t want it. So, thanks, mom!I ll do what I can to create a national holiday for housewives. It could be appropriately called Wonder Woman day. 1. By what means do the children of the author' s family go to school? A)They take school bus. B) They take a taxi. C)Their mother drives for them. D) Scout troop sends them to school. 32. If a housewife went on strike, which one of the following statements i s Not true? A)Children would scream for something to eat. B)No meals would appear on the table. C)The scout troops would have a wonderful time. D)The man of the house wouldn't be able to take over 33. In the author's opinion A)many males are going to volunteer for housewives'work B)housewives deserve a national holiday named Wonder Woman Day c) the man of the house would be able to take over the housewives'work D)housewives are second-class citizens or something similar 34. The author's attitude toward housewives work i A)critical B)indifferent C)ironical D) appreciative 35. The main idea of the passage )housewives, the wonder women B)what would happen if housewives went on strike C)the replacement of women by men as housewives D) the setting up of a national holiday for housewives Pa Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before the ir parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today' s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabet es because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifest yles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tro pical medicine. At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutiona ry shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research sho ws that the average waist size for a man is 36-3&in and may be 42-44in by 2032. This compares with only 32 6in in 1972. Women s waists have grown from an avera ge of 22in in 1920 to 24 ins in the fifties and 30in now. One of the ma jor reaset want it. So, thanks, mom! I’ll do what I can to create a national holiday for housewives. It could be appropriately called Wonder Woman Day. 31.By what means do the children of the author’s family go to school? A) They take school bus.B) They take a taxi. C) Their mother drives for them.D) Scout troop sends them to school. 32.If a housewife went on strike, which one of the following statements i s NOT true? A) Children would scream for something to eat. B) No meals would appear on the table. C) The scout troops would have a wonderful time. D) The man of the house wouldn’t be able to take over. 33.In the author’s opinion, ____. A) many males are going to volunteer for housewives’ work B) housewives deserve a national holiday named Wonder Woman Day C) the man of the house would be able to take over the housewives’ work D) housewives are second-class citizens or something similar 34.The author’s attitude toward housewives’ work is ____. A) critical B) indifferent C) ironical D) appreciative 35.The main idea of the passage is about ____. A) housewives, the wonder women B) what would happen if housewives went on strike C) the replacement of women by men as housewives D) the setting up of a national holiday for housewives Passage 4 Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before the ir parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabet es because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifest yles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tro pical Medicine. At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutiona ry shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research sho ws that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in and may be 42-44in by 2032. This compares with only 32.6in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an avera ge of 22in in 1920 to 24 ins in the Fifties and 30in now. One of the major reaso