35.A.forlongB.foreverC.eversinceD.soonafter
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Womennowadaysarestrongerandsmarterthantheywere50yearsago，andtheycanexpecttolivelonger.Japanesewomen，forexample，canexpecttolive82years，whichisthelongestintheworld.Just50yearsago，Japanesewomencouldexpecttoliveonly54years.
Manywomenareworkingtoday.InJapan，75%ofwomenareworkingnow，comparedto37%50yearsago.Thereasonwhysomanywomenareworkingisthatthey’regettingmoreeducationthesedays.TherateofJapanesewomengoingtojuniorcollegeanduniversitiesishigherthantherateformen.In1947，theaverageJapanesewomangotmarriedattheageof23.Today，theaverageageis26.Atthesametime，divorcehasincreasedby50%.
Asforhavingbabies，todaythebirthrateisonly1.5babiesforeachwoman.Fiftyyearsago，thebirthratewasmuchhigher，4.5babies.
Inarecentsurvey，Japanesewomenwereaskedwhethertheywouldchoosetobeamanorawomaninthefuturelife.65%saidtheywouldprefertobebornagainasawoman.In1960，only27%saidtheywouldwanttobeawomanagaininthefuture.ThissuggeststhatnowadaysmoreJapanesewomenarehappierwiththeirlives.
36.Therateofwomenwhoareworkingnowhasincreasedby______percentcomparedwith50yearsago.
A.37
B.38
C.50
D.75
37.MoreandmorewomenareworkinginJapanbecause_______.
A.theyhavetoraisetheirfamily
B.theydon’thaveanythingelsetodo
C.theyhavemoreeducationthanbefore
D.theywanttobeindependent
38.Itcanbeinferredfromthesurveythat_______.
A.moreJapanesewomenwouldliketobeawoman
B.moreJapanesewomenwanttoreceivemoreeducation
C.moreJapanesewomenwanttobeindependent
D.moreJapanesewomenaresatisfiedwiththeirpresentlives
B
WilliamShakespearewasbornmorethan440yearsagoandspenthischildhoodinhishometown，Stratford-on-Avon.Littlewasknownabouthischildhoodthoughmanystoriesaretold，someofwhichmaybetrue.HeprobablywenttoGrammarschoolatStratford.Atthirteenhehadtoleaveschoolashisfatherbecamepooreratonetime.SoWilliamhadtomakehisownliving.Attheageofeighteenhemarriedafarmer’sdaughter.
NotlongafterheleftStratfordforLondon.Londonwasgrowingrapidly.Allkindsofpeoplecouldbefoundinit，andhereShakespearemettravelers，students，andscholars，andhewasveryinterestedinthestoriestheytold.Healsometwritersandactors.Hesoonfoundsomeworkinatheatre.Beforelonghebecameanactorandwriterofplaystoo.TherewereafewtheatresinLondon.OneofthemostfamousofthesewascalledGlobe.Shakespearehimselfbecameoneoftheownersofthistheatre.Hisbecamefamousasawriterofplayssoonafter.HemadeuseofthewritingofothersandfoundideasintheoldpoemsofChaucer.Byhisgiftheturnedalltheseoldstoriesintogreatworksofhisown.Shakespearewrotenofewerthanthirty-sevenplaysinhislife.Nowhisworksarelovedandstudiedallovertheworld.
39.WilliamShakespearelivedin_______.
A.the17thcentury
B.the14thcentury
C.the16thcentury
D.the19thcentury
40.Williamhadtoleaveschoolbecause_______.
A.HetriedtofindajobinLondon
B.Hewastiredofthelifeintheschool
C.Hehadtomarryafarmer’sdaughter
D.Hisfatherwastoopoortogivehimenoughmoney
41.Williamwasfamousforhis______.
A.stories[page]分页标题[/page]
B.plays
C.poems
D.acting
42.Shakespearebecameknowntomanypeople_______.
A.afterhebecameanownerofatheatre
B.afterhisthirty-sevenplayswerewritten
C.afterhefoundajobinLondon
D.afterhetriedtobeagoodactor
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