2. 外语
  3. The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, 【C1】______ in the last twen-ty years. The main change has been 【

The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, 【C1】______ in the last twen-ty years. The main change has been 【

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问题      The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, 【C1】______ in the last twen-ty years. The main change has been 【C2】______ giving women greater equality with men. 【C3】______ to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had 【C4】______ rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. 【C5】______ , as far as we know, most women were happy 【C6】______ this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly 【C7】______ more rights than they used to. They were 【C8】______ the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal 【C9】______ of wealth in the case of divorce, 【C10】______ the Equal Pay Act gave them the right 【C11】______ equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year.
     Yet 【C12】______ these changes, there are still great differences in status between men and women. Many employers seem to 【C13】______ the Equal Pay Act, and the average workingwomen is 【C14】______ to earn only about half 【C15】______ a man earns for the same job. 【C16】______ a sur-vey, at present, only one-third of the country’s workers are 【C17】______ women. This small percentage is partly 【C18】______ a shortage of nurseries. If there were 【C19】______ nurseries, twice as many women 【C20】______ go out to work.
【C12】______
选项 A、because of
B、instead of
C、in spite of
D、as a result of
答案C
解析 because of因为，由于；instead of而不是……；in spite of不管，虽然；as a result of作为……的结果。本句的意思是“虽然有这些改变，女性与男性的地位仍然存在巨大差别”，表示让步关系，所以应选C。
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