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The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed ll many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done 36 by women—ranging from fa iy A6jppmg to preparing meals to doing 37 work—still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a 38 that has changed the target market for many products. woman may face a crushing “poverty of time” and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.

Although there is still a big wage 39 between men and women, the income working women 40 gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now 41 about half of all cars. Not long ago, many car dealers 42 women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are ^3 customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to __44_j_>pay attention to women customers. In Japan，fewer women have jobs or buy cars—the Japanese society is still very much male-oriented. Perhaps it was the 45 contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.

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36. O 配题。表示“注意力，关注”，原句意为••关注病人，因此选项 要是妇女来做的，而现在丈夫和孩子也来承担一部分。故选primarily。

37. K空白处修饰后面的名词work,应该填入形容词。K项意为“自愿的”，此处意思是“自愿要做的 事，没有报酬而做的事”。因此空白处为voluntary。

38. G由空格前的a很容易推断出空格处缺少名词，空格处前半句提到一种现象，即丈夫和孩子现在 也承担部分家务，空格后半句说这个名词改变了产品的目标市场，因此该名词必须可与change搭 配，在备选名词scale、situation和gap中，符合题意的只有situation。

39. J容易混淆A与J,但A选项scale实是“尺寸，，的意思，故这里应选gap，“差距，距离”。

40. C句子主语为“income”,谓语动词为“gives”，可以看出working women加上空白处应该是主语 income省略了 that的定语从句，而空白处则是该从句中的谓语动词。此处意思是“工作女性挣的 钱”。选项C意为"创造,产生”，表示妇女创出的收入，符合题意。因此空白处为generate。

41. N句子缺少谓语动词，与宾语half of all cars搭配，表“购买”之意，故选择答案purchase。

42. M裉据结构,空白处应该是谓语动词，notkmgago提示谓语动词为过去时。后面by所接内容均 表示汽车经销商看不起女顾客。选项M意为“无礼地对待”，符合题意。因此空白处为insulted。

43. I句子主谓表结构完整，空格处缺少修饰customers的定语。上文说以前女妇女没有钱，受到羞 辱,现在妇女有了工作和收入，很多汽车公司意识到妇女是顾客，所以空格应表“可能”之意，形容 爾p6Mntial“潜在的，可能的”符合题意。

44. H空格所在特句子结构很完整，空格处只能是副词修饰动词词组pay attention to,比较剩余备选 副词technically和ireally,只有really符合题意，“有意思的是日本一些的大的汽车公司是第一个 真正关注女性顾客的”。 •

45. D空白处修饰contrast,应该是形容词。上文谈到，日本社会以男性为主，却是首先真正关注女 性消费者的国家。这确实是t分极端的对比了。选项D意为“极端的，偏激的”，符合题意。因此 空白处为extreme。