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1、2012高考英语：阅读理解课堂练学案（26） Passage Twenty- nine (Men Are Carrying on a Sex-fight)This is supposed to be an enlightened age, but you wouldnt think of if you could heat what the average man thinks of the average woman/ Women won their independence years ago. After a long, bitter struggle, they now enjoy t
2、he same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world. They have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in almost every field. The hard-fought battle for recognition has been won, but it is by no means over. It is men, not women who still carry on the sex war b
3、ecause their attitude remains basically hostile. Even in the most progressive societies, women continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens. To hear some men talk, youd think that women belonged to a different species!On the surface, the comments made by men about womens abilities seem light-hear
4、ted. The same tired jokes about women drivers are repeated day in, day out. This apparent light-heartedness dose not conceal the real contempt that men feel for women. However much men sneer at women, their claims to superiority are not borne out by statistics. Lets consider the matter of driving, f
5、or instance. We all know that women cause far fewer accidents than men. They are too conscientious and responsible to drive like maniacs. But this is a minor quibble. Women have succeeded in any job you care to name. As politicians, soldiers, doctors, factory-hands, university professors, farmers, c
6、ompany directors, lawyers, bus-conductors, scientists and presidents of countries they have often put men to shame. And we must remember that they frequently succeed brilliantly in all these fields in addition to bearing and rearing children.Yet men go on maintaining the fiction that there are many
7、jobs women cant don Top-level political negotiation between countries, business and banking are almost entirely controlled by men, who jealously guard their so-called rights. Even in otherwise enlightened places like Switzerland women havent even been given the cote. This situation is preposterous!
8、The arguments that men put forward to exclude women from these fields are all too familiar. Women, they say, are unreliable and irrational. They depend too little on cool reasoning and too much on intuition and instinct to arrive at decisions. They are not even capable of thinking clearly. Yet when
9、women prove their abilities, men refuse to acknowledge them and give them their due. So much for a mans ability to think clearly!The truth is that men cling to their supremacy because of their basic inferiority complex. They shun real competition. They know in their hearts that women are superior an
10、d they are afraid of being beaten at their own game. One of the most important tasks in the world is to achieve peace between the nations. You can be sure that if women were allowed to sit round the conference table, they would succeed brilliantly, as they always do, there men have failed for centur
11、ies. Some things are too important to be left to men!1. What does the first sentence imply?A. It is not really an enlightened age. . It is different from an enlightened age.C. It is the same as an enlightened age. C. It is like an enlightened age.2. Why do men carry on the sex war against women?A. B
12、ecause of their inferiority. . Because they shun real competition.C. Because of their claim to supremacy. D. Because they still look down upon women.3. The “fiction” is closest in meaning to A. Novel. . Man-made idea. C. False idea. D. Story.4. What is the main argument men have raised against women
13、?A. Women are lack of cold reasoning. . They depend on intuition too much.C. They are unreliable and irrational. C. They are too still look down upon women.Vocabulary1. conscientious 认真的，真心实意的2. maniac 疯狂的，疯子3. preposterous 反常的，荒谬的4. quibble 狡辩，摸棱两可难句译注1. the inferiority complex 自卑情绪，指一种由自悲感引起的复杂心理状
14、态，对应词是the superiority complex 自高情绪2. So much for a mans ability to think clearly! 这是对男人想清楚能力的讽刺，译文应根据上下文而定。上文说到“妇女甚至难以想得清楚。可是当妇女证明她们有此能力时，男人拒不承认。” 参考译文 男人想清楚的能力可真大啊。3. But this is a minor quibble. 参考译文 这是一个小小的狡辩。4. They have often put men to shame.参考译文 她们经常使男人无地自容。写作方法与文章大意 文章论及“男人轻视妇女”的问题。采用对比因果的手法
15、写作。先提出妇女经过艰苦卓绝的斗争，赢得了独立的胜利，得到了承认，可是斗争远没结束。因为男子继续在进行性别斗争。下面就从男女双方对比，也可以说，男方轻视妇女及其理由，女方据理反驳。最后作者指出男人轻视妇女的根本原因是他们的自卑情绪。答案祥解1. A. 这确实不是一个启蒙时代。（1）这是第一句话语气和言词传递出来的内容。“这个时代应该是一个启蒙时期，可是假如你听到男人怎么说女人的，你就不会这么认为。”（2）正篇文章也传递了这个信息。B. 不同于启蒙时期。 C. 这时代跟启蒙时代一样。 D. 这时代象个启蒙时期。 这三项都不对。2. C. 他们对至高无上权威的追求。答案在最后一段“事实是由于男人们基本的自卑情绪，他们追求至高无上的权威。他们躲避真正的竞争。他们心里明白妇女比他们优秀，因此他们害怕在他们自己的游戏中失利。”A. 因为他们自卑。 B. 因为他们躲避真正的竞争。 D. 因为他们仍然轻视妇女。3. C. 错误观点。Fic
