2018年成人学位英语阅读理解强化练习(四)
本文为即将在4月22日参加学位英语考试的考友们准备了学位英语阅读理解的练习题，大家多做题有助于提升语感和做题速度。
Most women in Ghana--the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old--work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and moth-ers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance ,and hard work is well known and well deserved.
Most of Ghana′s working women are farmers and traders. Only one woman in five, or even fewer, can be classified as simply housewives. Even these women often earn money by sewing or by baking and cooking things to sell. They also maintain vegetable gardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the woman who depends entirely upon her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor.
Traditionally the tasks of motherhood have been shared. Mothers and sisters, grand-mothers and nieces all helped to raise the children and to carry out daily tasks. As the family grew,older brothers and sisters also helped to care for the younger ones and helped in the home. Now with more children going to school, with more people moving away from their traditional homes, not only must the mother continue her income-producing activities, but she must take on all the heavy, time-consuming housework.
Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, such as providing more day care centers, so women can continue to play their multiple roles in the home and in the economy.
36.What is the role of most women in Ghana?
A.Handling various housework at home.
B.Taking care of children indoors.
C.Farming and trading out of house.
D.Working as well as maintaining families.
答案：D
37."Self-reliance" could be explained as “__________”.
A.making great wealth
B.depending on oneself
C.caring for one's own
D.being a reliable person
答案：B
解析：语义词义题。从段可以得知加纳的女性既要承担家庭主妇的责任，又要工作赚钱，可以得知她们是靠自己的，所以选B。另外从单词本身来看，self-表示“自己的”，reliance来自动词rely(依靠)，也可以推断出表示“依靠自己”。
38.What kind of women do people in Ghana prefer?
A.Beautiful and charming.
B.Skillful at sewing or baking.
C.Depending totally on husbands.
D.Working hard to earn incomes.
答案：D
解析：逻辑推断题。从段后一句可以看出，自力更生又努力工作的女性是受到人们的认可和尊敬的;第二段后一句，Indeed，the woman who depends entirely up-on her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor(完全依靠丈夫来养家的女性是不被人们赞同，并被人看不起的)，也表明本题答案应选D。
39.Paragraph 3 intends to tell us__________.
A.how traditional extended families operate
B.why women in Ghana have more burdens now
C.how changes in life help the working women
D.the new life style of Ghana's people
答案：B
解析：逻辑推断题。第三段的开头讲到了传统家庭的生活方式，但这并不是重点，只是为了引出后面的情况，现在孩子们也上学去了，不能帮忙照顾弟弟妹妹和做家务，家里的很多成员也都搬走了不住在一起，这就导致女性除了上班之外，还要担负起所有的家务琐事，压力更大，所以本题选B。
40.The author of this article probably agrees that women in Ghana should__________.
A.stay at home and focus on family life
B.become as active as men in business
C.try to maintain their original roles
D.make a choice and stick to one role
答案：C
解析：主旨概括题。文章在开头两段就说到了加纳能够自力更生的女性是受到人们尊敬的，而完全依靠丈夫养家的则被看不起，所以作者也是尊敬这些工作的女性的。而且后一段还提到政府也在采取措施来使得女性能继续在家庭和社会经济中扮演多重身份，所以本题答案选C。
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