2018年成人學位英語閱讀理解強化練習(四)
本文為即將在4月22日參加學位英語考試的考友們準備了學位英語閱讀理解的練習題，大家多做題有助于提升語感和做題速度。
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：語義詞義題。從段可以得知加納的女性既要承擔家庭主婦的責任，又要工作賺錢，可以得知她們是靠自己的，所以選B。另外從單詞本身來看，self-表示“自己的”，reliance來自動詞rely(依靠)，也可以推斷出表示“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：邏輯推斷題。從段后一句可以看出，自力更生又努力工作的女性是受到人們的認可和尊敬的;第二段后一句，Indeed，the woman who depends entirely up-on her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor(完全依靠丈夫來養家的女性是不被人們贊同，并被人看不起的)，也表明本題答案應選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：邏輯推斷題。第三段的開頭講到了傳統家庭的生活方式，但這并不是重點，只是為了引出后面的情況，現在孩子們也上學去了，不能幫忙照顧弟弟妹妹和做家務，家里的很多成員也都搬走了不住在一起，這就導致女性除了上班之外，還要擔負起所有的家務瑣事，壓力更大，所以本題選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：主旨概括題。文章在開頭兩段就說到了加納能夠自力更生的女性是受到人們尊敬的，而完全依靠丈夫養家的則被看不起，所以作者也是尊敬這些工作的女性的。而且后一段還提到政府也在采取措施來使得女性能繼續在家庭和社會經濟中扮演多重身份，所以本題答案選C。
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