问答题Passage 2  In sports the sexes are separate. (1)______ and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That (2)______ is (3)______ people say. Women are (4)______ “the weaker sex”, or if men want to please them,“the fair s

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Passage 2  In sports the sexes are separate. (1)______ and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That (2)______ is (3)______ people say. Women are (4)______ “the weaker sex”, or if men want to please them,“the fair sex”. But boys and girls are taught (5)______ schools and universities. There are women (6)______ are famous prime ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. (7)______ European woman can expect (8)______ until the age of 74; a man only until he is 68. Are women's bodies really weaker? The fastest men can run a mile in (9)______ 4 minutes. The best women need 5 minutes. Women's times are always slower than (10)______ , but some facts are a surprise. Some of the (11)______ women swimmers today are girls. One of them swam 400 meters (12)______ 4 minutes and 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first“Tartan” in films (13)______ an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes and 59.1 seconds, (14)______ is 37.9 seconds (15)______ than a girl 50 years (16)______! This does not mean that women are catching men (17)______. Conditions are very different now, and sport is much (18)______ serious. It is (19)______ serious that some women are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check (20)______ the women are really women or not. It seems like that sport has many problems. Life can be very complicated when there are more than two separate sexes.1. A. Woman      B. Womans      C. Women     D. Females2. A. at least    B. at most     C. at less    D. at more3. A. that      B. which      C. what      D. who4. A. call      B. called      C. calls     D. to call5. A. in       B. to        C. on       D. at6. A. who       B. whom       C. what      D. that7. A. A        B. An        C. The      D. /8. A. live      B. to live     C. living     D. lived9. A. among      B. between     C. under     D. amount10. A. men      B. man       C. men’s     D. man’s11. A. fast      B. faster      C. fastest    D. fastly12. A. in       B. on        C. under     D. between13. A. were      B. is        C. was      D. are14. A. that      B. when       C. who      D. which15. A. slow      B. fast       C. slower     D. faster16. A. later     B. late       C. lately     D. latest17. A. on       B. at        C. up       D. in18. A. most      B. least      C. more      D. less19. A. such      B. so        C. very      D. many20. A. if       B. but       C. that      D. whether

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3.Passage FourWomen earn less than men do. For example, in 1998 the hourly wages of women in the U. S. were 26% less than those of men.The gap between male and female incomes varies with age. The gap between the labor incomes of young women and young menvaries. It's also clear that jobs in which women are concentrated pay less. The larger the number of workers who are women in ranindustry, the lower the average wages.Why do women earn less than men do? Can the differences be explained by the fact that women are lookeddown upon? If so, the government has to intervene(干预), to force the employers to pay equal wages to equal jobs. However, there is no agreement among economists about the causes ofthe gap. One view argues that women, on the average, have chosen low-paying jobs in which workers enjoy the freedom of entering and leaving the labor force, which reduces their years of experience relativeto men. Other people say the gap can also be explained by the difference in educational background.Much of the gap, however, has not been fully explained. It might be the result of some prejudice (偏见) against women. It is this part that has produced calls for government action. What would happen if the government did intervene toincrease the wages paid to women? One possibility is that incomes for women as a group might actually decline (下降). An increase in wage decreases the quantity of labor imput demanded, resulting in decreased employment as the rate of hiring newworkers declines. The result will be a surplus 过剩) of labor. Those who can find jobs might be better off while those who had jobsmight find themselves out of work.48. Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because______.A. there are more than enough women in the labor forceB. women have more freedom in selecting jobsC. women are only provided with low-paid jobsD. women are less experienced than men

4.阅读理解(40分)根据下列材料请回答 46~50 题:AThe law says that women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them.The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men.They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won' t consider. And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children.All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government's Women's Unite.The biggest problem isn’t equal pay in workplaces such as factories. It is a sort of work womendo.Make a list of the low-paid jobs, then consider who does them.Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies, and childcare helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there?Yet some of those jobs are really important. Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start.So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer-- because they are women.This is not going to be put right overnight. But the Government which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start.It is disgraceful(可耻的) that we have gone into the 21st Century but still treat women as second-class citizens.第 46 题 Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and be paid equally as men_________.A. after 25 yearsB. according to the lawC. as a result of the Equal Pay ActD. because women are as strong as men

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  • 第1题:

    Passage Four

    Equal pay for equal work is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are looked down upon by the society. They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.

    People who hold the opposite opinion(mainly men)have an answer to this. They say that men have more responsibility than women; a married man is expected to earn money to support his family and to make important decisions, and therefore it is right for men to be paid more. There are some people who hold even stronger opinion than this and are against married women working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time job, they will be unable to do the things they are supposed to. Women are best at making a comfortable home and bringing up children. They will have to give up their present position in society.

    "This is exactly what they want to give up, "the women who disagree say. "They want to escape from the limited place which society expects them to fill, and to have freedom to choose between a job and home life, or a mixture of the two. Women have the right of equal pay and equal opportunities."

    These women have expressed their opinions forcefully by using the famous saying, "All men are created equal." They point out that the meaning of this sentence is "all human beings are created equal."

    48. The women use the phrase "equal pay for equal work" to demand that______.

    A. women's work shouldn't be harder than men's

    B. men should be paid less than women

    C. people doing harder work should earn more

    D. men and women should be paid the same amount of money for the same work


    正确答案:A
    48.答案为A  此题为词汇题。“同工同酬”的意义解释。

  • 第2题:

    Text 2

    Women are, on the whole, more verbal than men. They are good at language and verbal reasoning, while men tend to be skilled at tasks demanding visual spatial abilities. In fact, along with aggression, these are the most commonly accepted differences between the sexes.

    Words are tools for communicating with other people, especially information about people. They are mainly social tools. Visual and spatial abilities are good for imagining and manipulating objects and for communicating information about them. Are these talents programmed into the brain? In some of the newest and most controversial research in neurophysiology, it has been suggested that when it comes to the brain, males are specialists while women are generalists.

    But no one knows what, if anything, this means in terms of the abilities of the two sexes. Engineering is both visual and spatial, and it' s true that there are relatively few women engineers. But women become just as skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car, tasks that involve visual spatial skills. They also do equally well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial. Women do, however, seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their identity. A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle, or computer as a useful tool, but not in itself fascinating.

    26. According to the passage, women are usually good at ______.

    A) body language

    B) logical reasoning

    C) tasks demanding for the use of words

    D) both A and B


    正确答案:C
    答案:C
    [试题分析] 事实推论题。
    [详细解答] 根据本文第一句Women are,on the whole,more verbal than men,显然可以推断wornen are usually good at tasks demanding for the use of words。阅此,本题答案为C。

  • 第3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4题:

    What does the author want to tell us most?

    A. Women' s brains are better organized for language and communication

    B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.

    C. Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.

    D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.


    正确答案:A

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    1.All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men and much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection,and more than half may see a distorted image.
    2.Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women一if anything,they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness.Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
    3.Why are women too much more self-critical than men?Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the"ideal"face.And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV,magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly.It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
    4.Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.In 1917,the physically perfect woman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone(约140磅).Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman,now they weigh 23% less.The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population一and that's just in terms of weight and size.If you want the ideal shape,face,etc, it's probably more like 1%.

    Paragraph 3_________
    A:How do men view their appearance?
    B:How can women make themselves more beautiful?
    C:Why do men and women view their appearance differently?
    D:Is it possible for women to meet the standards of perfect beauty?
    E:How do people judge women and men?
    F: How do women view their appearance?

    答案:C
    解析:
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是女性对自己的外貌持挑剔态度。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是和女性相比,男性对自己的外貌更为肯定和自信。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是男女之所以对自己的外貌会有如此不同看法的原因。该段第一句即为主题句。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是想成为一位不论是身材还是脸蛋都很“完美”的女性的概率非常之小。该段第一句是本段的主题句。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段最后一句:Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.有些男性照镜子时甚至看不到自己外貌中的瑕疵。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句:Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.因为和男性相比,人们更多的是用外表来对女性进行判断,女性美的标准也更高,更为恒定不变。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段第一句:Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.再者,大多数女性努力想要实现不可能的事情:女性美的标准实际上在上个世纪已将变得越来越不切实际。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句:If you want the ideal shape , face , etc , it's probably more like 1%.

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    1.All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men and much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection,and more than half may see a distorted image.
    2.Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women一if anything,they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness.Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
    3.Why are women too much more self-critical than men?Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the"ideal"face.And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV,magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly.It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
    4.Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.In 1917,the physically perfect woman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone(约140磅).Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman,now they weigh 23% less.The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population一and that's just in terms of weight and size.If you want the ideal shape,face,etc, it's probably more like 1%.

    Paragraph 2_________
    A:How do men view their appearance?
    B:How can women make themselves more beautiful?
    C:Why do men and women view their appearance differently?
    D:Is it possible for women to meet the standards of perfect beauty?
    E:How do people judge women and men?
    F: How do women view their appearance?

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是女性对自己的外貌持挑剔态度。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是和女性相比,男性对自己的外貌更为肯定和自信。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是男女之所以对自己的外貌会有如此不同看法的原因。该段第一句即为主题句。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是想成为一位不论是身材还是脸蛋都很“完美”的女性的概率非常之小。该段第一句是本段的主题句。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段最后一句:Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.有些男性照镜子时甚至看不到自己外貌中的瑕疵。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句:Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.因为和男性相比,人们更多的是用外表来对女性进行判断,女性美的标准也更高,更为恒定不变。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段第一句:Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.再者,大多数女性努力想要实现不可能的事情:女性美的标准实际上在上个世纪已将变得越来越不切实际。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句:If you want the ideal shape , face , etc , it's probably more like 1%.

  • 第7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.
    According to the passage, which of the following can NOT be typed into the same category?

    A.clouD.
    B.sheep
    C.trees
    D.goose

    答案:C
    解析:
    根据文章第五段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…推断,以白色为限定范畴可推出选项C为答案。

  • 第8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.
    The author aims to tell us that__________ .

    A.women's minds perform better than men's
    B.men's minds decline more with age
    C.everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older
    D.a survey on human's mind decline was done recently

    答案:B
    解析:
    根据文章开头…but men’s minds decline more than women’s…可知本题答案为B。

  • 第9题:

    共用题干
    Careers for Women

    It is only seventy years since British women got the right to vote.Some people think this is the main reason why women are so under-represented in politics,trade unions and big businesses.Others feel it is simply because that they are much too busy doing other things.The old saying"a woman's place is in the home"may seem out of date to most people,but the old,fixed image of a woman as a supporting wife and caring mother is certainly still usual一one only has to watch a few television ads.
    In 1975 the law did not allow women to be paid less than men doing the same work.Certainly it is usually the case nowadays that women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it. But generally women do not do the same jobs:they do different ones that offer lower salaries.
    In the United States,there are two million women entering the workforce every year. The new workers include all ages and backgrounds:teenagers,college students,young housewives,and older women who have lost their husbands.Altogether,more than half of the eighty-four million women in
    the United States are now employed or seeking employment.Most of them are still holding tightly to the womanly jobs such as nursing,teaching,catering and office work jobs that can be seen as an extension of the mothering role.
    Although the areas women work in are almost all those of"service",a growing number of pioneers are venturing into other fields. They run business;they manage farms;they become astronauts, carpenters,lawyers,truck or taxi-drivers,coal miners,or politicians.They join the army or the navy.So far no woman has become president of the country;but that might happen,as indeed it has happened in other countries.
    Apart from looking after people during the day at work,women often have to take care of a family at home too,which may mean they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development. In almost every field,top positions are more likely to be filled by men. While most teachers are women,for example,most head masters are not.School cooks are women,head cooks are men and even cleaners tend to be watched over and directed by male caretakers.

    Women are naturally less competitive than men in work since they are not as energetic as men.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第一段就指出“It is only seventy years since British women got the rightto vote",七十年前英国妇女才获得了选举权,因此选B
    文章并没有提到几十年前妇女是否因为太忙没有时间参加社会事务,所以选C。
    该判断正确。文中第二段提到“Certainly it is usually the case nowadaysthat women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it.”即通常和男人做同样工作的女人拿到的钱和男人一样多。
    第三段最后一句说到很多妇女做的工作“can be seen as an extension of themothering role",这些工作都可以被看作是看顾、照料型角色的扩展,mothering意思是“像母亲般照顾人的”而非“母亲”的意思,所以选B。
    文章并没有提到美国是否在短期内就会产生一名女性总统,只是说“Sofar no woman has become president of the country; but that might happen",即有可能产生女总统,所以选C。
    文章最后一段表明一个事实,即女性在工作和家庭中都需要做照顾性的工作,而这也许意味着“they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development", 而不是在工作上天生不如男性精力旺盛,所以选B
    文章最后一段倒数第二句提到“While most teachers are women ...most head masters are not",即虽然大多数教师是女性,但学校的校长却不是女性。所以A正确。

  • 第10题:

    共用题干
    Careers for Women

    It is only seventy years since British women got the right to vote.Some people think this is the main reason why women are so under-represented in politics,trade unions and big businesses.Others feel it is simply because that they are much too busy doing other things.The old saying"a woman's place is in the home"may seem out of date to most people,but the old,fixed image of a woman as a supporting wife and caring mother is certainly still usual一one only has to watch a few television ads.
    In 1975 the law did not allow women to be paid less than men doing the same work.Certainly it is usually the case nowadays that women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it. But generally women do not do the same jobs:they do different ones that offer lower salaries.
    In the United States,there are two million women entering the workforce every year. The new workers include all ages and backgrounds:teenagers,college students,young housewives,and older women who have lost their husbands.Altogether,more than half of the eighty-four million women in
    the United States are now employed or seeking employment.Most of them are still holding tightly to the womanly jobs such as nursing,teaching,catering and office work jobs that can be seen as an extension of the mothering role.
    Although the areas women work in are almost all those of"service",a growing number of pioneers are venturing into other fields. They run business;they manage farms;they become astronauts, carpenters,lawyers,truck or taxi-drivers,coal miners,or politicians.They join the army or the navy.So far no woman has become president of the country;but that might happen,as indeed it has happened in other countries.
    Apart from looking after people during the day at work,women often have to take care of a family at home too,which may mean they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development. In almost every field,top positions are more likely to be filled by men. While most teachers are women,for example,most head masters are not.School cooks are women,head cooks are men and even cleaners tend to be watched over and directed by male caretakers.

    Women usually get the same money as men do for doing the same jobs.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段就指出“It is only seventy years since British women got the rightto vote",七十年前英国妇女才获得了选举权,因此选B
    文章并没有提到几十年前妇女是否因为太忙没有时间参加社会事务,所以选C。
    该判断正确。文中第二段提到“Certainly it is usually the case nowadaysthat women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it.”即通常和男人做同样工作的女人拿到的钱和男人一样多。
    第三段最后一句说到很多妇女做的工作“can be seen as an extension of themothering role",这些工作都可以被看作是看顾、照料型角色的扩展,mothering意思是“像母亲般照顾人的”而非“母亲”的意思,所以选B。
    文章并没有提到美国是否在短期内就会产生一名女性总统,只是说“Sofar no woman has become president of the country; but that might happen",即有可能产生女总统,所以选C。
    文章最后一段表明一个事实,即女性在工作和家庭中都需要做照顾性的工作,而这也许意味着“they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development", 而不是在工作上天生不如男性精力旺盛,所以选B
    文章最后一段倒数第二句提到“While most teachers are women ...most head masters are not",即虽然大多数教师是女性,但学校的校长却不是女性。所以A正确。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    The passage suggests that women _____.
    A

    smoke as much as men

    B

    react better than men to smoking

    C

    are affected by smoking only during pregnancy

    D

    run the same risks as men if they smoke


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第12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13题:

    People who disagree with women's opinions believe______.

    A. women can't do what men can

    B. men can earn money more easily than women

    C. men's responsibilities are different from women's

    D. men have to work much harder than women


    正确答案:C
    50.答案为C  此题为细节题。从第二段中句子They say that men have more responsibility than women可以得出答案是C

  • 第14题:

    Questions 61-65 are based on Passage Two:

    Passage Two

    Everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline(衰退) 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 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 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 Egland.

    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 I colored gray”, and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing.The first two were task 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.

    The underlined word in the second paragraph means_________.

    A. natural

    B. great

    C. obvious

    D. absolute


    正确答案:A
    A[解析]男女大脑在某些方面的差异是天生固有的。

  • 第15题:

    Reading Comprehension

    Directions:There are two passages iⅡthis part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You should decide on the best choice.

    Questions 56- 60 are based on Passage One:

    Passage One

    The law says that women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them.

    The reality is very different.Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act,many of them still get paid less than men.

    They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won't consider.And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children.

    All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government's Women's Unite.

    The biggest problem isn't equal pay in workplaces such as factories.It is a sort of work women do.Make a list of the low-paid jobs, then consider who do them.

    Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies,and child care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there?

    Yet some of those jobs are really important.Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start.

    So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer—because they are women.

    This is not going to be put right overnight. But the Government which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start.

    It is disgraceful(可耻的) that we have gone into the 21st century but still treat women as second-class citizens.

    Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and be paid equally as Men( ).

    A. after 25 years

    B. according to the law

    C. as a result of the Equal Pay Act

    D. because women are as strong as men


    正确答案:B
    B[解析]根据the Equal Pay Act应该做到男女平等,C选项错在并不是因为the Equal Pay Act的结果。所以答案选B。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    1.All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men and much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection,and more than half may see a distorted image.
    2.Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women一if anything,they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness.Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
    3.Why are women too much more self-critical than men?Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the"ideal"face.And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV,magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly.It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
    4.Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.In 1917,the physically perfect woman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone(约140磅).Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman,now they weigh 23% less.The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population一and that's just in terms of weight and size.If you want the ideal shape,face,etc, it's probably more like 1%.

    Paragraph 4_________
    A:How do men view their appearance?
    B:How can women make themselves more beautiful?
    C:Why do men and women view their appearance differently?
    D:Is it possible for women to meet the standards of perfect beauty?
    E:How do people judge women and men?
    F: How do women view their appearance?

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是女性对自己的外貌持挑剔态度。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是和女性相比,男性对自己的外貌更为肯定和自信。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是男女之所以对自己的外貌会有如此不同看法的原因。该段第一句即为主题句。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是想成为一位不论是身材还是脸蛋都很“完美”的女性的概率非常之小。该段第一句是本段的主题句。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段最后一句:Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.有些男性照镜子时甚至看不到自己外貌中的瑕疵。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句:Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.因为和男性相比,人们更多的是用外表来对女性进行判断,女性美的标准也更高,更为恒定不变。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段第一句:Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.再者,大多数女性努力想要实现不可能的事情:女性美的标准实际上在上个世纪已将变得越来越不切实际。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句:If you want the ideal shape , face , etc , it's probably more like 1%.

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    1.All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men and much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection,and more than half may see a distorted image.
    2.Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women一if anything,they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness.Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
    3.Why are women too much more self-critical than men?Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the inflexible.Women are continually bombarded with images of the"ideal"face.And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV,magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly.It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.
    4.Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.In 1917,the physically perfect woman was about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed nearly 10 stone(约140磅).Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman,now they weigh 23% less.The current media ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population一and that's just in terms of weight and size.If you want the ideal shape,face,etc, it's probably more like 1%.

    Paragraph 1________
    A:How do men view their appearance?
    B:How can women make themselves more beautiful?
    C:Why do men and women view their appearance differently?
    D:Is it possible for women to meet the standards of perfect beauty?
    E:How do people judge women and men?
    F: How do women view their appearance?

    答案:F
    解析:
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是女性对自己的外貌持挑剔态度。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是和女性相比,男性对自己的外貌更为肯定和自信。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是男女之所以对自己的外貌会有如此不同看法的原因。该段第一句即为主题句。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是想成为一位不论是身材还是脸蛋都很“完美”的女性的概率非常之小。该段第一句是本段的主题句。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段最后一句:Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.有些男性照镜子时甚至看不到自己外貌中的瑕疵。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句:Because women are judged on their appearance more than men,and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible.因为和男性相比,人们更多的是用外表来对女性进行判断,女性美的标准也更高,更为恒定不变。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段第一句:Also,most women are trying to achieve the impossible:standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century.再者,大多数女性努力想要实现不可能的事情:女性美的标准实际上在上个世纪已将变得越来越不切实际。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句:If you want the ideal shape , face , etc , it's probably more like 1%.

  • 第18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19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.
    The underlined word in the second paragraph means__________.

    A.natural
    B.great
    C.obvious
    D.absolute

    答案:A
    解析:
    男女大脑在某些方面的差异是天生固有的。

  • 第20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.
    One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that__________ .

    A.the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline
    B.people surveyed are all olD.
    C.people taking part in this test came from all over the worlD.
    D.women live longer than men

    答案:A
    解析:
    由第四段的Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people,and women live longer than men…可以推出A正确。

  • 第21题:

    共用题干
    Careers for Women

    It is only seventy years since British women got the right to vote.Some people think this is the main reason why women are so under-represented in politics,trade unions and big businesses.Others feel it is simply because that they are much too busy doing other things.The old saying"a woman's place is in the home"may seem out of date to most people,but the old,fixed image of a woman as a supporting wife and caring mother is certainly still usual一one only has to watch a few television ads.
    In 1975 the law did not allow women to be paid less than men doing the same work.Certainly it is usually the case nowadays that women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it. But generally women do not do the same jobs:they do different ones that offer lower salaries.
    In the United States,there are two million women entering the workforce every year. The new workers include all ages and backgrounds:teenagers,college students,young housewives,and older women who have lost their husbands.Altogether,more than half of the eighty-four million women in
    the United States are now employed or seeking employment.Most of them are still holding tightly to the womanly jobs such as nursing,teaching,catering and office work jobs that can be seen as an extension of the mothering role.
    Although the areas women work in are almost all those of"service",a growing number of pioneers are venturing into other fields. They run business;they manage farms;they become astronauts, carpenters,lawyers,truck or taxi-drivers,coal miners,or politicians.They join the army or the navy.So far no woman has become president of the country;but that might happen,as indeed it has happened in other countries.
    Apart from looking after people during the day at work,women often have to take care of a family at home too,which may mean they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development. In almost every field,top positions are more likely to be filled by men. While most teachers are women,for example,most head masters are not.School cooks are women,head cooks are men and even cleaners tend to be watched over and directed by male caretakers.

    Decades ago women were too busy to get involved in social affairs.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章第一段就指出“It is only seventy years since British women got the rightto vote",七十年前英国妇女才获得了选举权,因此选B
    文章并没有提到几十年前妇女是否因为太忙没有时间参加社会事务,所以选C。
    该判断正确。文中第二段提到“Certainly it is usually the case nowadaysthat women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it.”即通常和男人做同样工作的女人拿到的钱和男人一样多。
    第三段最后一句说到很多妇女做的工作“can be seen as an extension of themothering role",这些工作都可以被看作是看顾、照料型角色的扩展,mothering意思是“像母亲般照顾人的”而非“母亲”的意思,所以选B。
    文章并没有提到美国是否在短期内就会产生一名女性总统,只是说“Sofar no woman has become president of the country; but that might happen",即有可能产生女总统,所以选C。
    文章最后一段表明一个事实,即女性在工作和家庭中都需要做照顾性的工作,而这也许意味着“they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development", 而不是在工作上天生不如男性精力旺盛,所以选B
    文章最后一段倒数第二句提到“While most teachers are women ...most head masters are not",即虽然大多数教师是女性,但学校的校长却不是女性。所以A正确。

  • 第22题:

    共用题干
    Careers for Women

    It is only seventy years since British women got the right to vote.Some people think this is the main reason why women are so under-represented in politics,trade unions and big businesses.Others feel it is simply because that they are much too busy doing other things.The old saying"a woman's place is in the home"may seem out of date to most people,but the old,fixed image of a woman as a supporting wife and caring mother is certainly still usual一one only has to watch a few television ads.
    In 1975 the law did not allow women to be paid less than men doing the same work.Certainly it is usually the case nowadays that women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it. But generally women do not do the same jobs:they do different ones that offer lower salaries.
    In the United States,there are two million women entering the workforce every year. The new workers include all ages and backgrounds:teenagers,college students,young housewives,and older women who have lost their husbands.Altogether,more than half of the eighty-four million women in
    the United States are now employed or seeking employment.Most of them are still holding tightly to the womanly jobs such as nursing,teaching,catering and office work jobs that can be seen as an extension of the mothering role.
    Although the areas women work in are almost all those of"service",a growing number of pioneers are venturing into other fields. They run business;they manage farms;they become astronauts, carpenters,lawyers,truck or taxi-drivers,coal miners,or politicians.They join the army or the navy.So far no woman has become president of the country;but that might happen,as indeed it has happened in other countries.
    Apart from looking after people during the day at work,women often have to take care of a family at home too,which may mean they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development. In almost every field,top positions are more likely to be filled by men. While most teachers are women,for example,most head masters are not.School cooks are women,head cooks are men and even cleaners tend to be watched over and directed by male caretakers.

    The heads of schools are more likely to be men.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段就指出“It is only seventy years since British women got the rightto vote",七十年前英国妇女才获得了选举权,因此选B
    文章并没有提到几十年前妇女是否因为太忙没有时间参加社会事务,所以选C。
    该判断正确。文中第二段提到“Certainly it is usually the case nowadaysthat women doing the same jobs as men get the same money for doing it.”即通常和男人做同样工作的女人拿到的钱和男人一样多。
    第三段最后一句说到很多妇女做的工作“can be seen as an extension of themothering role",这些工作都可以被看作是看顾、照料型角色的扩展,mothering意思是“像母亲般照顾人的”而非“母亲”的意思,所以选B。
    文章并没有提到美国是否在短期内就会产生一名女性总统,只是说“Sofar no woman has become president of the country; but that might happen",即有可能产生女总统,所以选C。
    文章最后一段表明一个事实,即女性在工作和家庭中都需要做照顾性的工作,而这也许意味着“they have less energy to compete in the race for professional development", 而不是在工作上天生不如男性精力旺盛,所以选B
    文章最后一段倒数第二句提到“While most teachers are women ...most head masters are not",即虽然大多数教师是女性,但学校的校长却不是女性。所以A正确。

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    According to him, women are better liars than men.

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    问答题
    Passage 2  In sports the sexes are separate. (1)______ and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That (2)______ is (3)______ people say. Women are (4)______ “the weaker sex”, or if men want to please them,“the fair sex”. But boys and girls are taught (5)______ schools and universities. There are women (6)______ are famous prime ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. (7)______ European woman can expect (8)______ until the age of 74; a man only until he is 68. Are women's bodies really weaker? The fastest men can run a mile in (9)______ 4 minutes. The best women need 5 minutes. Women's times are always slower than (10)______ , but some facts are a surprise. Some of the (11)______ women swimmers today are girls. One of them swam 400 meters (12)______ 4 minutes and 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first“Tartan” in films (13)______ an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes and 59.1 seconds, (14)______ is 37.9 seconds (15)______ than a girl 50 years (16)______! This does not mean that women are catching men (17)______. Conditions are very different now, and sport is much (18)______ serious. It is (19)______ serious that some women are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check (20)______ the women are really women or not. It seems like that sport has many problems. Life can be very complicated when there are more than two separate sexes.1. A. Woman      B. Womans      C. Women     D. Females2. A. at least    B. at most     C. at less    D. at more3. A. that      B. which      C. what      D. who4. A. call      B. called      C. calls     D. to call5. A. in       B. to        C. on       D. at6. A. who       B. whom       C. what      D. that7. A. A        B. An        C. The      D. /8. A. live      B. to live     C. living     D. lived9. A. among      B. between     C. under     D. amount10. A. men      B. man       C. men’s     D. man’s11. A. fast      B. faster      C. fastest    D. fastly12. A. in       B. on        C. under     D. between13. A. were      B. is        C. was      D. are14. A. that      B. when       C. who      D. which15. A. slow      B. fast       C. slower     D. faster16. A. later     B. late       C. lately     D. latest17. A. on       B. at        C. up       D. in18. A. most      B. least      C. more      D. less19. A. such      B. so        C. very      D. many20. A. if       B. but       C. that      D. whether

    正确答案: 1.C 考查上下文理解。由前一句中的separate (sexes)、空格后表并列的and和性别之一men可知,应选另一性别的复数形式。注意,female与male相对。B. 的形式不正确。
    2.A 考查固定搭配与上下文理解。at least至少;at most最多。本句指的是“至少人们是这么说的”,故选前者。C、D两项搭配都不正确。
    3.C 考查从句连接词。填入的连接词不但作主句的表语,还作从句中say的宾语,因此选what。
    4.B 考查语态。本题较为容易,因为女性是“被叫做”the weaker sex,故应用被动语态。A、C都不能用在系动词后。
    5.D 考查搭配。除on外,其他三项都可与school搭配。但in school指“在求学,在上学”,它只用作表语;to school前一般用动词go,表示“去上学”;at school指“在学校里”,可作表语,也可作状语。本句中因为空格后的介词宾语还有universities,因此表达的肯定是“在学校和大学里”,故选at。
    6.A 考查从句连接词。由句子结构分析,空格后应是其前women的定语从句,由于先行词是人,且连接词在从句中作主语,因此只能选A。
    7.A 考查冠词用法。此处表示的是泛指的一个欧洲女性,因此不能用定冠词;所指又是单数,因此须用不定冠词。European虽以元音字母开头,但其发音并不是元音,所以用a修饰。
    8.B 考查动词用法。expect(期待,希望)后跟带to的动词不定式。
    9.C 考查介词用法与上下文理解。选项中能用于单个时间数词前的介词是under,指“低于,不到”。Among用于指三者或三者以上“之中”;between指两者“之间”,应与and连用;amount是名词,不能直接用于数词前。
    10.C 考查名词的所有格形式。由句意可知,这里是将男女整体进行比较,前面用的是复数形式的所有格,那么后面也应用复数形式的所有格,选men’s。
    11.C 考查形容词的比较级别。根据句意与上下文可知,这里应当是指“最快的女性游泳运动员是年轻女孩”,所以选fastest。
    12.A 考查介词用法。“in+时间段”表示的是在这一时间段内完成某事,且前文中已经出现了in (under) 4 minutes这一搭配,据此也可确定答案。注意,under单用在时间数词前指的是大致时间,与后面精确到秒相矛盾,因此本题不能填入under。
    13.C 考查时态与主谓一致。首先,主语是the first“Tartan”,谓语应用单数形式(不能被空格前的介词结构in films迷惑);其次,叙述的是过去发生的情况,应用过去时态。结合起来知选C。
    14.D 考查从句连接词。由句子结构分析可知,空格后是一个非限制性定语从句,先行词是空格前的时间数词,且连接词在从句中作主语,因此只能选D。
    15.C 考查上下文理解。由此句中列举的时间与前面一句指出的如今最快的一名女性游泳运动员的成绩比较可知,他比她慢了37.9秒,因此选slower。
    16.A 考查同根易混词与上下文理解。later可用作副词,指“此后,后来”,也可作形容词,指“以后的”;late也可用作副词与形容词,指“迟(的),晚(的)”;lately是副词,指“近来”;latest是形容词,指“最新的”。本题应填入一个副词,且指“50年后”,因此只能选A。
    17.C 考查固定搭配与上下文理解。catch on开始明白;catch at试图抓住;catch up赶上,追上; catch in一般用被动语态,指“陷入”。由上下文不难看出这里指的是女性赶上男性,因此选C。
    18.C 考查比较级别。由于空格前是副词much,它只能修饰比较级,故A、D不对。而由上下文可知,这里指的是“体育更严肃”,因此选肯定的C。
    19.B 考查固定搭配。由空格后的被修饰词是形容词serious与that可知,应选so,构成固定搭配 so…that…,指“如此…以致…”。
    20.D 考查固定搭配。由本句最后的or not及句意考生应能很快确定答案为whether,因为 whether…or not是固定搭配。
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