[单项选择]Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a ______.
A. scarcity
B. minority
C. minimum
D. shortage

[单项选择]Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a ______.
A. scarcity
B. minority
C. minimum
D. shortage

[单项选择]Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U. S. society. ______ , it has affected the traditional role of men.
A. Above all
B. In all
C. At most
D. At last

[单项选择]Most of all, older men and women must regain the chance to live as free human beings with dignity and respect in ______ with our democratic principles.
A. cooperation
B. connection
C. harmony
D. solidarity.

[单项选择]Nurses should do all they can to make their patients feel ______.


A. on beard
B. at ease
C. at leisure
D. at heart

[单项选择](Had) the children pretended (asleep), the nurses were not (deceived) (when) they came into the room.
A. Had
B. asleep
C. deceived
D. when

[单项选择]Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.
A. guidance
B. sovereignty
C. authority
D. suzerainty

[单项选择]______ salary up by 25%, the doctors and nurses in this hospital are very happy.


A. As
B. For
C. With
D. Through

[单项选择]Workers in this country are getting higher wages while turning out poor products that do not （） the test of international competition.
A. keep up with
B. stand up to
C. comply with
D. attend to

[单项选择]The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ______ his financial situation.
A. with respect to
B. in accord with
C. regardless of
D. in terms of

[单项选择]The higher the standard of living and the greater the national wealth,
______.


A. the greater amount of paper is used
B. the greater is the amount of paper is used
C. the greater the amount of paper used
D. the amount of paper used is greater

[单项选择]As the clouds drifted away an even higher peak became ______ to the climbers.
A. visible
B. obvious
C. apparent
D. plain

[单项选择]The actual cost of the building was much higher than our original ______.
A. consideration
B. judgment
C. estimate
D. plan

[单项选择]

Many American women are earning money outside their homes today. Among women who are eighteen to sixty-four years old, fifty percent have jobs.
In general, working women have had more education than those who stay at home. Of course who work, thirty two percent have attended college, compared with twenty percent of those who do not have jobs.
Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and eight percent take a vacation (假期) away from home during the past year. Much of the traveling is by air.
These figures come from a report which was written for advertisers(广告者). It offers a new picture of women today. For instance, it tells advertisers that fifty-one percent of all American women have traveled by air--along with fifty-nine percent of all American men.
The lesson for American business is that many women now have other interests besides their homes. They like advertisements which show women in office, planes and cars.

（）of the
A. Nearly one third
B. About a quarter
C. One fourth
D. About a half

[单项选择]Why do men and women share household tasks


A. Because women play an equal role as men.
B. Because women play a dominant role in the family.
C. Because women have less time to spend on housework.
D. Because men spend more time on housework.