When her husband died, she received $50,000 in （).

A.while

B.when

C.but

D.as

She was very______; she cried even when her husband left for another city on business.

A．sensational

B．sensible

C．sensitive

D．sentimental

When the writer asked for a divorce, her husband ______.

A．told her that she would never find one who loved her as he did

B．delayed two years before giving her a reply

C．accused her of having an affair

D．said that she was unattractive and not worth loving

A.A. waited

B.B. was waiting

C.C. waits

D.D. had waited

When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle ______ .

A．could not forgive him for taking the children

B．had been expecting it to happen for some time

C．could not understand why

D．blamed herself for what had happened

A.The man may be more likely to be unfaithful than other husbands.

B.The woman will probably do more than her share of housework.

C.The man will feel that he is badly in need of manliness.

D.The wife may look down on her husband.

What was Christine' s idea about marriage and life when she was going on 40？

(A) One cannot be a whole person without marriage and children.

(B) One can live a happy life whether married or unmarried.

(C) She might meet her future husband in a supermarket.

(D) She will never think of divorce once married.

A．was all of a piece

B．went all to pieces

C．was in pieces

D．picked to pieces

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

A.She was believed to be the last survivor after the big ship sank.

B.She was reported to die at her own home in England on Sunday.

C.She was the youngest passenger on board when the disaster happened.

D.She was taking a journey with her family when the liner hit an iceberg.

听力原文： "Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family — hence the great importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.

Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the parents duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

(23)

A．It indicates sufferings in their life.

B．It indicates a greater financial burden.

C．It indicates sadness of parents.

D．It indicates the beginning of a new and independent family.

听力原文： Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing. She quitted her job when she became pregnant, but is now interested in returning to work. She's been offered an excellent job with the government. Her husband feels it's unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income. He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week. Barbara, on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work. She would also like to have her own income, so she does not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something. She does not think it's necessary to stay home every day with the children and she knows a very reliable babysitter who's willing to come to her house. Tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother and thinks it's a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone who's not part of the family.

What was Barbara's profession before she had children？

A．Fashion designer.

B．Architect.

C．City planner.

D．Engineer.