8.When she was over fifty,the late nineteenth-century mother

8.When she was over fifty,the late nineteenth-century mother _ ______.
A) would be healthy enough to take up paid employment
B) was usually expected to die fairly soon
C) would expect to work until she died
D) was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one
9.One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she ________.
A) is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves
B) does not like children herself
C) need not worry about food for her children
D) can retire from family responsibilities when she reaches sixty
10.According to the passage,it is now quite usual for women to ________.
A) stay at home after leaving school
B) marry men younger than themselves
C) start working again later in life
D) marry while still at school