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60% of fathers do not take even a (n)5 (single) day off work. Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers context (上下文 ) word distinctions (詞語辨析 ) information given in the passage(原詞復(fù)現(xiàn) ) context (上下文 ) collocations (固定搭配 ) 6 (reluctant)to give young women the permanent(永久的) jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave (產(chǎn)假 ). In January. Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months’ paid leave, with a warming: use it or7(lose)it. Kindlund admits that men are under 8 (pressure) to stay at work, even though parental pay es out of the public purse. “It’s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace,” he says. “But it’s good for the father and for the child if they can 9(build up) a relationship.” In Norway, a(n) 10(similar) policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of children per woman is one of the highest in Europe. context (上下文 ) context (上下文 ) context (上下文 )word distinctions (詞語辨析 ) context (上下文 ) Homework Do the cloze tests on the paper. 。 Discuss: What are your methods of doing cloze tests? Four methods(四種常用的方法 ): context 上下文語境 word distinctions or collocations 詞語辨析和固定搭配 information given in the passage 利用文章中的信息(原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)、近義詞和反義詞等) cultural background and mon sense 文化背景和常識 Information given in the passage 利用文章中的信息 (原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)、近義詞和反義詞等) (1) Miss Brown said, “ May I 17 (correct) a small mistake that you made, Miss Dike? Columbus crossed the 18 in the 15th , not the 16th century. He 19 (discovered) America in 1492. Sir Francis Drake was a great sailor in the 16th century. You 20 (might have crossed) the Atlantic ocean with him. A. Pacific B. Indian C. Arctic D. Atlantic (2) I remember as a child I said something 40 about somebody, and my father