12月英語六級考試閱讀訓練題及答案

12月英語六級考試閱讀訓練題及答案

FemaleOppression

Noonewhohasstudiedhistory,evensuperficially,willforamomentdisputethestatementthattherehasbroodedverysteadilyover1thefemalehalfofthehumanfamilyanairofrepression,oflimitation,ofhindrance,ofdisability,ofgloom,ofservitude.Iftherehavebeenepochsduringwhichwomenhavebeenregardedequaltomen,theyhavebeenbriefandabnormal.

AmongtheHindus2,womanwastheslaveofman,forbiddentospeakthelanguageofhermaster,andcompelledtousethepatois3oftheslaves.TheHebrewspronouncedheranafterthought4oftheDeity,andthemotherofallevils.TheGreeklawregardedherasachild,andheldherinlife-longtutelage.TheGreekphilosophersproclaimedhera“monster”,“anaccidentalproduction”.Medievalcouncilsdeclaredherunfitforinstruction.TheearlyChristianfathersdenouncedherasa“noxiousanimal”,a“paintedtemptress”,a“necessaryevil”,“adesirablecalamity”,anda“domesticperil”.

Inmarriageshehasbeenaserf;asamothershehasbeenrobbedofherchildren;inpublicinstructionshehasbeenignored;inlaborshehasbeenamenial,andtheninadequatelycompensated;civillyshehasbeenaminor,andpoliticallyshehashadnoexistence.Shehasbeentheequalofmanonlywhenpunishmentandthepaymentoftaxeswereinquestion5.

閱讀自測

Ⅰ.Fillintheblankswithproperprepositionsanddonotrefertothepassageuntilyoufinishtheexercise:

1.Therehasbroodedverysteadily________thefemalehalfofthehumanfamilyanairofrepression.

2.Womenhaveneverbeenregarded________equalman.

3.Asamothershehasbeenrobbed________herchildren.

4.Shehasbeentheequalofmanonlywhenpunishmentandthepaymentoftaxeswere________question.

Ⅱ.Fillintheblankswithproperwords:

Inmarriageshehasbeena______(奴隸);asamothershehasbeen_____(使失去)ofherchildren;inpublicinstructionshehasbeen______(無視);inlaborshehasbeena______(仆人),andtheninadequately______(補償);civillyshehasbeenaminor,andpoliticallyshehashadno______(存在).

參考答案Ⅰ.1.over2.to3.of4.inⅡ.serf/robbed/ignored/menial/compensated/existence

受壓迫的女性

學過歷史的人,即使只是淺嘗輒止,學了一點皮毛學問,也不會立即對下面這句話持有異議:在人類家庭中占半壁江山的女性身上始終覆蓋著壓抑的、受限制的、被阻礙的、無能為力的、愁悶的和被奴役的氣氛。假如歷史上存在女人與男人一視同仁的時期的話,那么這段時期肯定特別短暫而又有悖常理。

在印度人眼里,女人是男人的奴隸,她們被制止使用仆人的`語言,而只能使用奴隸的語言;希伯來人宣稱女人是上帝在造出亞當之后才造出來的,還認為她是萬惡之源;希臘法律將女人視為孩子,對她進展終身監(jiān)護。希臘哲學家則將女人稱為“怪物”,還說女人是“附屬品”;中世紀的地方議會稱女人不適合承受教育;早期的基督教教父們公開指責女人是“有害動物”、“虛偽的妖婦”、“不行避開的罪惡”、“迷人的災難”和“家中的危急人物”。

在婚姻中,女人像奴