Even today in the modem, developed world, surveys show that parents still prefer to have a

Girls get better【C5】______at school than boys, and in most developed countries more women than men go to【C6】______. Women will thus be better【C7】______for the new jobs of the 21st century, in which brains【C8】______a lot more than physical strength. In Britain far more women than men are now【C9】______to become doctors. And women are more【C10】______to provide sound advice on investing their parents'nest egg. Surveys show that women consistently【C11】______higher financial returns than men do.

【C12】______, the increase in female employment in the rich world has been the main【C13】______force of growth in the past couple of decades. Those women have【C14】______more to global GDP growth than have either new technology or the new giants, China and India. Add the【C15】______of housework and child-rearing, and women probably account【C16】______just over half of the world output. It is【C17】______that women still get paid less and few【C18】______it to the top of companies, but,【C19】______prejudice fades over coming years, women will have great scope to【C20】______their productivity and in comes.

【C1】

A．seen

B．observed

C．watched

D．noticed

Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of change in today's economic world？

A．Richer countries exporting capital to poorer ones.

B．Tata Motors buying two old British car making companies.

C．Rich countries borrowing money from emerging economies.

D．Developing countries bringing managerial skills to developed ones.

A．despite

B．but

C．even

D．except

A．It means that today's world is a complex one, so all people and nations are able to provide all they want.

B．It means that in today's complex economic world, people have developed different skills so all natioas and individuals need each other.

C．It means that nations have utilised its own resources.

D．It means countries that are lack of resources at home must buy from countries that export them.

Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of change in today's economic world？

A．Richer countries exporting capital to poorer ones.

B．Tate Motors buying two old British car-making companies.

C．Rich countries borrowing money from emerging economies.

D．Developing countries bringing managerial skills to developed ones.

Modem industry must have developed ______ .

A．before the Middle Ages

B．in Greece or Rome

C．around the 19th century

D．until the 19th century