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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－20各题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A lawyer and a blonde(金发女郎) were sitting next to each other on a long flight from London to New York. The lawyer leant over to her and asked 1 she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wanted to take a nap(打个盹), so she 2 refused and turned over to the window to catch a few winks.

　　The lawyer 3 on to explain that the game was really easy and a lot of 4 . He explained “I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $ 5, and visa-versa.” Again, she politely refused and tries to get some 5 .

　　The lawyer, now somewhat agitated(烦躁的), said, “Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $ 5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you 50!”, thinking that, since she was a blonde, he would 6 win the match.

　　This 7 the blonde's attention and, figuring that there would be no end to this torment(折磨) 8 she played, agreed to the game.

　　The lawyer asked the first question. “ 9 is the distance from the earth to the moon?” The blonde doesn't say a word, 10 into her purse, pulled out a five-dollar bill and handed it to the lawyer.

　　Now, it was the blonde's 11 . She asked the lawyer “What 12 a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?” The lawyer looked at her with a 13 look. He took out his pocket 14 and searched all his references. He tapped into the Air phone with his modem and searched the Net and the Library of Congress. He 15 sent E-mails to all his coworkers and former 16 . All to no avail(无效). After over an hour, he 17 the blonde and handed her $ 50. The blonde politely 18 the $ 50 and turned away to get back to sleep. The lawyer, who was now a little more angry, woke the blonde and asked, “Well, so what IS the 19 !?” 20 a word, the blonde took out $ 5 from her purse, handed it to the lawyer, and went back to sleep again.

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阅读理解

　　Recently I attended a small exclusive (独有的) and exclusively female financial (财政的) planning seminar (研讨会). I met so many bright independent women doing interesting things in Parliament (英国国会), in business and in the professions (职业) that I was determined to turn over a new leaf and take control of my financial affairs. This, I was assured (确信) , would fill me with a new confidence. I would feel better.

My problem is Harold, the man-in-my-life. He thinks a sensible (合理的) distribution (分配) of responsibilities is when each partner works at what he or she does best. He thinks we are a liberated couple, likes our tree the way it is, and doesn’t see the need for new leaves. I watched as he sewed on a shirt button last night and thought, what a hypocrite (伪君子) he is. He’s quite comfortable sewing on the button, quite happy barefoot in the kitchen, happy, to see me lifting loads of manure to spread on our patch (小块土地) or coping with the cat’s rat under our dining room table. But he is an old fashioned MCP(male chauvinist pig) when it comes to money.

　　“I will probably only be away three weeks, but I have arranged for Erhardt to pay any bills,” be said, and I froze. Erhardt is out lawyer and friend, but…“I am quite capable of paying our bills when you are away,” I said.

　　“Do not be childish. Erhardt and I share a mailbox. He fetches his mail, so he can fetch ours and pay the bills. Easy.”

　　“You mean I am not to worry my pretty little head about that,” I said. He beamed (微笑) and said, “Exactly,”missing the point entirely.

1．After attending the seminar, the author decided to ________.

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A．divorce her husband

B．talk with her husband

C．do some interesting

D．make a new interesting start

2．According to the author, her husband believes ________.

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A．they should co-operate on household duties

B．they should do what they are good at

C．she should do whatever she likes

D．he should share more housework

3．It’s implied, but not stated, that ________.

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A．the woman controls her financial affairs now

B．the woman’s husband is generous with his money

C．the woman can’t pay the bills at last

D．the woman’s husband misses her when he is away

4．The woman’s husband is ________.

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A．a liberated person

B．the owner of their home

C．selfish and greedy

D．a good listener

5．All of the following are true EXCEPT that ________.

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A．the woman attended a meeting for women to discuss financial plans

B．her husband still doesn’t allow her to control her financial affairs

C．the woman isn’t satisfied with her husband

D．her husband intends to change the family’s plans