Earlier, in the old days, women used to sit at home separated from the outside world. They used to manage the home and look after children. They were free of the responsibility of earning money to support the family, which was left to men.
With the coming of industrialization (工业化) and technological development, the lifestyles of human beings started to change. The needs of human beings started to grow. In this process, women slowly started to move outside the home. Women received the same education as men. Gradually, women slowly started to think independently and participated equally with men in all fields of life, including politics, sports and even military.
With changing environments, the role of women has become more important in society. To match today’s standard of living, it is necessary for both men and women to support the family.
Today, women have been given bigger roles to play in society. They are even taking more responsibility than men. At first, men disagreed with women pursuing (追求) their careers outside the home. However, with growing needs and a shortage of money, they had no other way but to accept the reality.
The financial contributions from women to their families have increased, but in some places, the home is still managed only by women as in the past. It is a challenging task for women to manage both. Women are bearing the stress and suffering mental difficulties with both managing the home and pursuing their careers.
小题1:The best title for the passage would be _________.
A．Women's Responsibility in Society
B．The Changing Social Environments
C．The Changing Role of Women in Society
D．Women's Financial Contributions小题2:Earlier in the old days, women used to do the following EXCEPT _________.
A．wash clothes
B．prepare dinners
C．look after children
D．make money for the family小题3:We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.
A．women don't need to manage the home today
B．women are taking more responsibility than before
C．men still disagree with women pursuing their careers
D．men have begun to do more housework than women
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
题目分析：文章主要讲述了女子在社会中的作用和角色的变化，从第一段中女性没有什么社会地位，也不要承担社会责任，到后来地位提高，责任也变得越来越大。
小题1:C 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了女子在社会中的作用和角色的变化，从第一段中女性没有什么社会地位，也不要承担社会责任，到后来地位提高，责任也变得越来越大。故C正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据文章第一段Earlier, in the old days, women used to sit at home separated from the outside world. They used to manage the home and look after children. They were free of the responsibility of earning money to support the family, which was left to men.可知挣钱的任务是由男性完成的。故D项正确。
小题3:B 推断题。根据文章最后一段第一句和最后一句The financial contributions from women to their families have increased和Women are bearing the stress and suffering mental difficulties with both managing the home and pursuing their careers.可知女性现在的作用已经大大提升了。故B正确。
点评：文章主要讲述了女子在社会中的作用和角色的变化。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。