【正文】 s closing up to onefourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor salesC. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to onefourth of its stores.E. having poor sales, such that up to onefourth of its stores will be closed.24. GWD26Q24According to United States census data, while there was about onethird of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, in 2000, almost twothirds of those mothers were employed outside the home. A. while there was about onethird of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, in 2000, almost twothirds of those mothers were employed outside the home.B. there were about onethird of mothers with young children who worked outside the home in 1975。 in 2000, almost twothirds of those mothers were employed outside the homeC. in 1975 about onethird of mothers with young children worked outside the home。 in 2000, almost twothirds of such mothers were employed outside the homeD. even though in 1975 there were about onethird of mothers with young children who worked outside the home, almost twothirds of such mothers were employed outside the home in 2000E. with about onethird of mothers with young children working outside the home in 1975, almost twothirds of such mothers were employed outside the home in 2000GWD26Q2527In colonial Connecticut between 1670 and 1719, women participated in one of every six civil cases, the vast majority of which were debtrelated. Women’s participation dropped to one in ten cases after 1719, and to one in twenty by the 1770’s. However, as Cornelia Hughes Dayton notes in Women Before the Bar: Gender, Law, and Society in Connecticut, 16391789, these statistics are somewhat deceptive: in fact, both the absolute numbers and the percentage of adult women participating in civil cases grew steadily throughout the eighteenth century, but the legal activity of men also increased dramatically, and at a much faster rate. Single, married, and widowed women continued to pursue their own and their husbands’ debtors through legal action much as they had done in the previous century, but despite this continuity, their place in the legal system shifted dramatically. Men’s mercial interests and credit networks became increasingly farflung, owing in part to the ability of creditors to buy and sell promissory notes (legal promises to pay debts). At the same time, women’s networks of credit and debt remained primarily local and personal. Dayton contends that, although still performing crucial economic services in their munities—services that contributed to the mercialization of the colonial economy—women remained for the most part outside the new economic and legal culture of the eighteenth century.Q25The passage is primarily concerned withA. reporting an author’s view of a phenomenonB. disputing the reasons usually given for an unexpected changeC. evaluating the conclusions reached by an authorD. assessing the impact of certain legal decisions.E. defending a controversial point of viewQ26According to the passage, pared with women in eighteenthcentury Connecticut, men wereA. more likely to rely on credit and go into debtB. more likely to pursue their families’ debtorsC. more likely to participate in economic transactions outside their own munitiesD. less likely to perform economic services in their own munities.E. less likely to participate in civil cases that were not debtrelated.Q27The passage suggests that which of the following best pares the economic concerns of women with those of men toward the close of the eighteenth Century in colonial Connecticut?A. Both men and women had more economic responsibilities at the end of the century than they had had at the beginning of the century.B. Women’s economic activities had bee less varied by the end of the century。 men’s economic activities had bee more varied.C. Women’s economic activities at the end of the century were similar to their activities at the beginning。 men’s economic activities changed considerably.D. Women’s economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily familial。 men’s economic concerns were primarily political.E. Women’s economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily personal。 men’s economic needs were primarily familial.28. GWD26Q28Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as the current one.A. equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit asB. equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they areC. equally likely that they will exceed the proposed speed limit asD. as likely that they will exceed the proposed speed limit asE. as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are29. GWD26Q29Educational Theorist: Recent editorials have called for limits on the amount of homework assigned to children. They point out that freetime activities play an important role in childhood development and that large amounts of homework reduce children’s free time, hindering their development. But the average homework time for a ten year old, for example, is little more than 30 minutes per night. Clearly, therefore, there is no need to impose the limits these editorials are calling for.Which of th