People like to say：“The hand that rocks(摇动)the cradle(摇篮)rules the world．”Or theysay：“Behind every successful man，there is a woman．”
Now some women still like making their husbands and sons successful．But some women want more for themselves．They want to be successful as men．
Today the best jobs are still given to men．Even when women do the same work，they are often paid less than men．Some women want these things changed．They want to stand beside the men，with the same chances for success．
Now many American women are earning money outside their homes．More than half of the women at the age of eighteen to sixty-five have good jobs．In general，working women have more education than those who stay at home．
Among women with jobs，eight out of ten drive a car to work，and most of them often spend their holidays away from home．They like traveling by air．Women’s work has made several changes in women’s lives and in men’s lives，too．
But things are quite different from those in the Middle East countries．
In the Middle East countries，women have to stay at home．They look after their families and do all the housework．They can’t find work outside．When they go out in public．they cover their faces with something and walk behind their husbands．
For the past few years the women’s life has been changing in those countries．Many women want to play an active role in the society．Though working gives them few chances of getting married，many men still want to marry them in the old ways．
【小题1】More and more women want to get jobs because ．A．they don’t want to stand behind their husbands in the streetB．they think they are more important than menC．they think they are as important as menD．housework troubles them too much【小题2】Some women are still badly paid ．A．because women want more moneyB．because of the old ways of thinkingC．because women can’t do as well as men doD．but we don’t know why【小题3】If women have got higher education ．A．they can get better jobs more easilyB．they don’t have to do any houseworkC．they can travel by planeD．they can be paid better than men【小题4】Working gives women ．A．the chance to receive more education than menB．chances to play an important role in the societyC．more pay than menD．fewer chances of getting married【小题5】From this passage we know ．A．women have the same rights as men todayB．women don’t want to work outside their homesC．more and more women want to play an active role in their countriesD．in the Middle East countries all the women stay at homeC
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(答案→)C
解析：这篇短文主要介绍了女人对社会的参与问题，随着社会的发展越来越多的女人加入到了工作的行列，想要在社会中扮演更重要的角色。
【小题1】根据But some womenwant more for themselves．They want to be successful as men．及下文描述，可知这些女人认为自己同男人一样重要。故选C。
【小题2】根据Today the best jobs are still given to men．Even when women do the same work，they are often paid less than men．描述，可知由于旧有的思维方式问题，女人得到的报酬仍然低于男人。故选B。
【小题3】根据In general，working women have more education than those who stay at home．描述，可知受过教育的女人得到工作更容易。故选A。
【小题4】根据Women’s work has made several changes in women’s lives and in men’s lives，too．及上下文描述，可知工作给了女人们在社会中扮演更重要角色的机会。故选B。
【小题5】根据最后一段Many women want to play an active role in the society．描述，可知选C，越来越多的女人想要在他们的国家扮演更重要的角色。