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Passage Four
Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the world is, but because that is the way we believe it should be. It takes unwavering belief and considerable effort to keep this division. It also leads us to make some fairly foolish judgments, particularly about language.
Because we think that language also should be divided into masculine and feminine we have become very skilled at ignoring anything that will not fit our preconceptions. We would rather change what we hear than change our ideas about the gender division of the world. We will call assertive girls unfeminine, and supportive boys effeminate, and try to change them while still retaining our stereotypes of masculine and feminine talk.
This is why some research on sex differences and language has been so interesting. It is an illustration of how wrong we can be. Of the many investigators who set out to find the
A. Unfeminine
B. Powerful
C. Obedient
D. Unmasculine

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Passage Four
Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the world is, but because that is the way we believe it should be. It takes unwavering belief and considerable effort to keep this division. It also leads us to make some fairly foolish judgments, particularly about language.
Because we think that language also should be divided into masculine and feminine we have become very skilled at ignoring anything that will not fit our preconceptions. We would rather change what we hear than change our ideas about the gender division of the world. We will call assertive girls unfeminine, and supportive boys effeminate, and try to change them while still retaining our stereotypes of masculine and feminine talk.
This is why some research on sex differences and language has been so interesting. It is an illustration of how wrong we can be. Of the many investigators who set out to find the
A. assertive.
B. snobbish.
C. approving.
D. critical.

[单项选择]Passage One
Society was fascinated by science and things scientific in the nineteenth century． Great breakthroughs in engineering，the use of steam power，and electricity were there for all to see，enjoy，and suffer．①Science was fashionable and it is not SUrprising that． during this great period of industrial development，scientific methods should be applied to the activities of man，particularly to those involved in the processes of production． Towards the end of the nineteenth century international competition began to make itself felt．The three industrial giants of the day，Germany，America，and Great Britain， began to find that there was a limit to the purchasing power of the previously apparently inexhaustible markets．Science and competition therefore provided the means and the need to improve industrial efficiency．
Frederick Winslow Taylor is generally acknowledged as being the father of the scientific management approach，as a result of the publication of hi
A. Positive breakthroughs.
B. Unlimited purchasing power.
C. Science and competition.
D. International competition.

[单项选择]Passage TwoA. Society is to be held responsible. B. Modem civilization is responsible for it.
C. The criminal himself should bear the blame. D. The standards of living should be improved.

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Passage 5
What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be, such consensus cannot be gained from society’s present stage, or from fantasies about what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past, as Homer’s epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize their societies.
Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming from a great variety of nations. Lately, it has been emphasized that an asocial, narcissistic perso
A. lack of serious disagreement over the organizations of social life
B. non-existence of unanimity on the forms the society should take
C. general denying of its conformity with what it was unexpected to be
D. public negation of the consensus on how to conduct social reforms

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Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the world is, but because that is the way we believe it should be. It takes unwavering belief and considerable effort to keep this division. It also leads us to make some fairly foolish judgments, particularly about language.
Because we think that language also should be divided into masculine and. feminine we have become very skilled at ignoring anything that will not fit our preconceptions. We would rather change what we hear than change our ideas about the gender division of the world. We will call assertive girls unfeminine, and supportive boys effeminate, and try to ehan4ge them while still retaining our stereotypes of masculine and feminine talk.
This is why some research on sex differences and language has been so interesting. It is an illustration of how wrong we can be. Of the many investigators who set out to find the stereotyped sex di
A. assertive
B. snobbish
C. approving
D. critical