passage Four

　　Equal pay for equal work is a phrase used by the American women who feel that are looked down upon by society. They say it is for women to be paid less than men for the same work

　　People who hold the opposite opinion (mainly men) have an answer to this. They say that men have more responsibility than women; a married man is expected to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision， and therefore it is right for men to be paid more. There are some people who hold even stronger opinion than this and are against married women working at all. When wives go out to work， they say， the home and children are given no attention to. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full time job， they will be unable to do the things. Women are best at making a comfortable home and bringing up children. They will have to give up their present position in society.

　　This is exactly what they want to give up， the women who disagree say. They want to escape from the limited place which society expects them to fill and to have freedom to choose between a job and home life， or mixture of the two. Women have the right of equal pay and equal opportunities.

　　These women have expressed their opinions forcefully by using the famous saying， "All men are created equal." They point out that the meaning of this sentence is "all human being are created equal."

　　48. The women use the phrase "equal pay for equal work" to demand that _____.

　　A. woman's work shouldn't be harder than men's

　　B. men should be paid less than women

　　C. people doing harder work should earn more

　　D. men and women should be paid the same amount of money for the same work

　　49.What exactly do the women who disagree want to give up?

　　A. Their job B. Their home life

　　C. Their right to pay D. Their present position in society

　　50.People who disagree with women's opinions believe _____.

　　A. women can't do what men can

　　B. men can earn money more easily than women

　　C. men's responsibilities are different from women's

　　D. men have to work much harder than women

　　51.The women who disagree say that _______.

　　A. if women are given equal pay， their opportunities will be greater

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

　　C. women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they live

　　D. women need opportunities to go out of the house more often

　　Passage Five

　　Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mom came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. "Somebody's got to stop that boy!" she was shouting. "Rick's troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny."

　　Mrs. Green， Danny's teacher， was concerned a lot. "I didn't know that Danny was being picked on，" she answered. "He's never said anything about this to me!" Mrs. Green looked at Danny. "How long has this been going on?" she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this， he would have trouble after school.

　　Danny hadn't said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all， most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.

　　52. When Danny's mother came for Mrs. Green， the matter was now ______ to Mrs. Green.

　　A. serious B. common

　　C. untrue D. similar

　　53.Danny now _______.

　　A. was tried of the school and his friends B. had no friend at all

　　C. was not sure what he should do with the problem

　　D. made some new friend in the neighborhood

　　54.Danny didn't say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because ______ .

　　A. she had known it B. the other boys told her

　　C. he didn't want to be in trouble D. his mother didn’t want him to say it

　　55.The word "gang"in the reading means _____

　　A. a place for boys to play games

　　B. a group of young people

　　C. a school bus for children to and from school

　　D. the teacher's office