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Women nowadays have more (61) _____ than those in the past. For example, our great grandmothers were not allowed to go to school or to work to earn their own living. (62) _____, they had to depend on their husbands financially. Modern women, on the contrary, can get good education, have their own careers, and (63) _____ their interests. They can even take good positions in politics if they are competent (64) _____ it. However, women living in our modern society have their (65) _____, too. Today’s women work harder than their great grandmothers so that they can gain the (66) _____ between working life and family life. Many people predict that by 2032, most (67) _____ positions at work will be taken by women. Then, it is possible that women will have more (68) _____ life because, (69) _____ in a very modern society, the women can’t (70) _____ their role in the family.

Question 61: A. advances B. advantages C. benefits D. conveniences

Question 62: A. Therefore B. However C. As a result D. Although

Question 63: A. pursue B. support C. promote D. stimulate

Question 64: A. to B. at C. with D. of

Question 65: A. obstacles B. disputes C. profits D. problems

Question 66: A. equality B. stable C. balance D. steadiness

Question 67: A. senior B. junior C. inferior D. superior

Question 68: A. sheltered B. healthy C. strenuous D. active

Question 69: A. though B. even C. ever D. never

Question 70: A. perform B. adopt C. fulfill D. neglect

There are desert plants which survive the dry season un the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which servive as inactive larvae or pupae. In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought in the form of inactive eggs. These are shrimps that live in the Mojave Desert, an intensely dry region in the southwest of the United States where shade temperatures of over 50⁰C are often recorded.

The eggs are in the size and have the appearance of grains of sand. When sufficient spring rain falls to form a lake, once every two to five years, these eggs hatch. Then the water soon swarms with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimeter long which feed on microscopic plant and animal: organisms which grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a week, the shrimps grow from their original 1 millimeter to a length of about 1 ½ centimeters.

Throught the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the lake equally rapidly evorporates. Therefore, it is a race against time. By the twelfth day, when they are about 3 centimeters long, hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the females, Usually, by this time, all that remains of the lake is a large, muddy patch of wet soil. On the thirteenth day and the next, during the final hours of their brief lives, the females lay their eggs in the mud. Then, having ensured that their species will survive, the shrimps die as the last of the water evaporates.

If sufficient rain falls the following year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again cycle of growth, adulthood, egg-laying, and death is rapidly passed through. If there is unsufficient rain to form a lake, the eggs lie dormant for a year, or even longer if necessary. Occasionally, prehaps twice in a hundred years, sufficient rain falls to form a deep lake that lasts a month or more. In this case, the species passes through two cycles of growth, egg-laying and death. Thus the species multiplies considerably, which further ensures its survival.

Question 71: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The effects of drought in the desert

B. The lifespan of fish eggs in desert conditions

C. The survival of insects in a desert climate

D. The importance of deep lakes in the desert

Question 72: The word “form” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.

A. style B. shape C. nature D. design

Question 73: From the passage, it can be inferred that the Mojave Desert is unusual because _____.

A. it is hit even in the shade B. rain rarely falls there

C. it shelters inactive life D. very little survives there

Question 74: The author compares inactive eggs to _____.

A. shrimps B. sand C. larvae D. seeds

Question 75: The word “These” in the first paragraph refers to _____.

A. plans B. eggs C. insects D. fish

Question 76: According to passage, the eggs originate _____.

A. in the sand B. on the female C. in the mud D. in the lake

Question 77: The word “swarms” in the second paragraph could best be replaced by _____.

A. abounds B. grows C. crowd D. supports

Question 78: According to passage, approximately how long does a shrimps live?

A. 1 week B. 12 days C. 13 days D. 14 days plus

Question 79: The word “dormant” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.

A. dead B. asleep C. passive D. empty

Question 80: What does the author mean by the phrase “a race against time” in the second paragraph?

A. The shrimps are in intense competition to reproduce.

B. The shrimps must reproduce before the waters recede.

C. The shrimps do not have enough time to reproduce.

D. Death occurs before the shrimps can reproduce.

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1B 2B 3D 4A 5C 6B 7B 8A 9D 10C

11B 12A 13C 14C 15D 16B 17D 18C 19C 20B

21A 22B 23A 24D 25B 26A 27B 28B 29D 30D

31C 32C 33D 34B 35B 36A 37B 38B 39A 40C

41D 42C 43B 44A 45A 46D 47D 48A 49B 50D

51C 52D 53B 54C 55A 56D 57B 58C 59A 60B

61B 62C 63A 64B 65D 66C 67A 68C 69B 70D

71B 72A 73C 74B 75D 76B 77A 78C 79C 80B