For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: they must work to survive. Others face a hard decision Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics. One husband said, "Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance (45 E)we couldn 't afford. With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters, transportation, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might actually end up with less Economic factors are usually the first to be considered, but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the emotional needs of each member of the family. It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing From my own experience, I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste. there are few decisions that i now regret more. I wasn 't mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home. I regret my impatience to get on with my career.I wish I had allowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girl's eyes Questions 16. Which word in the first two paragraphs best explains why many women have to work? 17. Why did Marge and her husband think it an extravagance for Marge to go back to work? 18. What are the two major considerations in deciding whether woman should go out to work? 19. Some women would rather do housework and take care of their children than pursue a career because they feel 20. If given a second chance, the writer would probably choose to Part Ill Skimming and Scanner Another medical technique that has recently become popular is hypnosis. In sleep, a loss of awareness occurs; in hypnosis there is a highly concentrated but relaxed awareness, which can be like daydreaming. When used as"hypnoanesthesia", hypnosis does not stop the pain process rather, the perception of the pain is altered. Only patients who are able to undergo deep hypnosis about one quarter of the population, are appropriate for this technique in surgery. Hypnosis often provides very ill patients with relief they can no longer obtain from drugs or surgery 1. According to the passage, who can be successfully hypnotized for surgery A. A minority of the population. B. Almost everyone C. Those who no longer use drugs. D. Those with special medical needs Passage Two Shake well. Dispense into palm-then smooth over face, legs, shoulders, arms wherever the skin feels uncomfortably dry CAUTION: Keep away from flame, fire, or extreme heat above 120 F Do not tamper with valve closure or puncture or incinerate container. Keep out of reach of children 2. This product is designed A. to be most effective in cold weathe b. to add moisture to the skin C. to remove hair D. to appeal to children 阅读参考答案For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury；they must work to survive．Others face a hard decision． Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics．One husband said，"Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance（奢 侈）we couldn't afford． With two preschool children，it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters，transportation，and increased taxes， rather than having more money，they might actually end up with less． Economic factors are usually the first to be considered，but they are not the most important．The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the emotional needs of each member of the family．It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and conflicting feelings． From my own experience，I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste．There are few decisions that I now regret more． I wasn't mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home．I regret my impatience to get on with my career．I wish I had allowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girl's eyes． Questions： 16．Which word in the first two paragraphs best explains why many women have to work？ 17．Why did Marge and her husband think it an extravagance for Marge to go back to work？ 18．What are the two major considerations in deciding whether woman should go out to work？ 19．Some women would rather do housework and take care of their children than pursue a career because they feel ． 20．If given a second chance，the writer would probably choose to ． Part III Skimming and Scanning Passage One Another medical technique that has recently become popular is hypnosis．In sleep，a loss of awareness occurs；in hypnosis there is a highly concentrated but relaxed awareness，which can be like daydreaming． When used as"hypnoanesthesia"， hypnosis does not stop the pain process； rather，the perception of the pain is altered．Only patients who are able to undergo deep hypnosis， about one quarter of the population，are appropriate for this technique in surgery．Hypnosis often provides very ill patients with relief they can no longer obtain from drugs or surgery． 1．According to the passage，who can be successfully hypnotized for surgery？ A．A minority of the population． B．Almost everyone． C．Those who no longer use drugs． D．Those with special medical needs． Passage Two Shake well．Dispense into palm-then smooth over face，legs，shoulders，arms wherever the skin feels uncomfortably dry． CAUTION：Keep away from flame，fire，or extreme heat above 120 F．Do not tamper with valve closure or puncture or incinerate container．Keep out of reach of children． 2．This product is designed ． A．to be most effective in cold weather B．to add moisture to the skin C．to remove hair D．to appeal to children 阅读参考答案