DESPITE SHE WAS IN HER MIDDLE AGE, SHE LOOKED VERY GRACEFUL AND CH...
40.
Despite
she was in her middle age, she looked very graceful and charming.
A
B
C
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 45:
Although most families in the United States enjoy a high living standard, many American women
have to work (41)______ at home and in their offices. Despite their husbands' (42)______ of the
housework, women have to do most of the housekeeping tasks. In single-parent families, the mothers
may not have (43)______ children to take care of, but they have to raise their families alone and have to
provide for all the housekeeping money. Therefore, the (44)______ mothers have to work very hard to
earn their living. Moreover, in spite of the fact that the single mothers have all the (45) ______
conveniences at their homes, they find that bringing up their teenage children alone is not easy.