Passage 3

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:��

　　After watching my mother deal with our family of five, I can’t understand why　her answer to the question, “What do you do?” is always, “Oh, I’m just a housewife.” JUST a housewife?” Anyone who spends most of her time in meal preparation and cleanup, washing and drying clothes, keeping the house clean, leading ascout troop, playing taxi driver to us kids when it’s time for school, music lessons or the dentist, doing volunteer work for her favorite charity, and making　sure that all our family needs are met is not JUST a housewife. She’ s the real Wonder Woman.��

　　Why is it that so many mothers like mine think of themselves as second-class or　something similar? Where has this notion come from? Have we males made them feel　this way? Has our society made “going to work” outside the home seem more important than what a housewife must face each day?��

　　I would be very curious to see what would happen if a housewife went on strike.　Dishes would pile up. Food in the house would run out. No meals would appear on　the table. There would be no clean clothes when needed. High boots would be required just to make it through the house scattered with garbage. Walking and bus riding would increase. Those scout troops would have to break up. Charities would　suffer.��

　　I doubt if the man of the house would be able to take over. Oh, he might start out with the attitude that he can do just as good a job, but how long would that　last? Not long, once he had to come home each night after work to more household　duties. There would be no more coming home to a prepared meal; he’d have to fix it himself. The kids would all be screaming for something to eat, clean clothes and more bus fare money. Once he quieted the kids, he’d have to clean the house, go shopping, make sure that kids got a bath, and fix lunches for the next day. Once the kids were down for the night, he might be able to crawl into an unmade bed and try to read the morning newspaper.��

　　No, I don’t think many males are going to volunteer for the job. I know I don’t want it. So, thanks, mom! I’ll do what I can to create a national holiday for　housewives. It could be appropriately called Wonder Woman Day.��

　　31.By what means do the children of the author’s family go to school?��

　　A) They take school bus.B) They take a taxi.��

　　C) Their mother drives for them.D) Scout troop sends them to school.

　　32.If a housewife went on strike, which one of the following statements is NOT true?��

　　A) Children would scream for something to eat.��

　　B) No meals would appear on the table.��

　　C) The scout troops would have a wonderful time.��

　　D) The man of the house wouldn’t be able to take over.��

　　33.In the author’s opinion, ____.��

　　A) many males are going to volunteer for housewives’ work��

　　B) housewives deserve a national holiday named Wonder Woman Day��

　　C) the man of the house would be able to take over the housewives’ work��

　　D) housewives are second-class citizens or something similar ��

　　34.The author’s attitude toward housewives’ work is ____.��

　　A) critical B) indifferent C) ironical D) appreciative��

　　35.The main idea of the passage is about ____.��

　　A) housewives, the wonder women��

　　B) what would happen if housewives went on strike��

　　C) the replacement of women by men as housewives��

　　D) the setting up of a national holiday for housewives��

　　Passage 4

　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:��

　　Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. ��

　　Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically　young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.��

　　At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in and may be 42-44in by 2032.

　　This compares with only 32.6in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24 ins in the Fifties and 30in now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese — double the number in the mid-Eighties. One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese. The obesity pandemic — an extensive epidemic — which started in the US, has now spread to Europe, Australia, Central America and the Middle East. ��

　　Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically　obese and well over half the population as overweight. Prof Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments. ��

　　He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how　obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease. An averagely obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more. ��

　　Prof Prentice said: “So will parents outlive their children, as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?” The answer is yes — and no. Yes, when the　offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of　life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health. So say No to that　doughnut and burger.��

　　36.What does the word “sedentary (Para. 2)” mean?��

　　A) sit still. B) eat too much. C) study very hardh. D) passive thinking.��

　　37.Which statement is TRUE?��

　　A) The average waist size for a man is 36-38in.��

　　B) The average waist size for a woman is 30in.��

　　C) In the mid-Eighties, more than half million under-16s in the UK are　classed as overweight.��

　　D) The obesity pandemic has now spread to South America.��

　　38.According to Prof Prentice, what are the reasons for the change in our　shape?��

　　A) We eat too much and refuse to do physical exercises.��

　　B) High-energy foods are easy to get and technology develops fast.��

　　C) High-energy foods are the main diet and we use technology.��

　　D) High-energy foods are easy to get and we consume less energy.��

　　39.Obesity increases the risk factor of ____.��

　　A) diabetes, short sight, cancer, strokes

　　B) diabetes, cancer, strokes, psychosocial illness��

　　C) cancer, strokes, fatty, heart disease

　　D) strokes, heart disease, diabetes, headache��

　　40.What does the author mean by “So say No to that doughnut and burger”?��

　　A) Answering the question “will parents outlive their children?”.��

　　B) The doughnut and burger should be banned.��

　　C) We should lead a healthy life.��

　　D) We should begin dieting.

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