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2006年职称英语等级考试试卷－综合类（B级）（试题）

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　　The first woman fighter， Cristina Sanchez， quit in 1999 because of male discrimination （歧视）。 But Vega is determined to break into what could be Spain's most resistant male field（47）

　　Spanish women have conquered almost all male professions.（48） "The bull does not ask for your identity card，" she said in an interview a few years ago. She insisted that she be judged for her skills rather than her femaleness.

　　Vega became a matador （斗牛士） in 1997 in the southwestern city of Caceres.（49） She entered a bullfighting school in Malaga at age nine and performed her first major bullfight at age 14. She has faced as much opposition as Sanchez did. And the "difficulties have made her grow into a very strong bullfighter，" her brother Jorge says.

　　The 1.68-metre tall and somewhat shy Vega says her love of bullfighting does not make her any less of a woman　　　　　（50）

　　A　She intends to become even better than Sanchez was.

　　B　Her father was an aspiring （有雄心壮志的） bullfighter.

　　C　But many bullfighting professionals continue to insist that women do not have hat it takes to perform the country's "national show".

　　D　" I'm a woman from head to toe and proud of it，" she once said

　　E　She looks like a male bullfighter.

　　F　But recently， 29-year-old Mari Paz Vega became the second woman in Spanish history to fight against those heavy animals.

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　　Child Consultants

　　These days， "what do you want to do when you grow up？" is the wrong question to ask children in the USA. The　　　　　（51） should be： "what job are you doing now？" American companies are employing more and more young people as consultants to evaluate products for child（52）。The 12-to-19（53） group spends more than $100 billion a year in the USA. Specialist agencies have been created to help manufaqturers ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes， food and（54） markets. One（55）， Teenage Research Unlimited， has panels （评判小组） of teenagers who give their verdict （裁决） on products（56） jeans （牛仔裤）。Another company， Doyle Research Associated， holds two-hour sessions in a room （57）the "imaginarium （想象室）。" Children are encouraged to play games to get（58） a creative mood. They have to write down any ideas that（59） into their heads.

　　Some manufacturers prefer to do their own（60）research. The software　company Microsoft runs a weekly "Kid's Council" at its headquarters in Seattle，（61）a panel of school children give their verdict on the（62） products and suggest new ones. One 11-year-old， Andrew Cooledge， told them that they should make more computer games which would appeal equally（63） boys and girls. Payments for the work are increasingly attractive. Andrew Cooledge was paid $250 and given some software （64），even if their ideas are valuable， the children will never make a fortune. They cannot have the copyright to their ideas. These are not jobs they can hold for long they are too old.（65） their mid-teens they can be told that they are too old.

51 A sentence B word C answer D question

　　52 A employees　B labourors C consumers D employers

　　53 A age B year C time D generation

　　54 A the B another C other D others

　　55 A school B firm C store D college

　　56 A as B like C of D with

　　57 A called B calls C calling D call

　　58 A into B out of C along with D over

　　59 A happen B come C occur D fall

　　60 A science B creation C production D market

　　61 A there B here C where D which

　　62 A last B late C later D latest