“I don’t think it is my _________that the traffic piled up! I just pulled up my lorry quickly as I saw a cake flying towards me!” said the angry driver.

A. error             B. mistake                C. fault                     D duty

With its moving story and the wonderful acting, the ______ film put on this week has attracted millions of audience and is well on the way to becoming the year's top-grossing movie.

 --- You didn’t do well in the interview. It seems that you are not yourself today!

---I burned the mid-night oil last night to get better prepared. Unfortunately,_________ sleep prevented me from thinking clearly enough to produce satisfying answers.

A. lack of            B. lacking of             C. lack                     D lacked of

--- Jason, have you finished your writing?

---Five more minutes________ you will see an amusing story!

 --- Excuse me! I’d like to book a table for four for the dinner tonight.

---Sorry sir, but there is ________ available tonight. You may try _________ restaurant.

 ---He was nearly killed in a car accident.

---Oh, when was ____exactly?

---It was in 2009______________he was driving to the airport to pick up his father.

A. this; that       B. that; when            C. that; that               D what; when

---What can I do for you?

---I am looking for a birthday gift for my sister, _______at a proper price but fashionable.

Everyone wants to be a friend of _______________ is considerate and shares the same interests.

I don’t remember how many years ago ______________I paid my last visit to the principle of my primary school.

Spanish men will have to learn to change diapers and do dishwashing under the terms of a new law designed to strike a blow.

The law, due to be passed this month, is likely to cause a revolution in family affairs in a country where 40% of men reportedly don’t do housework at all. It will oblige men to “share domestic responsibilities and the care and attention” of children and elderly family members, according to the draft approved by the Spanish parliament’s justice commission.

“This will be a good way of reminding people what their duties are. It is something feminists (女权主义者) have been wanting for a long time,” said Margarita Uria, of the Basque Nationalist Party, who was behind what is an amendment to a new divorce law.

Failure to meet the obligations will be taken into consideration by judges when determining the terms of divorces. Men who refuse to do their part may be given less frequent contact with their children.

Spanish women spend five times longer on housework than husbands. Even when both have jobs outside the home, Spanish women still do three times as much work in the house.

“It is not just about housework, though,” said Ms. Uria.

A study five years ago by Spain’s Center for Sociological Investigation concluded that fathers spent an average of 13 minutes each day looking after their children.

Only 19 % of Spanish men thought it was right for mothers of school-age children to have a full-time job. More than a third thought mothers should not work outside the home at all.

The Change to the Spanish legal code will see domestic obligations added to a list of marital(婚姻的) duties that currently includes fidelity, living together and helping one another.

That should guarantee that, when the law—which will also make divorce proceedings faster and easier—is voted on in parliament in the next few weeks, the obligation to share domestic chores will be added to the statute books.

1. What is the percentage of Spanish men who don’t do any housework?

2.About the new law, which of the following is NOT true?

3.According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following is TRUE?

4.What is the general topic of the passage?