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held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries.
As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry or decimum.
Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of
desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time
was much more important. The decimum was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of
all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all
transactions the husband would make. And more than just a right: the documents
show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband, in
no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status
of husband and wife. The wife shared in the management of her
husband’s personal property, but the A. No, under no circumstances. B. Yes, whenever he wished to. C. Yes, if his father-in-law agreed. D. Yes, if she agreed. [单项选择]Someone who gives an expensive gift often feels that he should receive more praise than if he（）a less expensive gift
A. gave B. gives C. had given D. has given [单项选择]Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full （ ）
A. capacity B. strength C. length D. possibility [填空题]
High Dropout Rate in US Many young people in the United States never finish high school. Exactly how many dropouts is another issue. Recent studies of dropout rates have had conflicting results. For one thing, schools define and measure their dropout rates differently. Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty percent of public school students do not complete their education. But many other experts and policymakers believe that for the past twenty years, the dropout rate has been around thirty percent. For Latino and black students, the numbers are even higher. Researchers say almost half of them leave school. At the Baltic time, almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without informing their parents. Finding a good job without a hilgh school education is more and more difficult. A Northeastern University study in 2002 found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty-four did no [单项选择]
"The impulse to excess among young Britons remains as powerful as ever, but the force that used to keep the impulse in check has all but disappeared," claimed a newspaper. Legislation that made it easier to get hold of a drink was "an Act for the increase of drunkenness and immorality", asserted a politician. 我来回答: 提交
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