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社会科学类The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S society in many ways. Mary in-home jobs that used to be done --47-- by women-ranging from damily shopping to preparing meals to doing --48-- work-still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a --49-- that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face acrushing "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 --50--between men and women,the income working women--51-- gives them new independence and buying power.For example,Women now --52--about half of all cars.Not long ago,many cars dealers--53--women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands.Now car companies have realized that wormen are --54-- customers.It's interesting that some leading japanese car dealers were the first to --55--pay attention to women customers.In japan,fewer wormen have jobs or buy cars --tje ka[amese spcoety is still very muchmale-oriented.Perhaps it was the --56-- contrast with japanese society the 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)primarily2 经济类When Michael North bought a house in Edina three years ago, the housing market was so competitive. North made a full-price____1 the day the house was put up for sale. Many other buyers unfortunately,had to offer a much highter price than the sellera asked because there were too many other buyers2____to buy the houses.Taday Michael is wondering where all the _____1 buyers went. He’s trying to sell the ＄350,000 house,but arfter the prcie was____4 for four times and four months on said North.. He is now buying another house for ＄50,000 less than the ______5price that the seller set. As North has found out, now it seems to be a buyer’s market.With mortagage_________6rates still near all-time lows, the housing market continues to help the state’s economy. Yet the number of new and existing house has climbed_________7higher than in recent years, allowing buyers to take their time and be choosier. According to a study of the housing market, 14 percent more _________8 agreements were signed in March than a year earlier. But the______9 time from the day the house was put on the market till it was sold was almost 65days. It was a time much longer than ________10 years.A steadilyB averageC previousD bidE interestF significantlyG originalH discountedI purchaseJ competingK presentL contendingM smashN obtainO complicated3 文化教育类ttwennty-year-old college____1 at a state university. Now, only three years later Lisa is miserable. She has _______2 her major four times and is forced to hold down two part-time jobs in order to pay her tuition. She suffers from sleeping and eating disorders and has no -----friend.Sometimes she burst out crying for no _____4 reason.What is happening to millions of college students each year. As a result, roughly one-quarter of the student population at any tme will suffer from______5 of depression. Half of them will experience depression intense enough to call for_______6help. But many of them________7the idea because they don’t want people to think there is something wrong with them.There are two reasons today’s college students are suffering more than in earlier generatons. First is aweakening family support------8. Today, with high divorce rate, the traditional family is not always availble for support. Another problem is 9____pressure. In the last decade tuition cost rose aboutsixty-six percent at public colleges and ninty percent at private schools. ________10,most students must work at least part-time. It can be depressng to students to be faced with the added tuition costs.A socialB switchedC consisitentlyD structureE juniorF apparentG symptomH consequenty Iintimate J decline K professional L consequently M financial N automatic O racalled4 科普知识类Computer experts have been gripped by fear of a dangerous illness. It is highly conta- gious, difficult to ------1 and in many cases impossible to cure.It is not computer experts or programming 2---- who are likely to be affected, but rather the electronic data banks themselves. Computer programmes are 3---- by a computer "virus" that can paralyze entire computer networks once it has been smuggled into the system. 4----, the viruses were quite harmless. Amateur computer enthusiasts smuggled them into big electronic systems, where they showed up as small messayes or games. Such spectacular cases of computer espionage have shown that the big data banks are efficient, but also5------e.Many experts complain that computer safety has been 6----- for too long. By threatening to place a computer virus into the heart of the electronic data system, a large company could be put under7-----pressure. The damage by computer viruses is already8----. The insidious thing about computer viruses is that if they are well programmed they will spread throughout the entire system unnoticed. Bit by bit they infect the programmes that they have 9---- to and then one day they jump into action all at once.And there seems to be hardly any counter-measures. The chance of finding a computer virus in an electronic system without 10---- know-how and technical programmes' assistance is practically zero.A threatenedB extentC diagnoseD replacedE incalculableF initiallyG extremeH componentI comprehensive J neglected K staff L vunerable M acess N practically O potential。