Twenty years ago almost all nurses were women，and almost all pilots were men．Today women fly planes，and men care for patients．The jobs are the same，but no both men and women are working as nurses and pilots．

There are many other example of changing job roles for men and women．Forty years ago there were no women news reporters on television．

Now women report the news，the weather and even men’s sports．Women are reporting games and interviewing athletes．Fifty years ago there were almost no women lawyers or doctors；but today over half of all medical students are women．Today men teach very young children．Men work as librarians and secretaries．Some men stay at home to take care of the house and children．They are called“house husbands”or“stay -at -home dads．”However，many women still work as homemakers．

Jobs are changing．Today men and women are working in every field．

1．According to the passage，what is true today about women?

      A．Women like to be secretaries．         B．All doctors are now women．

      C．Women report news and sports．       D．There are no homemakers today．

   2．What is the percentage of women students in today’s medical schools?

      A．About forty percent．                 B．Over fifty percent．

      C．About twenty percent．               D．Less than fifty percent．

   3．What is said about men in the passage?

      A．Only men are sports reporters．

      B．All lawyers are men．

      C．Men never take care of the home．

      D．Some men stay at home with the children．

   4．Which of the following is true about men and women today?

      A．Men like their jobs，but women don’t．

      B．Women don’t like sports，but men do．

      C．There are no women pilots．

D．Both men and women take care of children．

5．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Jobs of today are changing．

B．Women are leaders of the world today．

C．People change their jobs for fun．

D．Men and women are never equal．