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Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Though some people have suggested that women should return to housework in order to leave (1) jobs for men, the idea has been rejected by both women and men in public (2) polls. Lately some union officials have suggested that too many women are employed in types of work were (3) for men and that women should step aside to make (4) for unemployed young men. They argue that women, especially women in their child-bearing years. (5) delay economic development and result (6) lower productivity, poor quality and inefficiency. To solve the problem, they suggested that working women stay at home (7) their husbands or brothers were given double wages. They argue that (8) these circumstances, families would (9) their same level of income, and women could
A. though
B. while
C. since
D. until