"Equal pay for equal work" is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated by society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.

　　Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against married women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. (80) If women are encouraged by equal pay to take

　　full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing:making a nice home and bringing up children.

　　Women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and to have freedom to choose between work and home life, or a mixture of the two. Women have the fight not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.

　　第21題 The women use the phrase "equal pay for equal work" to ask society to _________

　　A.pay men less than women

　　B.give women harder work

　　C.pay men and women the same amount of money for the same work

　　D.pay people more who do harder work

　　答案：C

　　第22題 Some people believe that _________

　　A.women can ' t do what men can

　　B.men have to work much harder than women

　　C.men can earn money more easily than women

　　D.men' s duties are different from women' s

　　答案：D

　　第23題 Some people holding even stronger opinions say that _________

　　A.women should be kind to their husbands

　　B.women are too weak to take full-time jobs

　　C.home is the best pace for women

　　D.women should only take part-time jobs

　　答案：C

　　第24題 The women who disagree say that _________

　　A.women need chances to go out of the home more often

　　B.women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they want

　　C.women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes

　　D.if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men

　　答案：B

　　第25題 According to this passage some women want to give up _________

　　A.their present position in society B.their marriage

　　C.their right to equal pay D.their home life

　　答案：A

　　Another thing an astronaut has to learn about is eating in space. Food is weightless, just as men are.Food for space has to be packed in special ways. Some of it goes into tubes that a man can squeeze into his mouth. Bite-sized cookies are packed in plastic.

　　There is a good reason for covering each bite. The plastic keeps pieces of food from travelling in the spaceship. On the earth very small pieces of food would simply fall to the floor. But gravity doesn' t pull them to the floor when they are out of the plastic in a spaceship. ( 78 ) They move here and there and can get into a man' s eyes or into the spaceship' s instruments. If any of the instru-ments is blocked, the astronauts may have trouble getting safely home.

　　As astronauts travel on longer space trips, he must take time to sleep. An astronaut can fit　himself to his seat with a kind of seat belt. Or, if he wants to, he can sleep in a sleeping bag which

　　is fixed in place under his seat. But be careful he must put his hands under the belt when he goes to sleep. This is because he is really afraid that he might touch one of controls that isn' t supposed to be touched until later.

　　第26題 Why would astronauts cover each bite of food in space?

　　A.Because small pieces of food would fall down to the floor.

　　B.Because weightless pieces of food might make trouble when they travel around.

　　C.Because they haven' t enough food for longer trips.

　　D.Because astronauts don' t want to waste food.

　　答案：B

　　第27題 In a spaceship, astronauts can

　　A.walk just as they do on the earth

　　B.not eat anything because it' s dangerous

　　C.control the spaceship when they are sleeping

　　D.not litter small things or it will make trouble

　　答案：D

　　第28題 In what way is food for space packed?

　　A.Very small pieces of food are put on the floor.

　　B.Some of it is put into tubes.

　　C.Small-sized cookies are packed in plastic.

　　D.Both B and C.

　　答案：D

　　第29題 Why does an astronaut put his hand under his belt when he ~leeps?

　　A.Because he thinks it is comfortable to sleep in that way in space.

　　B.Because he doesn' t want to touch any controls when he sleeps.

　　C.Because the instruments of the spaceship are easily broken.

　　D.Because he is afraid that the seat will move.

　　答案：B

　　第30題 The best title of this article is

　　A.Eating and Sleeping in Space

　　B.How Astronauts Eat in Space

　　C.Food for Space

　　D.How Astronauts Sleep in Space

　　答案：A