her D The teacher’s neighbor

37 Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

A he needed it for the summer term in London

B he needed it for the lecture he was going to give

C he wanted to take it to Russia for medical research

D he wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching

38 What happened at the airport?

A the skeleton went missing B The skeleton was stolen

C the teacher forgot his suitcase D the teacher took the wrong suitcase

39 Which of the follow best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

A he is very angry B he thinks it rather funny

C he feels helpless without Rupert D he feels good without Rupert

40 Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A the teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert

B the teacher got neither the suitcase nor Rupert

C the teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase

D the teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert

B

Women in Nazi Germany were to have a very special job. Hitler was very clear about this. This job was that they should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Except for some special fields, Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Within months of Hitler coming to power, many female doctors, teachers and lawyers were sacked. By the start of the Second World War, very few German women were in fulltime work. From their earliest years, girls were taught that all good German women married at a young age to a proper German and that the wife’s job was to keep a good home for her working husband and to have children.

One of the earliest laws passed by Hitler once he came to power in 1933, was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage. This law stated (声明) that all newly married couples would get a government loan (贷款) of 1000 marks. This loan was not to be simply paid back. The birth of one child meant that 25% of the loan did