Who talks more,women or men?The seemingly contradictory evidence is（ ）by the difference what I call public and private speaking.More men feel comfortable doing“public speaking,”while more women feel comfortable doing“private”speaking.Another way of captur
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Who talks more,women or men?The seemingly contradictory evidence is（ ）by the difference what I call public and private speaking.More men feel comfortable doing“public speaking,”while more women feel comfortable doing“private”speaking.Another way of capturing these differences is by using the terms report-talk and rapport-talk.
A.compromised
B.reckoned
C.reinforced
D.reconciled
B.reckoned
C.reinforced
D.reconciled
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第1题：
Passage Four
Women 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 men
varies. It's also clear that jobs in which women are concentrated pay less. The larger the number of workers who are women in ran
industry, the lower the average wages.
Why do women earn less than men do? Can the differences be explained by the fact that women are looked
down 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 of
the 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 relative
to 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 to
increase 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 new
workers declines. The result will be a surplus 过剩) of labor. Those who can find jobs might be better off while those who had jobs
might 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 force
B. women have more freedom in selecting jobs
C. women are only provided with low-paid jobs
D. women are less experienced than men
正确答案：D此题为细节分析推论题。文章的第二段内可以找到句子：One view…which reduces their year of experience background。有一种观点认为是女性就业时，更倾向于选择自由性更强但报酬更低的行业，这也导致她们的工作经验不如男性。
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第2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3题：
While many women feel it natural to confer with their partners at every turn , many men feel free to make decisions without such_____.A、congratulation
B、conclusion
C、commitment
D、consultation
参考答案：D
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第4题：
Dr. Singer thinks men are more suitable to maintain justice and issue punishment than women because _______ .
A. men's brain's empathy centers remained dull when punishment was executed
B. women's pleasure centers were lit up with punishment implemented
C. men have no response when seeing punishment executed
D. men had different experiences from women
正确答案：A
A 推理判断题。Dr. Singer之所以认为男人更适合维持公正、执行惩罚是和其天生的本性有关的，从文章前面可以看出，男人看到惩罚坏人时会有愉悦感，而女人则有一点怜悯感，这就是男人比女人更适合做这些工作的原因。选项A“执行惩罚时神入中心呈迟钝状”，说明这是没有同情的感情在；B“执行惩罚时女人的愉悦中心会发亮”，和文章事实相反；C“男人看到执行惩罚时没有反应”，而文中提到其愉悦中心发亮，有愉悦感；D“男人和女人有不同的经历”。故选A。 -
第5题：
Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys,people are actually more stressed at home than at work.Researchers measured people’s cortisol,which is a stress marker,while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom,we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home”,writes one of the researchers,Sarah Damske.In fact women even say they feel better at work,she notes.“It is men,not women,who report being happier at home than at work.”Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without,but more so for nonparents.This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home,whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.For many men,the end of the workday is a time to kick back.For women who stay home,they never get to leave the office.And for women who work outside the home,they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.With the blurring of roles,and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women,it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing.At work,people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing:working,making money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.The bargain is very pure:Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front,however,people have no such clarity.Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out.There are a lot of tasks to be done,there are inadequate rewards for most of them.Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor;they need to be talked into it,or if they’re teenagers,threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices.Plus,they’re your family.You cannot fire your family.You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home.Not only are the tasks apparently infinite,the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
According to Damaske,who are likely to be the happiest at home?A.Working mothers.
B.Childless husbands.
C.Childless wives.
D.Working fathers.答案：B解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道细节题。主要考查考生准确理解题干，精准定位，并能正确掌握定位信息，辨别干扰选项的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键信息“Damaske”定位到第二段第三、四句，即Damaske的观点。这两句提到“It is men，not women,who report being happier at home than at work…，but more so for nonparents.”，即“研究发现是男人，而不是女人，在家比在工作中更高兴。更令人吃惊的是，这种情况对有无孩子都一样，尤其是对于没有孩子的人。”综合对比，确定B为最佳答案。【干扰排除】A、C项两项均为反向干扰，原文说的是男人比女人在家更快乐，故排除。根据该句“but more so for nonparents”可知D项错误，原文是没有孩子的男性，并非工作中的父亲。 -
第6题：
Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys,people are actually more stressed at home than at work.Researchers measured people’s cortisol,which is a stress marker,while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom,we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home”,writes one of the researchers,Sarah Damske.In fact women even say they feel better at work,she notes.“It is men,not women,who report being happier at home than at work.”Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without,but more so for nonparents.This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home,whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.For many men,the end of the workday is a time to kick back.For women who stay home,they never get to leave the office.And for women who work outside the home,they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.With the blurring of roles,and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women,it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing.At work,people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing:working,making money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.The bargain is very pure:Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front,however,people have no such clarity.Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out.There are a lot of tasks to be done,there are inadequate rewards for most of them.Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor;they need to be talked into it,or if they’re teenagers,threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices.Plus,they’re your family.You cannot fire your family.You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home.Not only are the tasks apparently infinite,the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact that____A.they are both bread winners and housewives
B.their home is also a place for kicking back
C.there is often much housework left behind
D.it is difficult for them to leave their office答案：A解析：推理题【命题思路】这是一道推理题。主要考查考生精准理解原文定位信息，查找相互关联，并进行适度推理的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键信息“blurring of…roles”定位到第三段末句“With the blurring of roles，…”。但从中并不能找到答案，故推测答案在上文，最终锁定在“For many men,the end of the workday is…，with the blurring of role…”。意思是“对男性而言，一天工作结束后他们便可以休息，但对女性来说，离开办公室之后，还有很多家务活”。由此可以推出，“The blurring of working women's roles”指的是女性既要上班又要照顾家庭。综合判断，确定A项为最佳答案。【干扰排除】B项为反向干扰，原文指出女性下班回家后，还有很多家务要做，故排除。C项以偏概全，只强调了“the blurring roles”中“家务活”这个方面，故排除。D项是张冠李戴，选项内容属于“women who stay home”的信息，故排除。 -
第7题：
共用题干
第三篇
Two People, Two Paths
You must be familiar with the situation:Dad's driving,Mum's telling him where to go.
He's sure that they need to turn left.But she says it's not for another two blocks.Who has
the better sense of direction?Men or women.
They both do,a new study says,but in different ways.
Men and women,Canadian researchers have found,have different methods of finding
their way.Men look quickly at landmarks（地标）and head off in what they think is the right
direction.Women,however,try to picture the whole route in detail and then follow the path
in their head.
"Women tend to be more detailed,"said Edward Cornell,who led the study,"while
men tend to be a little bit faster and...a little bit more intuitive（直觉感知的）."
In fact,said Cornell,"sense of direction"isn't one skill but two.
The first is the"survey method".This is when you see an area from above,such as a
printed map.You can see,for example,where the hospital is,where the church is and
that the supermarket is on its right.
The second skill is the"route method".This is when you use a series of directions.
You start from the hospital,then turn left,turn right,go uphill一and then you see the
supermarket.
Men are more likely to use the survey method while women are more likely to use one
route and follow directions.
Both work,and neither is better.
Some scientists insist that these different skills have a long history.They argue it is
because of the difference in traditional roles.
In ancient times,young men often went far away with the older men to fish or hunt.
The trip took hours or day sand covered unfamiliar places.The only way to know where you
were was to use the survey method to remember landmarks一the mountains,the lakes and
soon.
The women,on the other hand,took young girls out to find fruits and plants.These
activities were much closer to home but required learning well-used paths.So,women's
sense of space was based on learning certain routes.Women are more likely to use
A:the survey method.
B:the traditional method.
C:the route method.
D:the right method.答案：C解析： -
第8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%.Today the percentage of women who have the ideal shape,face,etc is probably like________.
A:literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
B:1%
C:smile at themselves
D:standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible
E:progressively more unrealistic
F:5%答案：B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9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%.Men generally have such a positive body-image that some men looking in the mirn may_______.
A:literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
B:1%
C:smile at themselves
D:standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible
E:progressively more unrealistic
F:5%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：
填空题The ratio of men to women in a room is 4: 5. If the room contains three more women than men, how many women are in the room?____正确答案： 15解析：
根据题干可假设，屋子里的男人有4x，女人有5x，又因为男人比女人多3，所以5x=4x+3，所以x = 3。所以屋子里有女人5(3)= 15人。 -
第12题：
问答题Passage 1 Who talks more, women or men? The seemingly contradictory evidence is 1 by the difference what I call public and private speaking. More men feel comfortable doing “public speaking”, 2 more women feel comfortable doing “private” speaking. Another way of capturing these differences is by using the 3 report-talk and rapport （协调关系） -talk. For most women, the language of conversations is 4 a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships. Emphasis is 5 on displaying similarities and 6 experiences. From childhood, girls criticize peers who try to 7 or appear better than others. People feel their closest connections at home, or 8 setting 9 they feel at home-with one or a few people they feel close 10 and comfortable about-in other words, during private speaking. But 11 the most public situations can be approached like private speaking. For most men, talk is primarily a means to 12 independence and negotiate and maintain status in a hierarchical social order. 13 is done by exhibiting knowledge and skill, and by 14 center stage through verbal performance such as storytelling, joking, or 15 information. From childhood, men learn to use talking as a way to get and keep 16 . 17 _they are more comfortable speaking in larger groups 18 people they know less well, in the broadest 19 , “public speaking”. But even the most private situations can be approached like public speaking, more like giving a report _20__ establishing rapport.1. A. compromised B. reckoned C. reinforced D. reconciled2. A. when B. while C. since D. if3. A. dictation B. descriptions C. terms D. preface4. A. regularly B. specifically C. approximately D. primarily5. A. placed B. based C. positioned D. founded6. A. communicating B. contrasting C. paralleling D. matching7. A. figure out B. stand out C. show around D. make out8. A. on B. at C. under D. in9. A. what B. where C. which D. that10. A. to B. by C. with D. of11. A. even B. even C. though D. despite12. A. preserve B. reserve C. conserve D. persevere13. A. What B. This C. Which D. How14. A. holding B. exhibiting C. standing D. playing15. A. distinguishing B. transporting C. discriminating D. imparting16. A. attention B. fascination C. demonstration D. status17. A. Still B. But C. Yet D. So18. A. made up of B. consisted of C. accommodated by D. formed by19. A. way B. sense C. scope D. range20. A. rather than B. more than C. less than D. than正确答案： 1.D 前面提到contradictory,而下文中提到的the difference what I call public and private speaking与此矛盾是一致的,D项reconcile“使和解,使调和”符合句意。
2.B 上文的More men feel comfortable doing “public speaking”和下文的women feel comfortable doing “private” speaking构成对比关系,选择B项。
3.C report-talk and rapport-talk两种说话方式应用terms“术语”来表述。
4.D 本文讲述的是男女之间讲话的区别,因此需要对比的应是其说话的主要功能,primarily“主要地”与题意相符。
5.A place/lay/put emphasis on/upon是固定搭配,意为“强调,重视”。
6.D 句子描述的是女人们谈话所强调的重点内容。空格前提到displaying similarities(展示相似点),结合experiences可以推测作者强调的是她们谈话时也会比对彼此的经历。match与display相呼应,符合题意。
7.B 根据空格后的appear better than others可推知,空格所缺的也是表示“与大多数人不一样”的意思。stand out“显得突出,引人注目”符合句意。
8.D in和setting“场景”搭配。
9.B 根据先行词setting(环境)可以确定答案是where (=in which)。
10.A close to是固定用法,意为“与…关系密切”。
11.A 空格缺少修饰后文中the most public situations的最高级的词语,even可以作为副词修饰最高级,A项为正确答案。
12.A 据后文中提到的negotiate, maintain可以判断这里需要填写一个相似意思的单词,preserve“保持”符合语境。
13.B This指代前面那句话,单独做主语的指示代词。
14.A hold the stage是固定短语,意为“滔滔不绝,没完没了的讲话”。
15.D impart“给予;传授,告知”,与information构成动宾搭配。
16.A get and keep attention“吸引并保持注意”。
17.D 根据上下文可知,they are more comfortable speaking in larger groups是前句导致的结果。So表示因果关系,符合句意。
18.A made up做定语修饰groups。consist of也表示“由…构成”,但是不可用于被动语态,故排除。
19.B in the broadest sense从广义上讲是固定搭配,这里用的是其最高级形式,表示语气更强。
20.D 根据语境可知,作者这里是对空格后内容的肯定,对空格前内容的否定。因此选择more than“与其说…不如说…”。解析： 暂无解析 -
第13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14题：
What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?
A. The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.
B. Women bargain (讨价还价) for their clothes, but men do not.
C. Women stand in a shop, but men sit down.
D. The time they take to buy clothes.
正确答案：D47．答案为D 此考题为推理题。选项A和C显然与事实相矛盾。文中未提及男人不在乎价格的高低而女人喜欢买便宜货，但文中并未暗示喜不喜欢讨价还价足男顾客与女顾客之间最明显的差别。从文章中可以看出两者最明显的区别应在于他们花在购买衣服上的时间长短，故应选D。
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第15题：
According to the American linguist, Deborah Tannen, communication habits vary depending on individual personality, culture, and among other factors, gender(性别). Since male ways of communicating are standard in business, women’s ways of talking are often ignored or misunderstood in the workplace. Tannen emphasizes that female and male style. are both valid(有效的). Here are some of Tannen’s main points:
Conversational styles in boys and girls show up(显现)early. Even 5-year-old boys care about their ranks in the group, while 5-year-old girls care more about being in or out of the group. Therefore, men’s conversational styles often use competition(竞争), while women try to keep the appearance of equality(平等).
Women tend to apologize more than men, as an attempt(试图)to restore(恢复)the power balance (权力平衡) in conversation. When men simply accept the apology rather than part of the responsibility, women feel unjustly (不公正地)blameD.Western women favor indirect ways of speaking, which is interpreted(理解)by Western men as showing insecurity(局促不安) and lack of confidence(缺乏自信). However, this gender difference is also a cultural difference: Japanese business culture demands indirectness, and direct approach used by Western businessmen is often seen as rude by the Japanese.
1. Communication habits vary depending on individual personality, culture and diet.()
A.True
B.False
2. Business people normally act according to how men communicate with each other.()
A.True
B.False
3. Kids are concerned about similar things when they are about 5.()
A.True
B.False
4. Women tend to feel that it is not fair to be blamed when men don’t think they are also responsible for certain thing.()
A.True
B.False
5. Women in the west like indirect ways of speaking, which is taken by men as confident.()
A.True
B.False
正确答案：1.B2.A3.B4.A5.B
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第16题：
All of the following are true EXCEPT __.（ ）
[A] men tend to talk more in public than women
[B] nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation
[C] women attach much importance to communication between couples
[D] a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse
正确答案：B
以下选项除_____ 外均表述正确。
[A]在公共场合男性往往比女性健谈
[B]最近的离婚案例中近一半是因为交流不畅造成的
[C]女性将夫妻之间的交流看得很重要
[D]女性在家往往比她们的伴侣更健谈
答案解析：[B]事实细节题。本题可定位到第三段最后一句“Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year——a virtual epidemic of failedconversation．”联系上下文可知，目前的离婚率接近50%，按这个比例计算的话，在美国每年因交流不畅导致的离婚案例得有上百万，并不是说“最近的离婚案例中近一半是因为交流不畅造成的”，故[B]错误，为正确答案。第二段明确说明“公共场合男性比女性爱讲话”，所以[A]正确，排除。[c]和[D]也分别能在第四段和第二段找到依据，均为正确表述，故排除。 -
第17题：
Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys,people are actually more stressed at home than at work.Researchers measured people’s cortisol,which is a stress marker,while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom,we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home”,writes one of the researchers,Sarah Damske.In fact women even say they feel better at work,she notes.“It is men,not women,who report being happier at home than at work.”Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without,but more so for nonparents.This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home,whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.For many men,the end of the workday is a time to kick back.For women who stay home,they never get to leave the office.And for women who work outside the home,they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.With the blurring of roles,and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women,it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing.At work,people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing:working,making money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.The bargain is very pure:Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front,however,people have no such clarity.Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out.There are a lot of tasks to be done,there are inadequate rewards for most of them.Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor;they need to be talked into it,or if they’re teenagers,threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices.Plus,they’re your family.You cannot fire your family.You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home.Not only are the tasks apparently infinite,the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
According to Paragraph 1,most previous surveys found that home_____A.was an unrealistic place for relaxation
B.generated more stress than the workplace
C.was an ideal place for stress measurement
D.offered greater relaxation than the workplace答案：D解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道细节题。主要考查考生准确理解题干，精准定位，并能正确划分和掌握定位信息的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键词“Paragraph 1，most previous surveys”定位到首段首句。由A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys可知most previous surveys和a new study的研究结论相反，即正确答案和people are actually more stressed at home than at work表述的意思相反。对比四个选项可知D项为正确答案。【干扰排除】A项属过度推理，原文虽提到在家比在工作中有更多的压力，但并不能推测出“不是休闲放松的理想场所”。B项属于偷换概念，虽首段第一句出现了“more stress”以及“the workplace”，但文章中是指“人们感到在家比在工作中压力更大”，而不是B项所指的“家能产生更多的压力”。C项指“家是测量压力的理想场所”，属于无中生有。 -
第18题：
Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys,people are actually more stressed at home than at work.Researchers measured people’s cortisol,which is a stress marker,while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom,we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home”,writes one of the researchers,Sarah Damske.In fact women even say they feel better at work,she notes.“It is men,not women,who report being happier at home than at work.”Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without,but more so for nonparents.This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home,whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.For many men,the end of the workday is a time to kick back.For women who stay home,they never get to leave the office.And for women who work outside the home,they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.With the blurring of roles,and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women,it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing.At work,people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing:working,making money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.The bargain is very pure:Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front,however,people have no such clarity.Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out.There are a lot of tasks to be done,there are inadequate rewards for most of them.Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor;they need to be talked into it,or if they’re teenagers,threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices.Plus,they’re your family.You cannot fire your family.You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home.Not only are the tasks apparently infinite,the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
The word“moola”（Line 4,Para.4）most probably means_____A.energy
B.skills
C.earnings
D.nutrition答案：C解析：词义题【命题思路】这是一道词义猜测题。主要考查考生借助上下文语境，猜测生词词义的能力。【直击答案】根据题干关键信息“moola”（Line 4，Para.4）”定位到第四段“Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out lifesustaining moola”。本句讲劳动与所得的关系，也就是雇员付出一定的体力、脑力劳动，从而得到维持生活的。根据常识，可知此空应填入“收入，工资”；此外，在本段中复现了“making money，income”，由此可进一步确定C项为正确答案。【干扰排除】A项指“能量”，B项指“技能”；D项nutrition指“营养”，都不符合语义，故排除。 -
第19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20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%.Women are more self-critical than men because women are judged on their appearance mor than men,and_____.
A:literally not see the flaws in their appearance.
B:1%
C:smile at themselves
D:standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible
E:progressively more unrealistic
F:5%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.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：
单选题Generally speaking, men play ball games much better than women because ______.Amen play ball games more often than women
Bmen love ball games more than women do
Cmen’s hand and eye movements are quicker in response
Dmen have a smaller number of nerves in their brains than women
正确答案： D解析：
录音中提到“Boys also are generally faster in response than girls of hand and eye movements in ball games”，意思是：通常情况下，男孩子在球类运动中手眼运动反应比女孩子快，所以选项C的表述符合原文意思。