阅读理解模拟题(八)

时间:2007-10-31 08:10:51

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Passage 8

In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser1 extent, notions of make superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing . In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully2 for participation3 in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the "battle of sexes".
In the process goes too far and man’s role is regarded as less important-and that has happened in some cases --- we are as badly off as before, only in reverse. It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism" --- but we don’t want to exchange it for a "neo-Popism". What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership4 of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists5, psychologists, social workers, and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided6 that women should not receive all the credits --- nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman’s place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze7 man’s place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant8 to the healthy development of the child. The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism9 has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent10 (与…有关) not only to a healthy family.

Sharing tasks and decisions in a family leads to _____.[ANSWER]
A)momism
B)neo-popism
C)inequality
D)further sharing

If a boy and girl has grwon up in a home with sharing tasks and decisions,he or she will probably _____.[ANSWER]
A)believe that life is a "battle of sexes".
B)accept equality as their parents did.
C)prepare more fully for participation in a cooperative world.
D)insist that man has a place in the home.

According to the author,man’s role in the American family _____.[ANSWER]
A)less important than woman’s
B)equal to woman’s
C)irrelevant to the healthy development of the child
D)hard to maintain

Psychiatrists,psychologists,social workers and specialists on the family _____.[ANSWER]
A)are paying in creased11 attention to man’s place in the home.
B)suggest that we exchange "Momism" for a "neo-popism".
C)women should receive all the credits and blames.
D)men should receive all the credits and blames.

The ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is _____.[ANSWER]
A)related to either a healthy democracy or a healthy family
B)related to a healthy family as well as healthy democracy
C)related to neither a halthy democracy nor a healthy family
D)none of the above


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1 lesser UpxzJL     
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地
参考例句:
  • Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
  • She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及,但程度较轻。
2 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 participation KS9zu     
n.参与,参加,分享
参考例句:
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
4 partnership NmfzPy     
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
参考例句:
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
5 psychiatrists 45b6a81e510da4f31f5b0fecd7b77261     
n.精神病专家,精神病医生( psychiatrist的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They are psychiatrists in good standing. 他们是合格的精神病医生。 来自辞典例句
  • Some psychiatrists have patients who grow almost alarmed at how congenial they suddenly feel. 有些精神分析学家发现,他们的某些病人在突然感到惬意的时候几乎会兴奋起来。 来自名作英译部分
6 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
7 analyze RwUzm     
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
参考例句:
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
8 irrelevant ZkGy6     
adj.不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的
参考例句:
  • That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
  • A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上,一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。
9 authoritarianism da881fd02d611bdc61362e53f5fff5e1     
权力主义,独裁主义
参考例句:
  • Modern authoritarianism is a vestige of traditional personal rule. 现代独裁主义则是传统的个人统治的残余。
  • In its latter days it was a byword for authoritarianism, incompetence, and corruption. 在后期,它是独裁、无能和腐化的代号。
10 pertinent 53ozF     
adj.恰当的;贴切的;中肯的;有关的;相干的
参考例句:
  • The expert made some pertinent comments on the scheme.那专家对规划提出了一些中肯的意见。
  • These should guide him to pertinent questions for further study.这些将有助于他进一步研究有关问题。
11 creased b26d248c32bce741b8089934810d7e9f     
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的过去式和过去分词 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹; 皱皱巴巴
参考例句:
  • You've creased my newspaper. 你把我的报纸弄皱了。
  • The bullet merely creased his shoulder. 子弹只不过擦破了他肩部的皮肤。

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