Part IV. Cloze (20%)

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　　Directions: Each blank in the following passages is provided with four choices. reach each of the passage and choose the best answer for each blank. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, __56___in the last twenty years. The main change has been __57__giving women greater equality with men. __58__to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had__59__rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. __60__, as far as we know, most women were happy__61___this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly__62___more rights than they used to. They were __63___the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal __64___of wealth in the case of divorce, __65___the Equal Pay Act gave them the right__66___equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year.

　　Yet __67___these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to __68___the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is __69___to earn only about half__70__a man earns for the same job. __71___a survey, at present, only one-third of the country’s workers are __72__women. This small percentage is partly__73__a shortage of nurseries. If there were __74___nurseries, twice as many women__75___go out to work.

　　56.

　　A. certainly

　　B. especially

　　C. apparently

　　D. practically

　　57.

　　A. towards

　　B. against

　　C. upon

　　D. through

　　58.

　　A. By

　　B. On

　　C. Over

　　D. Up

　　59.

　　A. few

　　B. less

　　C. some

　　D. many

　　60.

　　A. Besides

　　B. Therefore

　　C. However

　　D. Then

　　61.

　　A. at

　　B. to

　　C. with

　　D. for

　　62.

　　A. lack

　　B. enjoy

　　C. occupy

　　D. take

　　63.

　　A. given

　　B. deprived

　　C. denied

　　D. approved

　　64.

　　A. rate

　　B. value

　　C. number

　　D. share

　　65.

　　A. but

　　B. and

　　C. because

　　D. although

　　66.

　　A. of

　　B. with

　　C. on

　　D. for

　　67.

　　A. because of

　　B. instead of

　　C. in spite of

　　D. as a result of

　　68.

　　A. support

　　B. favour

　　C. ignore

　　D. doubt

　　69.

　　A. likely

　　B. willing

　　C. ready

　　D. about

　　70.

　　A than

　　B. that

　　C. which

　　D. what

　　71.

　　A. Apart form

　　B. According to

　　C. Because of

　　D. In addition to

　　72.

　　A. by mistake

　　B. by accident

　　C. in turn

　　D. in fact

　　73.

　　A. involved in

　　B. stemmed from

　　C. related to

　　D. resulted in

　　74.

　　A. efficient

　　B. advanced

　　C. delicate

　　D. enough

　　75.

　　A. might well

　　B. had better

　　C. are going to

　　D. are about to

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