参考答案和解析
正确答案: D,F
解析:
A decried 责难,谴责;B postulated假定;要求;C criticized批评,批判;D tolerated容忍,忍受;E vaunted夸耀,吹嘘;F legitimized使合法,分析选项可知,只有A项和C项是同义选项,而且与句意相符,因此最佳选项为A和C。
更多“多选题Although eighteenth-century English society as a whole did not encourage learning for its own sake in women, it illogically ______ women’s sad lack of education.AdecriedBpostulatedCcriticizedDtoleratedEvauntedFlegitimized”相关问题
  • 第1题:

    It’s about time people ______ notice of what women did during the war.

    A. take

    B. have taken

    C. will take

    D. took


    参考答案:B

  • 第2题:

    请阅读短文,完成此题。
    It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the livesof the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines have beenintroduced. For example, it has been suggested that the employment of women in industry takethem out of the. household, their traditional sphere and fundamentally alter their position in society.In the nineteenth century, when women began to enter factories, Jules Simon, a French politician,warned that by doing so, women would give up their femininity. Fredrich Engels, however,predicted that women would be liberated from the"social, legal, and economic subordination" ofthe family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of "the whole femalesex .., into public industry." Observers thus differed concerning the social desirability ofmechanization's effects, but thev agreed that it would trmsiorm women's lives.
    Historians, particularly thnse investigating the history of women, now seriously question thisassumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations asthe spinning jenny, the sewing tnachine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not resultedin equally dramatic social changes in women's economic position or in the prevailing evaluation ofwomen's work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolutionwas largely and extension of an older pattern of employment for young, single women as domestics.It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previouslyseen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880'screated a new class of "dead end" jobs, thenceforth considered "women's work". The increase inthe numbers of married women enployed outside the home in the twentieth century, had less to dowith the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it didwith their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool ofsingle women worke, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
    Women's work has changed considerably in the past 200 years, moving from the household tothe ofiice or the factory, and later becoming mostly white-collar instead of blue-collar work. Fundamentally, however, the conditions under which women work have changed little since the Industrial Revolution: the segregation of occupatious by gender, lower pay for women as a group,jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labour remains demanding. Recent historical investigation has led to a major revision of the notion that lec.hnology is always inherently revolutionary in its effectson society. Mechanization may even have slowed any change in the traditional position of womeu both in the labour market and in the home.

    The underlined word "innovations" in Para.2 may be replaced by
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    A.efficiency
    B.productivity
    C.innovations
    D.transforming

    答案:C
    解析:
    根据“novations”之后的内容“as the spinningjenny,the sewing machine,the typewriter,and the vacuum cleaner…”可知纺纱机、缝纫机、打字机、吸尘器之类的产生属于科技上的革新。C项“innovations”意为“革新,革命”,符合题意。

  • 第3题:

    请阅读短文,完成此题。
    It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the livesof the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines have beenintroduced. For example, it has been suggested that the employment of women in industry takethem out of the. household, their traditional sphere and fundamentally alter their position in society.In the nineteenth century, when women began to enter factories, Jules Simon, a French politician,warned that by doing so, women would give up their femininity. Fredrich Engels, however,predicted that women would be liberated from the"social, legal, and economic subordination" ofthe family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of "the whole femalesex .., into public industry." Observers thus differed concerning the social desirability ofmechanization's effects, but thev agreed that it would trmsiorm women's lives.
    Historians, particularly thnse investigating the history of women, now seriously question thisassumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations asthe spinning jenny, the sewing tnachine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not resultedin equally dramatic social changes in women's economic position or in the prevailing evaluation ofwomen's work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolutionwas largely and extension of an older pattern of employment for young, single women as domestics.It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previouslyseen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880'screated a new class of "dead end" jobs, thenceforth considered "women's work". The increase inthe numbers of married women enployed outside the home in the twentieth century, had less to dowith the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it didwith their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool ofsingle women worke, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
    Women's work has changed considerably in the past 200 years, moving from the household tothe ofiice or the factory, and later becoming mostly white-collar instead of blue-collar work. Fundamentally, however, the conditions under which women work have changed little since the Industrial Revolution: the segregation of occupatious by gender, lower pay for women as a group,jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labour remains demanding. Recent historical investigation has led to a major revision of the notion that lec.hnology is always inherently revolutionary in its effectson society. Mechanization may even have slowed any change in the traditional position of womeu both in the labour market and in the home.

    Which of the following statement is Not true?
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    A.Now the phenomenon of choosing employees by gender does no longer exist.
    B.Women have little opportunity for promotion.
    C.Women are needed to do much housework.
    D.Women always get low pay in their occupations.

    答案:A
    解析:
    A项意为“如今,按性别雇佣员工的现象已经不复存在。”这与第三段第二句中“the segregation of occupations by gender”(按性别区分职业)相矛盾,因此不正确。其他选项均可在第三段第二句中找到依据。

  • 第4题:

    请阅读短文,完成此题。
    It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the livesof the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines have beenintroduced. For example, it has been suggested that the employment of women in industry takethem out of the. household, their traditional sphere and fundamentally alter their position in society.In the nineteenth century, when women began to enter factories, Jules Simon, a French politician,warned that by doing so, women would give up their femininity. Fredrich Engels, however,predicted that women would be liberated from the"social, legal, and economic subordination" ofthe family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of "the whole femalesex .., into public industry." Observers thus differed concerning the social desirability ofmechanization's effects, but thev agreed that it would trmsiorm women's lives.
    Historians, particularly thnse investigating the history of women, now seriously question thisassumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations asthe spinning jenny, the sewing tnachine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not resultedin equally dramatic social changes in women's economic position or in the prevailing evaluation ofwomen's work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolutionwas largely and extension of an older pattern of employment for young, single women as domestics.It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previouslyseen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880'screated a new class of "dead end" jobs, thenceforth considered "women's work". The increase inthe numbers of married women enployed outside the home in the twentieth century, had less to dowith the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it didwith their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool ofsingle women worke, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
    Women's work has changed considerably in the past 200 years, moving from the household tothe ofiice or the factory, and later becoming mostly white-collar instead of blue-collar work. Fundamentally, however, the conditions under which women work have changed little since the Industrial Revolution: the segregation of occupatious by gender, lower pay for women as a group,jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labour remains demanding. Recent historical investigation has led to a major revision of the notion that lec.hnology is always inherently revolutionary in its effectson society. Mechanization may even have slowed any change in the traditional position of womeu both in the labour market and in the home.

    What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
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    A.The mechanization of work has a revolutionary eftct.
    B.The social mechanization would "aftct women's lives.
    C.The social status of women has changed.
    D.Observers have different ideas about the effect of social mechanizatiou.

    答案:B
    解析:
    第一段讲到,普遍认为:劳动的机械化对操作机器的人以及引进机器的社会都有革命性的影响。工业中雇佣妇女使她们从家务这样的传统领域中解放出来,并且从根本上改善了她们在社会上的地位。接着讲到,观察者关于社会机械化对妇女的影响持有不同观点,但他们一致认为这必将改变妇女们的生活。由此可知,第一段主要讲了社会机械化对妇女的影响,B项符合。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    U. S. States Do Poorly in Women's Health

    Not a single U. S. state meets basic federal goals for women's health,and the nation
    as a whole fails except in two areas一mammograms(乳腺X光照片)and dental(牙齿的)
    check-ups一researchers said on Thursday.
    Millions of women lack health insurance,and states make it difficult to enroll(加入)in
    Medicaid,the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor,according to the report.
    And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking一the
    leading cause of death in the United States.
    "The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals,"
    reads the report,put together by the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon
    Health&Science University."These health goals provide a road map for assessing the
    status of women's health."
    Of 27 measures examined by the group,from screening for diseases to actually treating
    them,the nation passes on only two,the researchers said."The nation is so far from the
    health goals that it receives an overall grade of'unsatisfactory',"they wrote.
    The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general,
    the NWLC said.
    " State policy makers' piecemeal(一件一件做的)approach to our health care crisis has
    resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of
    women,"Judy Waxman,NWLC Vice President for Health,said in a statement.
    "Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive,long-term approach to meeting women's
    health needs and tackle this serious problem that troubles so many families."

    Which is America's number one killer?
    A:Stress.
    B:Heart disease.
    C:Cancer.
    D:Smoking.

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    U. S. States Do Poorly in Women's Health

    Not a single U. S. state meets basic federal goals for women's health,and the nation
    as a whole fails except in two areas一mammograms(乳腺X光照片)and dental(牙齿的)
    check-ups一researchers said on Thursday.
    Millions of women lack health insurance,and states make it difficult to enroll(加入)in
    Medicaid,the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor,according to the report.
    And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking一the
    leading cause of death in the United States.
    "The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals,"
    reads the report,put together by the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon
    Health&Science University."These health goals provide a road map for assessing the
    status of women's health."
    Of 27 measures examined by the group,from screening for diseases to actually treating
    them,the nation passes on only two,the researchers said."The nation is so far from the
    health goals that it receives an overall grade of'unsatisfactory',"they wrote.
    The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general,
    the NWLC said.
    " State policy makers' piecemeal(一件一件做的)approach to our health care crisis has
    resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of
    women,"Judy Waxman,NWLC Vice President for Health,said in a statement.
    "Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive,long-term approach to meeting women's
    health needs and tackle this serious problem that troubles so many families."

    Medicaid is a program aimed at helping
    A:women.
    B:the poor.
    C:the old.
    D:children.

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第7题:

    The reasons for teaching writing to students of English as a foreign language include reinforcement, language ___________, learning style and, most importantly, writing as a skill in its own right.

    A.acquisition
    B.learning
    C.exposure
    D.development

    答案:D
    解析:
    考查写作教学。英语写作作为书面表达的一种交际方式,在语言教学中是十分重要的,因此我们要重视写作教学。加强英语写作训练有助于我们大多数英语学习者巩固已学过的语言知识。发展我们的语言技能,也有利于提高写作技能本身。language development即“语言发展”。

  • 第8题:

    共用题干
    Survey Found Many Women Misinformed About Cancer Sixty-three percent of American women think that if there's no family history of cancer,they're not likely to develop the disease,a new survey found. In fact,most people who develop cancer have no family history of cancer,according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ( ACOG)(美国妇产科医师学会),which sponsored the survey.
    "Too many women are dying from cancer,"Dr.Douglas W.Laube,ACOG's immediate past president, said during a Friday teleconference."An estimated 200,070 women will die in the U.S.this year,and over 600 , 078 women will be diagnosed with cancer.The results of this survey found a worrisome(令人担忧的) gap in women's knowledge about cancer."
    Based on the findings,ACOG is increasing its efforts to educate women about cancer and the need for regular screening tests.
    Although the survey found many misconceptions(错误观念)about cancer , 76 percent of women surveyed did say they feel knowledgeable about how they can reduce their risk of the disease. However,only 52 percent said they were doing enough to reduce that risk.And 10 percent said they hadn't done anything in the past years to lower their risk.17 percent said they wouldn't change their lifestyles, even if changes would lower their cancer risk. Many women said they were afraid to undergo screening out of fear of finding cancer.
    Twenty percent said they didn't want to know if they had cancer. In response to these findings,ACOG will launch on Oct.29 a new website-Protect & Detect:What Women Should Know about Cancer.The guide is designed to help women to take charge of their health and improve their understanding of their risk of cancer-and the lifestyle steps they can take to cut that risk.

    ACOG's efforts to educate women about cancer will be greatly appreciated.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    由文章第三段最后一句话“The results of this survey found a worrisome gap in women ' s knowledge about cancer.”可知,很多美国女性对癌症知识了解很少。故选A。
    由文章第二段“In fact , most people who develop cancer have no family history of cancer…”可知,没有家族癌症病史的人也会患癌症。故选B。
    通读全文,文章中并未提及男性患癌症的情况,因此也就无从比较死于癌症的女性和男性数量的多少。故选C。
    由文章第五段“…76 percent of women surveyed did say they feel knowledgeable about how they can reduce their risk of the disease.”可知,大部分女性对于如何减少癌症风险还是有一定了解的。故选B。
    由文章第六段第三句话“17 percent said they wouldn ' t change their lifestyles , even if changes would lower their cancer risk.”可知,即使改变生活方式会降低癌症风险,但是有些女性还是不愿意去改变。故选A。
    由文章第七段第一句话“Many women said they were afraid to undergo screening out of fear of finding cancer.”可知,很多美国女性因为害怕被检查出癌症而不敢去检查。故选A。
    由文章最后一段可知,针对这些发现,AGOG将建立一个网站来指导女性了解自己的健康状况及提高她们对自己会患癌症的风险的理解,并未提及AGOG对女性关于癌症的教育受到了人们的感激。故选C。

  • 第9题:

    共用题干
    Survey Found Many Women Misinformed About Cancer Sixty-three percent of American women think that if there's no family history of cancer,they're not likely to develop the disease,a new survey found. In fact,most people who develop cancer have no family history of cancer,according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ( ACOG)(美国妇产科医师学会),which sponsored the survey.
    "Too many women are dying from cancer,"Dr.Douglas W.Laube,ACOG's immediate past president, said during a Friday teleconference."An estimated 200,070 women will die in the U.S.this year,and over 600 , 078 women will be diagnosed with cancer.The results of this survey found a worrisome(令人担忧的) gap in women's knowledge about cancer."
    Based on the findings,ACOG is increasing its efforts to educate women about cancer and the need for regular screening tests.
    Although the survey found many misconceptions(错误观念)about cancer , 76 percent of women surveyed did say they feel knowledgeable about how they can reduce their risk of the disease. However,only 52 percent said they were doing enough to reduce that risk.And 10 percent said they hadn't done anything in the past years to lower their risk.17 percent said they wouldn't change their lifestyles, even if changes would lower their cancer risk. Many women said they were afraid to undergo screening out of fear of finding cancer.
    Twenty percent said they didn't want to know if they had cancer. In response to these findings,ACOG will launch on Oct.29 a new website-Protect & Detect:What Women Should Know about Cancer.The guide is designed to help women to take charge of their health and improve their understanding of their risk of cancer-and the lifestyle steps they can take to cut that risk.

    People with no family history of cancer are unlikely to develop cancer.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    由文章第三段最后一句话“The results of this survey found a worrisome gap in women ' s knowledge about cancer.”可知,很多美国女性对癌症知识了解很少。故选A。
    由文章第二段“In fact , most people who develop cancer have no family history of cancer…”可知,没有家族癌症病史的人也会患癌症。故选B。
    通读全文,文章中并未提及男性患癌症的情况,因此也就无从比较死于癌症的女性和男性数量的多少。故选C。
    由文章第五段“…76 percent of women surveyed did say they feel knowledgeable about how they can reduce their risk of the disease.”可知,大部分女性对于如何减少癌症风险还是有一定了解的。故选B。
    由文章第六段第三句话“17 percent said they wouldn ' t change their lifestyles , even if changes would lower their cancer risk.”可知,即使改变生活方式会降低癌症风险,但是有些女性还是不愿意去改变。故选A。
    由文章第七段第一句话“Many women said they were afraid to undergo screening out of fear of finding cancer.”可知,很多美国女性因为害怕被检查出癌症而不敢去检查。故选A。
    由文章最后一段可知,针对这些发现,AGOG将建立一个网站来指导女性了解自己的健康状况及提高她们对自己会患癌症的风险的理解,并未提及AGOG对女性关于癌症的教育受到了人们的感激。故选C。

  • 第10题:

    Everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline more than women's, according to the results of a worldwide survey.
    Certain differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills ) , while women tend to excel (擅长) at recalling information from their brain's files (helpful with language skills and remembering the locations of objects).
    Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline ( 衰退) people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed.
    Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline.Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors, "so they're the ones that may not have shown such cognitive decline," said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.
    People surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category (范畴) as possible in the given time, e.g."object usually colored gray", and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing.The first two were tasks at which men usually excel; the latter were typically dominated by women.
    Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average.And though performance declined with age for both genders, women showed obviously less decline than men overall.
    Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

    A.Men do better than women when it comes to learning English.
    B.Women stand out at remembering people's names.
    C.Men excel at typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time.
    D.Women excel at dealing mathematic problems.

    答案:B
    解析:
    根据第二段Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images,while women tend to excel(擅长)at recalling information from their brain’s files.可推出答案为B。

  • 第11题:

    问答题
    Passage 2The History of Women’s Suffrage  A  In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class citizens whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home and care of the children. Women were considered subsets of their husbands, and after marriage they did not have the right to own property, maintain their wages, or sign a contract, much less vote. It was expected that women be obedient wives, never to hold a thought or opinion independent of their husbands. It was considered improper for women to travel alone or to speak in public. With the belief that intense physical or intellectual activity would be injurious to the delicate female biology and reproductive system, women were taught to refrain from pursuing any serious education. Silently perched in their birdcages, women were considered merely objects of beauty, and were looked upon as intellectually and physically inferior to men. This belief in women’s inferiority to men was further reinforced by organized religion which preached strict and well-defined sex roles.  B The Seneca Falls Convention  The women’s suffrage movement was formally set into motion in 1848 with the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.  The catalyst for this gathering was the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in 1840 in London and attended by an American delegation which included a number of women. In attendance were Lucretia Mort and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who were forced to sit in the galleries as observers because they were women. This poor treatment did not rest well with these women of progressive thoughts, and it was decided that they would hold their own convention to “discuss the social, civil and religious rights of women”.  Using The Declaration of Independence as a guideline, Stanton presented her Declaration of Principles in her hometown chapel and brought to light women’s subordinate status and made recommendations for change.  Resolution 9 requesting the right to vote was perhaps the most important in that it expressed the demand for sexual equality. Subsequent to the Seneca Falls Convention, the demand for the vote became the centerpiece of the women’s rights movement.  C  Suffrage During the Civil War  During the Civil War, women’s suffrage was eclipsed by the war effort and movement for the abolition of slavery. While annual conventions were held on a regular basis, there was much discussion but little action. Activists such as slave-born Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony lectured and petitioned the government for the emancipation of slaves with the belief that, once the war was over, women and slaves alike would be granted the same rights as the white men. At the end of the war, however, the government saw the suffrage of women and that of the negro as two separate issues and it was decided that the negro vote could produce the immediate political gain, particularly in the South, that the women’s vote could not.  Abraham Lincoln declared, “This hour belongs to the negro.”  D  Women Unite  With the side-stepping of women’s rights, women activists became enraged, and the American Equal Rights Association was established by Stanton and her colleagues in 1866 in effort to organize in the fight for women’s rights. In 1868, the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment proved an affront to the women’s movement, as it defined “citizenship” and “voters” as “male”, and raised the question as to whether women were considered citizens of the United States at all. The exclusion of women was further reinforced with the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, which enfranchised black men. In a disagreement over these Amendments, the women’s movement split into two factions. In New York, Stanton and Anthony established the radical National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell organized the more conservative American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) in Boston. These two groups later merged in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  E  Winning the Vote  Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote for Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election. Six years later, in 1878, a Women’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced to U.S. Congress. With the formation of numerous groups, such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and, the Women’s Trade Union League, the women’s movement gained a full head of steam during the 1890’s and early 1900’s. The U.S. involvement in World War I in 1918 slowed down the suffrage campaign as women pitched in for the war effort. However, in 1919, after years of petitioning, picketing, and protest parades, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress and in 1920 it became ratified under the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.  F Amendment xix  1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.  2. Congress shall have power to enforce this Article by appropriate legislation. (Ratified August 26, 1920)  G  Equal Rights Amendment  Upon this victory of the vote, the NAWSA disbanded as an organization, giving birth to the League of Women Voters. The vote was not enough to secure women’s equal rights according to Alice Paul, founder of the National Woman’s Party (NWP), who moved to take women’s rights one step further by proposing the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) to Congress in 1923. This demand to eliminate discrimination on the basis of gender failed to pass.  The push for the E.R.A. continued on a state-by-state basis, until the newly formed National Organization for Women (NOW) launched a national campaign during the 1960’s.  Despite many heated debates and protests, the E.R.A., while passed by Congress in 1972, has never been ratified.  Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?  In boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet, write  TRUE       if the statement agrees with the information  FALSE       if the statement contradicts the information  NOT GIVEN     if there is no information on this  1. In the early nineteenth century it was generally believed that men and women performed different roles in society.  2. The World Anti-Slavery Convention preceded the first Women’s Right Convention.  3. During the American Civil War, the Women’s suffrage movement flourished.  4. Men were not allowed to join the National Woman Suffrage Association.  5. The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was less radical than the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).  6. Abraham Lincoln was not sympathetic to the women’s movement.

    正确答案: 1. TRUE
    (根据题干关键词early nineteenth century, men and women, different roles可定位到原文A第一段的首句“In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class citizens whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home and care of the children”,由此可知在19世纪早期女性被视为二等公民,只能在家中做家务或照顾孩子,所以题干表述是正确的。因而答案为TRUE。)
    2. TRUE
    (根据题干关键词The World Ant-Slavery Convention (ASC)和first Women’s Right Convention (WRC)可定位到B第二段的第一句“The catalyst for this gathering was the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in 1840 in London and attended by an American delegation which included a number of women”,其中this gathering指的就是女权运动,因此可知题干表述是完全正确的。因而答案为TRUE。)
    3. FALSE
    (根据题干关键词American Civil War和flourished可定位到原文C部分首句“During the Civil War, women’s suffrage was eclipsed by the war effort and movement for the abolition of slavery”,文中eclipsed意思是“遮暗,使失色”,因此可知在内战期间女性选举权运动受到了影响,因此题干表述是不符合原文的。因而答案是FALSE。)
    4. NOT GIVEN
    (根据题干关键词National Woman Suffrage Association可定位到原文D部分尾句“Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell organized the more conservative American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) in Boston. These two groups later merged in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton”,该句中并未提到男人是否可以加入全国妇女选举协会这个组织,因而答案是NOT GIVEN。)
    5. FALSE
    (根据题干关键词National Woman Suffrage Association(NWSA), less radical和American Woman Suffrage Association(AWSA)可定位到D部分倒数第一、二句“Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell organized the more conservative American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) in Boston. These two groups later merged in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton”,通过这句话可知AWSA更保守一些,因此,可知答案应该是FALSE。)
    6. NOT GIVEN
    (根据题干关键词Abraham Lincoln和not sympathetic可定位到原文C段尾句“Abraham Lincoln declared, ‘This hour belongs to the negro’”,这句话只是林肯对黑人说的一句话,并不是它对于女权运动的态度,因此,答案是NOT GIVEN。)
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    From the whole passage, we know that ______.
    A

    men and women have exactly the same brains in their heads

    B

    men and women have quite different brains in their heads

    C

    men think of mathematical problems while women think of languages

    D

    men and women see the world around them in just the same way


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    文章开篇首先提出长久以来人们认为的观点,而后科学家通过研究得出结论——男女大脑并不相同。接着作者举出实例进行阐释,论证本文主题。所以B项的说法“男人和女人的大脑不一样”也即是原文的主要内容。

  • 第13题:

    Which of the following statements is true according to the article?

    A. Men do better than women when it comes to learning English.

    B.Women stand out at remembering people's names.

    C. Men excel at typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the giventime.

    D. Women excel at dealing mathematic problems.


    正确答案:B
    B  [解析]根据第二段“Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images,while women tend to excel(擅长)at recalling information from their brain,s files”可推出答案为B。

  • 第14题:

    请阅读短文,完成此题。
    It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the livesof the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines have beenintroduced. For example, it has been suggested that the employment of women in industry takethem out of the. household, their traditional sphere and fundamentally alter their position in society.In the nineteenth century, when women began to enter factories, Jules Simon, a French politician,warned that by doing so, women would give up their femininity. Fredrich Engels, however,predicted that women would be liberated from the"social, legal, and economic subordination" ofthe family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of "the whole femalesex .., into public industry." Observers thus differed concerning the social desirability ofmechanization's effects, but thev agreed that it would trmsiorm women's lives.
    Historians, particularly thnse investigating the history of women, now seriously question thisassumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations asthe spinning jenny, the sewing tnachine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not resultedin equally dramatic social changes in women's economic position or in the prevailing evaluation ofwomen's work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolutionwas largely and extension of an older pattern of employment for young, single women as domestics.It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previouslyseen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880'screated a new class of "dead end" jobs, thenceforth considered "women's work". The increase inthe numbers of married women enployed outside the home in the twentieth century, had less to dowith the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it didwith their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool ofsingle women worke, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
    Women's work has changed considerably in the past 200 years, moving from the household tothe ofiice or the factory, and later becoming mostly white-collar instead of blue-collar work. Fundamentally, however, the conditions under which women work have changed little since the Industrial Revolution: the segregation of occupatious by gender, lower pay for women as a group,jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labour remains demanding. Recent historical investigation has led to a major revision of the notion that lec.hnology is always inherently revolutionary in its effectson society. Mechanization may even have slowed any change in the traditional position of womeu both in the labour market and in the home.

    Why did the numbers of married women employers increase in the 20th century?
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    A.The mechanization of housework.
    B.The married women have much spare time.
    C.The employers don't want to hire the single women.
    D.Because of their own economic uecessity and high marriage rates.

    答案:D
    解析:
    根据题于中的“the numbers ofmarried women employers increase in the 20th century,’可定位至第二段末句“llle increase in the numbers of married women employed outside the home in the twentieth century had less to do with the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it did with their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool of single women workers,previously,in many cases,the only women employers would hire.”由此可知,20世纪已婚妇女职员的增加是因为她们经济上的必需性,以及结婚率的升高。D项符合。

  • 第15题:

    请阅读短文,完成此题。
    It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the livesof the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines have beenintroduced. For example, it has been suggested that the employment of women in industry takethem out of the. household, their traditional sphere and fundamentally alter their position in society.In the nineteenth century, when women began to enter factories, Jules Simon, a French politician,warned that by doing so, women would give up their femininity. Fredrich Engels, however,predicted that women would be liberated from the"social, legal, and economic subordination" ofthe family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of "the whole femalesex .., into public industry." Observers thus differed concerning the social desirability ofmechanization's effects, but thev agreed that it would trmsiorm women's lives.
    Historians, particularly thnse investigating the history of women, now seriously question thisassumption of transforming power. They conclude that such dramatic technological innovations asthe spinning jenny, the sewing tnachine, the typewriter, and the vacuum cleaner have not resultedin equally dramatic social changes in women's economic position or in the prevailing evaluation ofwomen's work. The employment of young women in textile mills during the Industrial Revolutionwas largely and extension of an older pattern of employment for young, single women as domestics.It was not the change in office technology, but rather the separation of secretarial work, previouslyseen as an apprenticeship for beginning managers, from administrative work that in the 1880'screated a new class of "dead end" jobs, thenceforth considered "women's work". The increase inthe numbers of married women enployed outside the home in the twentieth century, had less to dowith the mechanization of housework and an increase in leisure time for these women than it didwith their own economic necessity and with high marriage rates that shrank the available pool ofsingle women worke, previously, in many cases, the only women employers would hire.
    Women's work has changed considerably in the past 200 years, moving from the household tothe ofiice or the factory, and later becoming mostly white-collar instead of blue-collar work. Fundamentally, however, the conditions under which women work have changed little since the Industrial Revolution: the segregation of occupatious by gender, lower pay for women as a group,jobs that require relatively low levels of skill and offer women little opportunity for advancement all persist, while women's household labour remains demanding. Recent historical investigation has led to a major revision of the notion that lec.hnology is always inherently revolutionary in its effectson society. Mechanization may even have slowed any change in the traditional position of womeu both in the labour market and in the home.

    The best title of the passage may be
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    A.The Influence of Mechanization
    B.The Status of Women is Changing
    C.Changes of Women's Work
    D.Are Women and Men Equal

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章开头讲到,工业机械化使妇女从家务这样的传统领域中解脱,即使更多妇女参加工作,进而影响她们的生活和地位,接着文章讲到从工业革命时期到19世纪80年代,到20世纪妇女工作的发展变化,最后讲到,在过去的200年中,妇女的工作有了相当程度的变化,但仍然存在一些问题。综合全文内容可知,本文主要讲述了妇女工作的发展变化。C项符合。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    U. S. States Do Poorly in Women's Health

    Not a single U. S. state meets basic federal goals for women's health,and the nation
    as a whole fails except in two areas一mammograms(乳腺X光照片)and dental(牙齿的)
    check-ups一researchers said on Thursday.
    Millions of women lack health insurance,and states make it difficult to enroll(加入)in
    Medicaid,the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor,according to the report.
    And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking一the
    leading cause of death in the United States.
    "The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals,"
    reads the report,put together by the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon
    Health&Science University."These health goals provide a road map for assessing the
    status of women's health."
    Of 27 measures examined by the group,from screening for diseases to actually treating
    them,the nation passes on only two,the researchers said."The nation is so far from the
    health goals that it receives an overall grade of'unsatisfactory',"they wrote.
    The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general,
    the NWLC said.
    " State policy makers' piecemeal(一件一件做的)approach to our health care crisis has
    resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of
    women,"Judy Waxman,NWLC Vice President for Health,said in a statement.
    "Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive,long-term approach to meeting women's
    health needs and tackle this serious problem that troubles so many families."

    In which area is the nation successful?
    A:Dental check-ups.
    B:Health promotion.
    C:Disease screening.
    D:Cancer treatment.

    答案:A
    解析:

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    U. S. States Do Poorly in Women's Health

    Not a single U. S. state meets basic federal goals for women's health,and the nation
    as a whole fails except in two areas一mammograms(乳腺X光照片)and dental(牙齿的)
    check-ups一researchers said on Thursday.
    Millions of women lack health insurance,and states make it difficult to enroll(加入)in
    Medicaid,the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor,according to the report.
    And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking一the
    leading cause of death in the United States.
    "The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals,"
    reads the report,put together by the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon
    Health&Science University."These health goals provide a road map for assessing the
    status of women's health."
    Of 27 measures examined by the group,from screening for diseases to actually treating
    them,the nation passes on only two,the researchers said."The nation is so far from the
    health goals that it receives an overall grade of'unsatisfactory',"they wrote.
    The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general,
    the NWLC said.
    " State policy makers' piecemeal(一件一件做的)approach to our health care crisis has
    resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of
    women,"Judy Waxman,NWLC Vice President for Health,said in a statement.
    "Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive,long-term approach to meeting women's
    health needs and tackle this serious problem that troubles so many families."

    Which approach was recommended by Judy Waxman?
    A:The piecemeal approach.
    B:A state-federal approach.
    C:A comprehensive,long-term approach.
    D:A complex approach.

    答案:C
    解析:

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    U. S. States Do Poorly in Women's Health

    Not a single U. S. state meets basic federal goals for women's health,and the nation
    as a whole fails except in two areas一mammograms(乳腺X光照片)and dental(牙齿的)
    check-ups一researchers said on Thursday.
    Millions of women lack health insurance,and states make it difficult to enroll(加入)in
    Medicaid,the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor,according to the report.
    And few states are doing anywhere near enough to help women quit smoking一the
    leading cause of death in the United States.
    "The nation as a whole and the individual states fall short of meeting national goals,"
    reads the report,put together by the National Women's Law Center and the Oregon
    Health&Science University."These health goals provide a road map for assessing the
    status of women's health."
    Of 27 measures examined by the group,from screening for diseases to actually treating
    them,the nation passes on only two,the researchers said."The nation is so far from the
    health goals that it receives an overall grade of'unsatisfactory',"they wrote.
    The problem seems to be a lack among states of an overall plan for health in general,
    the NWLC said.
    " State policy makers' piecemeal(一件一件做的)approach to our health care crisis has
    resulted in a complex and ineffective system that fails to meet the health care needs of
    women,"Judy Waxman,NWLC Vice President for Health,said in a statement.
    "Lawmakers need to take a comprehensive,long-term approach to meeting women's
    health needs and tackle this serious problem that troubles so many families."

    The national goals for women's health make it easier to
    A:meet women's health needs.
    B:assess the status of women's health.
    C:solve women's health problems.
    D:deal with the health care crisis.

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第19题:

    共用题干
    Survey Found Many Women Misinformed About Cancer Sixty-three percent of American women think that if there's no family history of cancer,they're not likely to develop the disease,a new survey found. In fact,most people who develop cancer have no family history of cancer,according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ( ACOG)(美国妇产科医师学会),which sponsored the survey.
    "Too many women are dying from cancer,"Dr.Douglas W.Laube,ACOG's immediate past president, said during a Friday teleconference."An estimated 200,070 women will die in the U.S.this year,and over 600 , 078 women will be diagnosed with cancer.The results of this survey found a worrisome(令人担忧的) gap in women's knowledge about cancer."
    Based on the findings,ACOG is increasing its efforts to educate women about cancer and the need for regular screening tests.
    Although the survey found many misconceptions(错误观念)about cancer , 76 percent of women surveyed did say they feel knowledgeable about how they can reduce their risk of the disease. However,only 52 percent said they were doing enough to reduce that risk.And 10 percent said they hadn't done anything in the past years to lower their risk.17 percent said they wouldn't change their lifestyles, even if changes would lower their cancer risk. Many women said they were afraid to undergo screening out of fear of finding cancer.
    Twenty percent said they didn't want to know if they had cancer. In response to these findings,ACOG will launch on Oct.29 a new website-Protect & Detect:What Women Should Know about Cancer.The guide is designed to help women to take charge of their health and improve their understanding of their risk of cancer-and the lifestyle steps they can take to cut that risk.

    Some American women are just unwilling to change their lifestyles.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    由文章第三段最后一句话“The results of this survey found a worrisome gap in women ' s knowledge about cancer.”可知,很多美国女性对癌症知识了解很少。故选A。
    由文章第二段“In fact , most people who develop cancer have no family history of cancer…”可知,没有家族癌症病史的人也会患癌症。故选B。
    通读全文,文章中并未提及男性患癌症的情况,因此也就无从比较死于癌症的女性和男性数量的多少。故选C。
    由文章第五段“…76 percent of women surveyed did say they feel knowledgeable about how they can reduce their risk of the disease.”可知,大部分女性对于如何减少癌症风险还是有一定了解的。故选B。
    由文章第六段第三句话“17 percent said they wouldn ' t change their lifestyles , even if changes would lower their cancer risk.”可知,即使改变生活方式会降低癌症风险,但是有些女性还是不愿意去改变。故选A。
    由文章第七段第一句话“Many women said they were afraid to undergo screening out of fear of finding cancer.”可知,很多美国女性因为害怕被检查出癌症而不敢去检查。故选A。
    由文章最后一段可知,针对这些发现,AGOG将建立一个网站来指导女性了解自己的健康状况及提高她们对自己会患癌症的风险的理解,并未提及AGOG对女性关于癌症的教育受到了人们的感激。故选C。

  • 第20题:

    共用题干
    New Changes in American Life
    Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families,while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children.______(46)But by the middle of this centu- ry,men's and women's roles were becoming less firmly fixed.
    In the 1950s,economic and social success was the goal of the typical American.But in the l960s a new force developed called the counterculture.______(47)The counterculture presen- ted men and women with new role choices.Taking more interest in childcare,men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives.In fact,some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both se- xes.______(48)Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Viet-nam。
    In terms of numbers,the counterculture was not a very large group of people.______(49) Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns.Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on“overtime”work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families.Some doctors,lawyers,and teachers turned away from high paying situa-tions to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.
    In the 1970s,the feminist movement,or women's liberation,produced additional economic and social changes.Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers.______(50)But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work,banking,dentistry,and construction work.Women were asking for equal work,and equal opportunities for promotion.
    Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women.Naturally,there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.

    ______(46)
    A: In addition,many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier.
    B: Most of them still took traditional women's jobs as public school teaching,nursing,and secretarial work.
    C: These roles were firmly fixed for most people,and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles.
    D: But its influence spread to many parts of American society.
    E: The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals.
    F: A great many jobs that used to belong to men are now taken by women.

    答案:C
    解析:
    空格46后面的句子中出现了一个比较级“less firmly”,这说明空格中也应有这样一个副词。从句意上看,空格后面的句子以转折词but引导,说明该句与空格中的句子成转折关系。综合考虑,本题选C。
    空格47所在段落主要是在谈论20世纪50年代的“反文化”运动给传统意义下的美国男女作用时比带来的影响。选项中只有E项出现了“the movement”这个词组,所以大致圈定选项E。从上下文来看,选项E实际上是该段中所谈到的变化的总括,故选E。
    空格48后面的句子是在讲许多年轻人不愿服兵役参加越战,该句与段落中其他句子没有直接联系,这说明空格中的句子应该是承上启下的连接句。选项A中出现“in addition”连接上文,“male role of soldier”照应下文,这表明A项是合适的选项。
    空格所在的段落继续谈论“反文化”运动对美国社会的影响,但从上下文来看,该段已不仅仅在说对男女角色关系的影响,所以与上段之间缺少一个连接句来照应。选项 D的意思是“它影响到美国社会的很多方面”,符合题意,故选D。
    本段主要是说美国女权运动所带来的影响,妇女们大量加入劳动力大军。空格50 后面的句子以but引导,这说明两句话之间是对比关系。后者是说明妇女从事了一些以前本属于男人的工作,那么空格所在的句子也就应该是说妇女从事一些传统的工作,这就是选项B的意思,故选B。

  • 第21题:

    共用题干
    New Changes in American Life
    Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men
    worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families,while women cooked the
    meals and took care of the home and the children._______(46)But by the middle of this century,men's and women's roles were becoming less firmly fixed.
    In the 1950s,economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the
    1960 s a new force developed called the counterculture._______(47)The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare,men began to share
    child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact,some young men and women moved to communal
    homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes._______(48)Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Viet-nam。
    In terms of numbers,the counterculture was not a very large group of people._______(49)
    Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns.Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on“overtime”work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families .Some doctors,lawyers,and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.
    In the 1970s,the feminist movement,or women's liberation,produced additional economic and social changes.Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers._______(50)But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work,banking,dentistry,and construction work.Women were asking for equal work,and equal opportunities for promotion.
    Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women .Naturally,there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.

    _______(49)
    A: In addition,many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier.
    B:Most of them still took traditional women's jobs as public school teaching,nursing,and secretarial work.
    C: These roles were firmly fixed for most people,and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles.
    D: But its influence spread to many parts of American society.
    E: The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals.
    F: A great many jobs that used to belong to men are now taken by women.

    答案:D
    解析:
    空格46后面的句子中出现了一个比较级“less firmly”,这说明空格中也应有这样一个副词。从句意上看,空格后面的句子以转折词but引导,说明该句与空格中的句子成转折关系。综合考虑,本题选C。


    空格47所在段落主要是在谈论20世纪50年代的“反文化”运动给传统意义下的美国男女作用对比带来的影响。选项中只有E项出现了“the movement”这个词组,所以大致圈定选项E。从上下文来看,选项E实际上是该段中所谈到的变化的总括,故选E。


    空格48后面的句子是在讲许多年轻人不愿服兵役参加越战,该句与段落中其他句子没有直接联系,这说明空格中的句子应该是承上启下的连接句。选项A中出现in addition连接上文,male role of soldier照应下文,这表明A项是合适的选项。


    空格所在的段落继续谈论“反文化”运动对美国社会的影响,但从上下文来看,该段已不仅仅在说对男女角色关系的影响,所以与上段之间缺少一个连接句来照应。选项 D的意思是“它影响到美国社会的很多方面”,符合题意,故选D。


    本段主要是说美国女权运动所带来的影响,妇女们大量加入劳动力大军。空格50 后面的句子以but引导,这说明两句话之间是对比关系。后者是说明妇女从事了一些以前本属于男人的工作,那么空格所在的句子也就应该是说妇女从事一些传统的工作,这就是选项B的意思,故选B。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
    A

    The division of sex-defined roles is completely unacceptable.

    B

    Women’s roles in work are too limited at present.

    C

    In one society, men might perform what is considered women’s duties by another.

    D

    Some of the women’s roles in domestic duties cannot be taken over by men.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    本题可参照文章的最后一段。从中可知,这种性别角色在不同的社会里差异很大,但人们还是愿意接受这种男女之间的差异是天生的观念。因此A项为正确答案。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    According to the passage, which of the following would be the most accurate description of the society envisioned by most Saint-Simonians?
    A

    A society in which women were highly regarded for their extensive education.

    B

    A society in which the two genders played complementary roles and had equal status.

    C

    A society in which women did not enter public life.

    D

    A social order in which a body of men and women would rule together on the basis of their spiritual power.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    由文章第三段最后一句话可知,虽然Saint-Simonians不反对男女之间的差别,但是他们主张男女平等的社会地位和社会角色。B选项正是此意。A,C,D选项的内容在文中均未提及。