Now all this may be changing again. The microchip and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much of the routine clerical work that secretaries did.

　　“Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve only the high-powered work－and then men will want to do it agian.”

　　That was said by one of the executives(male) of one of the biggest secretarial agencies in this country. What he has predicted is already under way in the U.S.

　　Once high technology has made the job of secretary less routine, will there be a male takeover? Men should beware of thinking that they can walk right into the better jobs. There are a lot of women secretaries who will do the job as well as they－not just because they can buy negligees(妇女长睡衣) for the boss’s wife, but because they are as efficient and well-trained to cope with word processors and computers, as men.

36. Before 1914 female secretaries were rare because they （　　　）.
A. were less efficient than men
B. were not as serious as men
C. wore stockings
D. would have disturbed the other office workers

37. A female secretary has been expected, besides other duties, to （　　　）.
A. be her boss’s memory                    B. clean her boss’s clothes
C. do everything her boss asked her to      D. telephone her boss’s wife

38. Secretaries, until recently, had to do a lot of work now done by （　　　）.
A. machines       B. other staff
C. servants       D. wives

39. A secretary in the future will （　　　）.
A. be better paid           B. have higher status
C. have less work to do     D. have more work to do

40. The writer believes that before long （　　　）.
A. men and women will be secretaries
B. men are better than machines
C. men will take over women’s jobs as secretaries
D. women will operate most office machines

Ⅲ.用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音。(每两小题1分，共10分)

注意：使用新的或老的音标形式都可以。

41. doubt    42. message   43. butter    44. dash
45. stove    46. mourn   47. surgery   48. mere
49. queue    50. rigid    51. crooked   52. clench
53. quarrel   54. mean    55. millionth   56. tumor
57. vision    58. definance   59. bury    60. damn

Ⅳ.完形填空(每两小题1分，共10分)

A. 从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。

kind　sure　until　before　one　matter
when　stay　explain　necessary　themselves　account

　　It doesn’t 　61　 when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to 　62　 alive. That’s what all doctors thought, 　63　 they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man 　64　.