40． The women and her husband _______in the same office．

If all the people in the world spoke the same language, cultural and economic ties_________ be much closer among countries now.

Questions are based on thefollowingpassage．   
 　　The flood of women into the job marketboosted economic growth and changed U．S．society in many ways．Many in-home jobs that used to be done______36______by women—ranging fromfamily shopping to preparing meals to doing______37______work—still need to be done bysomeone．Husbands and children now do some of these jobs，a______38______that has changed the target market for many products．Or a working woman may face a crushing“povertyof time”and look for help elsewhere，creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals，child care centers，dry cleaners，financial services，and the like．
 　　Although there is still a bigwage______39______between men and women，the income working women______40______gives them new independence and buyingpower．For example，womennow______41______about half of all cars．Not long ago，many cars dealers______42______women shoppers by ignoring them or suggestingthat they come back with their husbands．Now carcompanies have realized that women are______43______customers．It’sinteresting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first t0______44______ payattention to women customers．In Japan．fewer women have jobs or buy cars——the Japanese society is stillvery much male—oriented．Perhaps it wasthe______45______contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to paymore attention to women buyers．

The teacher and writer ______ her friend.

According to the author, in order to stay young and attractive, women should______.

The committee meetings, ______ always dominated by the same people, ______ slow-moving and inefficient.

The committee meetings, _____ always dominated by the same people, _____ slow-moving and inefficient.

Mary called and asked her husband ______ home at once, because she locked her daughter in the home.

Demographic indicators show that Americans in the postwar period were moreeager than ever to establish families. They quickly brought down the age at marriagefor both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height　　  1．_______after more than a hundred years of a steady decline, producing the” baby boom.”　　2．_______These young adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively largefamilies that went for more than two decades and caused a major but temporary　　    3．_______reversal of longterm demographic patterns. From the 1940s through the early1960s, Americans married at a high rate and at a younger age than their　　　　　    4．_______Europe counterparts.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 　　　 5．_______　　Less noted but equally more significant, the men and women who formed　　 　　　 6．_______families between 1940 and 1960 nevertheless reduced the divorce rate after a　　　   7．_______postwar peak; their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of　 8．_______couples who married in earlier as well as later decades. Since the United States　　 9．_______maintained its dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world,the temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in Europe.　　　  10．_______Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and homemaker was notabandoned.

The two things are the same in outward form but different ________.

Reports that Haberman surreptitiously supported the bill are clearly ______; the  bill in question greatly ______ both Haberman's interests and of her constituents.