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第1题
The Roles of Men and Women
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 lesser extent, notions of male 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 fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the "battle of the sexes".
If 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 realize the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism(母亲崇拜)"—But we don't want to exchange it for a "neo—Popism(爸爸至上)." What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists(精神病医生), psychologist(心理学家), social workers, and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credit—not all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child.
The family is a co-operative 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 authoritarianism(权力主义,独裁主义) has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent(有关的) not only to a healthy democracy, but also to a healthy family.
Sharing tasks and decisions in the home leads to ______.
A.masculine (男性化的) women
B.effeminate (女性化的) men
C.inequality
D.further sharing
第2题
To what extent is it possible to train people in interpersonal skills? (Can people be trained to work well with other people?)
第3题
To what extent does the language reflect and shape attitudes and behaviors?
A.They are closely related.
B.It is a matter of conjecture.
C.They have nothing to do with each other.
D.Only in English are they closely related.
第4题
In the author's opinion, what is the last product of civilization?
A.To make wise use of leisure
B.To be free from hard work
C.To keep oneself busy with trifles
D.To work to some extent
第5题
What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
B.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
C.The total number of passengers on board.
D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
第6题
What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
B.The total number of passengers on board.
C.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
第7题
Communications Revolution
Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers television and telephones will change our lives for ever. Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological utopia little attention has been given to the implications of these developments for the poor. As with all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the "how", the question of "for whom" is put aside once again.
Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transnational corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important that the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets—with destructive impact on the have-nots.
For them the result is instability. Developing countries which rely on the production of a small range of goods for export are made to feel like small parts in the international economic machine. As "futures" are traded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies.
So what are the options for regaining control? One alternative is for developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecommunications themselves—so-called "development communications" modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency and perhaps permanent constraints on developing countries' economies.
Communications technology is generally exported from the U. S., Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries. It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit—credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain.
Furthermore, when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transnational corporations may benefit, those whose lives depend on access to the information are denied it.
From the passage we know that the development of high technology is in the interests of______.
A.the world economy
B.the rich countries
C.the scientific development
D.the elite
第8题
To what extent has the Telephone Reassurance Service publicized?
A.It is now in daily touch with nine hundred people.
B.The volunteers have completed one million calls.
C.It"s now starting to include newcomers who want to meet new friends.
D.All the callers are neighbors.
第9题
"To take part is what matters" in the first paragraph means ______.
A.those who lose win glory for their country to some extent
B.taking part in the Games is more important than anything else
C.for those who win, there is always honor
D.winning and losing are equally important
第10题
What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
B.The total number of passengers on board.
C.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.