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 t0 45 are based on the following passage.
The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S.society in many ways.Many in-home jobs that used to be done 36 by women—ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing 37 work—still need to be done by someone.Husbands and children now do some of these jobs，a 38 that has changed the target market for many products.Or a working woman may face a crushing“ poverty of time” and look for help elsewhere，creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals，child care centers，dry cleaners，financial services，and the like.
Although there is still a big wage 39 between men and women，the income working women 40 gives them new independence and buying power.For example，women now 41 about half of all cars.Not long ago，many cars dealers 42 women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands.Now car companies have realized that women are 43 customers.It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first t0 44 pay attention to women customers.In Japan.fewer women have jobs or buy cars——the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented.Perhaps it was the 45 contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
A)scale
B)retailed
C)generate
D)extreme
E)technically
F)affordable
G)situation
H)really
I)potential
J)gap
K)voluntary
L)excessive
M)insulted
N)purchase
O)primarily
36.【解析】O。此處需要一個副詞來修飾動詞done。根據上下文意思，文中列舉的那些工作，大部分或主要是由女性完成的。所以，primarily“主要地”最符合。
37.【解析】K。此處需要一個形容詞作定語修飾work。根據上下文意思，____work，應與family shopping，preparing meals并列，同屬in-home jobs。結合選項，只有voluntary帶入后意為“義務工作”符合文意。
38.【解析】G。根據上下文意思，所填入的名詞應該是對前一個分句的概括，故選situation“局面，情況”。
39.【解析】J。根據文意，盡管男女之間仍然存在巨大的工資_______。此處顯然填可數名詞單數，結合選項只有gao“差距”符合文意。
40.【解析】 C。根據文意，職業(yè)女性——的收入給她們帶來了獨立和購買功。此處顯然填動詞，選項的動詞中顯然只有generate“產生，生產”符合文意。
41.【解析】 N。此處需要一個動詞原形，作句子的謂語。根據上下文意思，不難看出purchase符合。
42.【解析】 M。此處應填動詞作為謂語，且根據前文的時間Not long ago可知要填動詞的過去式。根據句中ignoring和suggesting部分的意思，只有insulted符合題意。
43.【解析】I。此處需要一個形容詞作定語修飾customers。根據上下文意思，前句與本句存在一種對比關系，前句說侮辱女性沒法買車，本句顯然表達女性是potential“潛在的”顧客。
44.【解析】 H。此處需要一個副詞作不定式的狀語修飾pay attention。代入選項中剩余的副詞really和technically，不難看出really符合文意。
45.【解析】 D。根據上下文，前句說日本是個男性主導的國家，本句中說日本社會卻促使了美國公司更加關注女性購買者，顯然這兩者之間是一個extreme“強烈的”對比。
