Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Nearly a third of women are the main breadwinners in their household in Britain, according to a major survey.
Researchers said that in many relationships it was no longer assumed that the man would bring in the bigger income, (36)in a time of widespread redundancies (裁員).
In a(37) shift in attitudes, four out of ten women said that the career of whichever partner had the highest income would take(38)in the relationship.
In one in ten families, a house husband looks after the children and does the(39)while their female partner works full time.
Ten percent of women admitted this role (40) had put strains on their relationship and some said it had even led to them(41) company.
The Women and Work Survey 2010, commissioned (受……委託) by Grazia magazine, found that almost half of full-time mothers42not earning their own money.
And two thirds of the mothers among the 2,000 women in the survey said they wanted to keep working insome way after having children.
A(43) higher number of those with children under three said they would prefer to work--preferably part-time--rather than stay at home.
Victoria Harper of Grazia said,"Women are getting good jobs when they graduate, and working up the career(44)faster than they have ever done."
This means that there has to be more(45)between the roles of men and women in a relationship and when they have children.
A. precedence
B. connection
C. prospect
D. slightly
E. ladder
F. favored
G. plan
H. reversal
I. especially
J. parting
K. opposite
L. chores
M. disliked
N. fluidity
O. significant
【參考譯文】
一項大型調查顯示，英國近三分之一的女性是家中主要的經濟支柱。
研究人員稱，現在很多人不再認為家庭中丈夫就應該比妻子賺得多，[36]尤其是在到處都在裁員的時候。
女性對這個問題的態度也發生了[37]重大的轉變，四成女性認為夫妻雙方誰賺錢多誰就應當[38]說了算。
在十分之一的家庭中，是由丈夫負責照看孩子、做[39]家務，妻子則全職工作。
10%的女性坦承這種角色的[40]轉換對夫妻雙方的關係造成了影響，有些人則說這種角色分工甚至導致了兩人的[41]分手。
由《紅秀》雜誌委託開展的“2010年女性和職業調查”發現，近一半的全職媽媽[42]希望能自己出去工作賺錢。
在2000名受訪女性中，三分之二的人說她們想要在生孩子後還能繼續工作。
在孩子不滿三歲的女性中，[43]略多比例的人說她們希望能出去工作而不是待在家裡——不過最好是兼職。
《紅秀》雜誌的維多利亞·哈柏說：“如今的女性畢業後就業的前景不錯，[44]職業晉升速度比以往更快。”
這意味著如今家庭中的男女角色分工要更加[45]靈活，有了孩子以後更是如此。
【參考答案】
36.I
語法判斷：本句句子結構完整，空格處所填詞彙應不會對句意產生較大影響，副詞的可能性最大。
語義判斷：此句意為：“現在很多人不再認為家庭中丈夫就應該比妻子賺得多，——是在到處都在裁員的時候。”備選項中副詞只有slightly和especially，綜合考慮，“especially(尤其是)”符合題意。
37.O
語法判斷：空格前是in a，空格後為shift in attitudes，故應填入形容詞。
語義判斷：備選項中的形容詞有opposite和significant。significant意為“重大的;值得注意的”，符合本處題意，故O為正確答案。
38.A
語法判斷：空格前是WOuldtake，空格後為inthe relationship，故應填入名詞。
語義判斷：“takeprecedence(有優先權，地位更高)”是一固定搭配，且符合本句語境，引申義即為：誰賺錢多誰就應當“說了算”。故選A。
39.L
語法判斷：空格前是does me，空格後為while，故應填入名詞。
語義判斷：“dothe chores(做家務)”是常見搭配，且符合本句句意：“在十分之一的家庭中，是由丈夫負責照看孩子、做家務，妻子則全職工作。”
40.H
語法判斷：空格前是this role，空格後為had put strains ontheir relationship。此句謂語部分已經較為完整，對主語部分的判斷從語法角度無法進行。
語義判斷：本句意為：“l0%的女性坦承這種角色的__________對夫妻雙方的關係造成了影響”。填入“reversal(顛倒，轉換)”，既符合語法，也符合句意。故選H。
