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Test 9 READING 1 hour READING PART ONE Questions 1—7 ? Look at the statements below and the information about man doing womens work. ? Which piece of information does each statement 1—7 refer to? ? For each sentence, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. ? You will need to use some of the letters more than once. 1. Every kinds of man can enter into womens fields. 2. There are also some problems although many men doing womens work. 3. Men in female-dominated jobs are treated differently. 4. The role of men in society has changed a little. 5. Finding job for man in female jobs is motivated by personal interests and economic necessity. 6. Most men dont want to have a job in female-dominated jobs. 7. The publics attention often followed women doing mens work. A Seated behind the front desk at a New York firm, the receptionist was efficient, stylishly dressed, the firms newest employee had a pleasant telephone voice and a natural charm that put clients at ease. The company was pleased: Clearly, this was a person who took considerable pride in personal appearance. David King, the receptionist, is unusual, but by no means unique. Just as all truck drivers and construction workers are no longer necessarily men, all secretaries and receptionists are no longer automatically women. The number of men in women-dominated fields is still small and they havent attracted the attention that has often followed women advancing into male-dominated fields, but men are moving into more and more jobs that have traditionally been held by women. B What kinds of men venture into these so-called womens fields? All kinds. I dont know of any define answers Id be comfortable with, explains Joseph Pleck, Ph. D of the Wellesley College Center for Research on women. Samo Ormont, for example, a thirty-year-old nurse at Boston hospital, went into nursing because the army had trained him as a medical worker. I found that work very interesting, he recalled, and when I got out of the ser