）scale B）retailed C）generate D）extreme E）technically F）affordable G）situation H）really I）potential J）gap K）voluntary L）excessive M）insulted N）purchase O）primarily
KEY
a wide variety of, has access to，on an equal basis，hustle and bustle, adjusted to, a vast range of, subscribing to, committed to, devote …to, aimed at, current affairs, give a short performance of some kind, was not available, figure out, a week on Monday
O) primarily
K) voluntary
G) situation
J) gap
C)generate
N) purchase
M) insulted
I) potential
H) really
D) extreme。