8、In the United States more than 80 colleges now accept just only women．Most of them were founded in the 19th century．They were set up to  1  women the education they could not get anywhere else．At that time  2  of the universities and colleges  3  only men．In the past 20 years many young women have  4   to study at colleges that accept both men and women．As a  5 ，some women’s colleges decided to accept men students, too．Others still refused to change．Now the women’s colleges are  6  again．

       The president of Trinity College in Washington D．C said by the end of the 1980s women had come to  7  that studying at the same colleges with men and women did not mean  8 had the same chance to  9 ．The president of Smith College in Massachusetts said “A women’s college  10  women to choose classes and activities  11 ．For example, if a woman student wants to learn maths, she will be given the chance．So the percentage of students who like to study maths in a women’s college is  12  than that in a college with men and women．”

       Experts say men students in the United States  13  have enough courage to speak in class．14 ,women students can’t．In a women’s college, women feel free to say  15  they want to．According to a report, women colleges also  16  leadership ability in many fields．At a women college, every  17  office is held by women．Recent studies  18 that this leadership continues after  19  ．The studies also prove that it is easier for the American women who went to women’s college to  20  successful jobs later in life．Maybe that is why this kind of college is liked by people now．

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2．A．some                    B．most                   C．few                    D．none．

3．A．liked                     B．accepted              C．attracted              D．helped．

4．A．chosen                  B．failed                   C．regretted             D．hated．

5．A．goal                      B．model                  C．result                  D．level．

6．A．separate                B．troublesome         C．special                D．popular．

7．A．forget                   B．realize                 C．expect                 D．remember．

8．A．students                B．presidents            C．men                    D．women．

9．A．work                    B．visit                    C．choose                D．survive．

10．A．permits               B．forbids                C．forces                 D．reminds．

11．A．obviously             B．freely                  C．exactly                D．immediately．

12．A．smaller                B．more                   C．higher                 D．lower．

13．A．usually                B．never                  C．sometimes           D．seldom．

14．A．Finally                 B．Therefore            C．However             D．Besides．

15．A．how                    B．what                   C．when                  D．where．

16．A．bring down       B．bring over            C．bring round         D．bring about

17．A．governing            B．cleaning               C．serving                D．booking．

18．A．mean                  B．show                  C．warn                   D．conclude．

19．A．school                 B．work                   C．graduation           D．death．

20．A．hold                  B．gather           C．lose             D．require