Women and children were given ______ and husbands and fathers had to say goodbye to their

Usually, ________ care for children’s ________.

[A] woman writers... lives

[B] women writer... life

[C] women writers... life

[D] women writer... lives

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.

听力原文：M: Women who are married, have children, and work feel guilty because they're not raising their children themselves.

W: But women who are married, work and don't have children are pressured to have children.

What does the man imply？

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A．Married women do not have to feel guilty for not raising children themselves.

B．Married women do not have to care about the pressure to have children.

C．Married women should not work if they have got children.

D．Married women can work even they have got children at home.

听力原文：M: Do you know the programs of tonight？

W: Yes, 19:00 English Learning for Children, 20:25 Science and health, 21:30 Star sports: Women's football Match.

When will you turn on your TV if you want to watch the football？

A．20:25

B．21:30

C．19:00

Part B Listening Comprehension

Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

听力原文：M: Were conditions in coal mines in the nineteenth century really as bad as people imagine？

W: Well, up to the middle of the nineteenth century at least, miners did work in terrible conditions, even worse than most people imagine probably. And of course it wasn't only the men who had to work in the mines—most mining families were so poor, you see, that the women and children had to go down the mine as well. Now the men had the job of actually digging the coal out, which meant that sometimes they had to crouch in tiny tunnels and dig away at the coal face. And the women had the job of face, such as carrying the coal away, and in the very early days they actually had to carry the coal in sacks on their backs from the coal face all the way up to the surface, up steep ladders.

M: What about the children？

W: Well, they could use horses in the widest tunnels. When the tunnels were too low for the horses, then they used the children instead, and these children had to pull trucks of coal, weighing, ooh, sometimes as much as half a ton or a ton along passages that were only a few feet high, and the owners sometimes made the children work for 12 hours or more at a time, and they made them stay down the mine underground all that time, and they didn't let them have breaks for food or anything like that. They just had to work. And this was really the worst part of it, that the mine owners had complete power, you see, they could do whatever they liked. If they wanted to, they could make them work longer hours and there wasn't really anything the miners could do about it, and this went on for quite a long time, partly because mining communities were so isolated that people didn't realize that mine owners were making children do the terrible jobs, and later when the public did find out about it, people began to raise objections.

M: So then laws were introduced. Were they to make it illegal to use children？

W: Yes that's right, in the 1840s. But the interesting thing was that even when they did know what was happening, people weren't so worried about children having to work in mines, the main thing they objected to was women and young girls working in the mines with men, which they thought was immoral. You see, it was very hot down the mines and so the miners wore very few clothes, and people found this very shocking. And that was why after the first law was passed in 1842, children were still allowed to work underground for several more years.

M: Of course at that time I suppose there were no unions or anything like that—the miners had no power at all？

W: No, none at all, at first. In fact at the beginning of the nineteenth century there were actually laws called Combination Laws. Now according to these laws, workers weren't allowed to join together in any way to fight for more pay or shorter hours or better working conditions, and if they did so, those responsible would be arrested and put into prison. And it was only later that the miners were actually allowed to form. unions, and of course this made an enormous difference, because then the owners had to start improving conditions and introduce safety measures—but it all happened very slowly and things didn't really start to improve until very late in the nineteenth century.

Questions:

1. What work did men have to do in coal mines in the early nineteenth century？

2.According to the woman, why were children used in coal mines？

3.What was the main thing that people objected to when they knew what was happening in coal mines？

A．They had to carry sacks of coal up steep ladders.

B．They had to crouch in tiny tunnels and dig the coal out.

C．They had to pull trucks of coal along passage that were only a few feet high.

D．They had to dig wider tunnels for women and children to work in.

in Australia. That was one of the first countries. And I was merely going to say that we didn't have those things in Denmark. Women were equal in Denmark as far as I grew up.

M: You were going to tell a story about how you came to Melbourne and you walked in to this pub for the first time.

W: My first experience of that kind of separation of men and women, which I never had any understanding about...I never knew about that...and my first experience was in Melbourne. Down on the corner was this pub and I am going to go in with the boys and have a beer and then I thought, imagine all the girls. There are no girls here. There are only men. Where are all the girls？ Well, women are not allowed in this bar here. It's only men.

M: Public bar...the women and children used to sit in the Ladies' Lounge. It was so awfully ugly, right？ And unappetizing. Bad light and totally ugly, right？ So no woman with respect for herself would sit in there...

W: All right and here comes then Germaine Greer...arrives...some years later.., she arrives on the scene. And the next time I visit a pub was in Esk and two women walked into the public bar and said "we would like a beer" and they can't get served in that bar and they said "no, we are not going to move" and there were a lot of things about police and all sorts of things coming in to it and it was...in the newspaper.

M: And they chained themselves to the bar, didn't they？ Oh, that was in Coronation Drive, Regatta Hotel.

W: Yeah, well, they did it up in Esk too. It was on then.

M: Right, she chained herself to the Regatta Hotel bar.

W: The Regatta Hotel bar. That's famous.

M: I wonder if she's still around.

W: Anyhow...But that was just a talk.

M: No, but that's absolutely right. And that was in 1972.

W: But it was that type of thing.

M: It's only bloody...sorry...more than 30 years ago...

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A．She is from Austria.

B．She is from Australia.

C．She is from Denmark.

D．She is from England.

inding it necessary to make business trips alone. Since this is new for many, some pieces of advice are certainly in order. If you are married, it is a good idea to encourage your husband and children to learn to cook a few simple meals while you are away. They will be much happier and probably they will enjoy the experience. If you will be eating alone a good deal, choose good restaurants. In the end, they will be much better for your digestion. You may also find it useful to call the restaurant in advance and state that you will be eating alone. You will probably get better service and almost certainly a better table. Finally, and most importantly, anticipate your travel needs as a businesswoman; this starts with lightweight luggage which you can easily manage even when fully packed. Take a folding case inside your suitcase; it will come in extremely handy for dirty clothes, as well as for business documents and papers you no longer need on the trip. And make sure you have a briefcase so that you can keep currently required papers separate. Obviously, experience helps, but you can make things easier on yourself from the beginning by careful planning, so that right from the start you really can have a good trip!

For whom did the speaker probably say this passage？

A．Working women who have no time for cooking.

B．Husband and children of working women.

C．Working women who must travel on their own.

D．Hotel personnel who must cater to working women.

听力原文：M: (22) Today, we invite Ms. Linly-n from International Labor Organization. If one looks in this report, I suppose one should be surprised by the conclusions. But haven't we heard it all before？

W: For some women, there has been definite progress. Some women have breached the glass ceiling-they have entered previously male-dominated occupations, (23) but for the majority the increase in the number of opportunities of employment have not been matched by improvements in the quality of the working conditions, in remuneration that they're receiving.

M: What... what... let's explain something to the industrial on the developing countries when we look at the industrial on G 7 and LODC countries, what's the plight there？

W: We take the total work load which includes both paid and unpaid work then the differences are not so great. For instance, if we take the United States, then in fact, men work for 59 hours a week, women work 56 hours. (24) But we take just unpaid work which will be like preparing food, taking care of children and other house- work, then women do two thirds of all unpaid work as compared to one third done by men.

M: In developing countries, isn't that a real problem that of very low pay for women in the workforce？

W: (25) Not just a question of very low pay, but also a question of a woman needing to increasingly work to enable poor families to survive, and also the very much longer hours they work. For instance, in many developing countries, in Africa, for instance, women work 31 to 42 hours in unpaid work as compared to 5 to 15 hours done by men.

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A．A reporter and the head of the Labor's union.

B．A correspondent and the head of WHO.

C．Both staff members of the International Labor Organization.

D．The correspondent and Ms. Linlyn from International Labor Organization.

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文：W: It is hard for me to believe that [3]shooting is one of the most popular sports in the world.

M: I believe this is true. In Europe, shooting is open to men and women and even children of all ages for recreation.

W: Even children？

M: Yes.

W: Shooting requires technical perfection and excellent mental conditioning. [1]I think one of the driving forces of shooting is the desire to conquer and control other people.

M: I agree. Just like the early days in America, the white settlers or the pioneers used guns to control and conquer Native Americans, which became one of the most popular and favorite movie themes in the U.S.

W: I am an American western movie fan.

M: I know you are.

W: The format of the Olympic shooting competition has changed greatly over the years. [2]I understand that Men's Shooting was one of the nine sports of the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

M: Shooting has grown steadily since it became an official game at the Olympics. When it was first introduced in Athens in 1896, there were only three rifle and pistol events.

W: How many events are there nowadays？

M: Shooting events have gone through constant changes over the years. After World War Ⅱ, this Olympic event became more regular and it now stands at seventeen events.

According to the conversation, what is one of the driving forces of shooting？

A．The desire to be popular.

B．The desire to conquer and control other people.

C．The desire to be technically perfect.

D．The desire to use guns and show one’s skills.

e known as the first men to fly an airplane. Can you tell us what their purposes were in the beginning？

M: I think in the beginning they were looking for a chance to be famous. I don't think they were sure about what they were able to achieve.

W: Could either of them have done it alone？

M: Neither brother could have flown alone. It was the work of two minds. Two minds that came together at some point and became one. That's what happened.

W: What did the people in the neighborhood think of the Wright brothers？

M: Most people were interested in the Wright brothers. But I think some of them were worried. You see, here are two men flying kites in the mid- dle of the day when they should be working. The men, I think, were curious about what was going on there. The children were excited to see these two men flying kites just like they were children. But I think the women were afraid.

What were the Wright brothers trying to do in the first place？

A．They wanted to attract public attention.

B．They tried to become skillful at flying.

C．They wanted to test their kites.

e known as the first men to fly an airplane. Can you tell us what their purposes were in the beginning？

M: I think in the beginning they were looking for a chance to be famous. I don't think they were sure about what they were able to achieve.

W: Could either of them have done it alone？

M: Neither brother could have flown alone. It was the work of two minds. Two minds that came together at some point and became one. That's what happened.

W: What did the people in the neighborhood think of the Wright brothers？

M: Most people were interested in the Wright brothers. But I think some of them were worried. You see, here are two men flying kites in the mid- dle of the day when they should be working. The men, I think, were curious about what was going on there. The children were excited to see these two men flying kites just like they were children. But I think the women were afraid.

What were the Wright brothers trying to do in the first place？

A．They wanted to attract public attention.

B．They tried to become skillful at flying.

C．They wanted to test their kites.

sm anyway？ Does it mean you don't want to marry me anymore？

W: I'm not sure I can give you perfect dictionary definition, but I'll tell you how I feel. I want for us to sham all responsibilities equally. Both of us will con tribute to the life we share.

M: But I earn enough money for the both of us. What about the home？

W: I want to contribute financially so that we can both pay our own way; both of us will clean the house; both of us will raise the children, and so on. It may not exactly be equal, but we can try.

M: I was raised to treat women with a certain respect; to stand when they enter a room, to open car doors for them, to let them sit first and eat first.

W: I think those things are old fashioned. I'm perfectly able to open doors for myself, and do all sorts of other things. And besides, it makes me feel un comfortable when you treat me as though I were a china doll. I'm not more special than you; I'm your equal.

M: It sounds as though you think men and women—or in our case, boys and girls—can be friends just like two boys or two girls can.

W: I certainly do. And I think we'll all be better for it.

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A．Wives and husbands doing exactly the same thing.

B．Equality of the sexes.

C．Husbands earning enough money to support their families.

D．Wives making exactly as much money as their husband.