1 The Final Examination Paper for the Comprehensive English Course for English Majors Grade 2008 ( 2009.1）（英语专业 2008 级综合英语第一学期期末试题）Part I. Dictation (15分) Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning? For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. Part II. Cloze (20分 ) Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. In Japan, most people still feel that a woman’ s place is in the home; and most women willingly accept their___1____role as a house wife, leaving the business of making a living ____2____their husbands. For those who do want a ____3___of their own, opportunities are limited, and working women usually have to___4___for lower wages, fewer promotions(提升 ), less responsible____5.____. In America, on the other hand, most women, ___6___wives and mothers, work most of their lives. But____7___, few have had real careers. As in Japan most fields are ___8____by men and opportunities foe women have been ____9___, salaries low, chances for advancement ____10. American women work mainly because they___11____; in these days of inflation(经济萧条 )and luxury living, ___12___income per family is simply not enough to ____13__. So American women actually have two jobs: one is nine-to-five position outside the home, and ____14___is round-the-clock in-the-home job_...
