D During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of wom

D

During the twentieth century there has beena great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of thenineteenth century would probably have seven or eight children, of whom four orfive lived till they were five years old and up. By the time the youngest wasfifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect tolive a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual forher to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children.Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and canbe expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid workuntil sixty.

This important change in women’s life hasonly recently begun to have its full effect on women economic (经济的) position. Even a few yearsago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they marriedtheir school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age,and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least untilshortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return tofuller part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage(婚姻), with thehusband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of familylife.

71.We are told that in a family about1900________.

A.few children died before they were five

B.seven or eight children lived to be morethan five

C.the youngest child would be fifteen

D.four or five children died when they werefive

72.One reason why the woman of today maytake a job is that she______.

A.is younger when her children are oldenough to look after themselves

B.does not like children herself

C.needn’t worry about food for her children

D.can be free from family duties when shereaches sixty

73.Many girls are now likely to_______.

A.give up their jobs for good after theyare married

B.leave school as soon as they can

C.marry so that they can get a job

D.continue working until they are going tohave a baby

74.According to the passage, it is nowquite usual for women to _______.

A.stay at home after leaving school

B.marry men younger than themselves

C.start working again in life

D.marry while still at school

75.Now a husband probably_________.

A.plays a greater part in looking afterchildren

B.helps his wife by doing much of thehousework

C.feels dissatisfied with his part in thefamily

D.takes a part-time job so that he can helpin the home

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71-75 DADCB

【解析】略