Question

As we all know “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” and “__1__ every successful man there is a woman.” Both these __2__ mean the same things. Men rule the __3__ but their wives rule them.

Chinese people and other foreigners often say，__4__ of the American women like making their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want __5__ for themselves. They want good __6__. When they work they want to __7__ better paid. They want to be as __8__ as men.

In 1960s, the American women's liberation __9__ was started by women who don't want to __10__ behind successful men. They want to stand beside them, with the same __11__ for success. They don't want to be told that certain jobs or __12__ are closed to them. They refused to work side by side with men who do the __13__ work for higher pay.

In America, a liberation woman must be __14__ of being a woman and have confidence in herself. If somebody says to her, “You have come a long __15__，  baby”， she will __16__ and answer, “Not nearly as __17__ as I am going to go, baby ”．

On the other hand, this movement is quite __18__， and many American women do not agree. __19__ it has already made some important __20__ in women's lives.

1. A. Before   B. Behind   C. Near   D. Beside

2. A. writings    B. words    C. letters       D. sayings

3. A. family   B. society   C. earth    D. world

4. A. most   B. Few   C. All   D. None

5. A. anything    B. something   C. nothing      D. everything

6. A. jobs   B. clothes   C. food  D. houses

7. A. be    B. have   C. make   D. receive

8. A. good   B. wonderful   C. successful    D. much

9. A. activity     B. movement   C. affairs  D. incident

10. A stand   B. co－operate   C. work   D. help

11. A. work   B. job   C. position   D. chance

12. A. offices   B. schools    C. shops   D. places

13. A. better   B. same   C. less   D. important

14. A. tired   B. afraid   C. fond   D. proud

15. A. place   B. walk   C. way   D. journey

16. A. cry   B. smile   C. laugh   D. sob

17. A. long   B. far    C. soon    D. much

18. A. new   B. good    C. important    D. pleasing

19. A. So    B. And        C. But    D. Or

20. A. progress      B. improvement

C. decisions      D. changes

Answer 1

1. 解析：選B。此句是中國名言：“每個事業成功的男人身后都有一個女人幫助或支持”。

2. 解析：選D。sayings 意為“俗語、諺語”，指上面提到的。

3. 解析：選D。由上文“rule the world”可知答案。句意為：男人統治整個世界，女人統治整個世界的男人。

4. 解析：選A。由前面一句話可知答案，most大多數。

5. 解析：選B。考查代詞辨析。由語境及后面的want 得出，她們想要……。

6. 解析：選A。根據下句，when they work 可知答案。

7. 解析：選A。句意為：她們想要高的報酬，是被動語態。

8. 解析：選C。句意為：她們想和世界上的其他男人一樣做事成功。

9. 解析：選B。由文意可知，此處為“美國早期婦女解放運動”。activity活動；movement運動；affair 事件，事情；incident事件。

10. 解析：選A。stand behind站在后面，符合語境。

11. 解析：選D。句意為：有同等的獲得成功的機會。

12. 解析：選A。句意為：她們不想被告訴某一工作或單位不考慮女性。

13. 解析：選B。由文意可知，婦女希望和男人得到同樣的待遇。

14. 解析：選D。be proud of因……而自豪；be fond of喜歡；be afraid of害怕；be tired of 厭倦。由語境可知，選D。

15. 解析：選C。由上下文可推理得出：此處表達有很長的路要走。

16. 解析：選B。根據“have confidence in herself”得出只是微笑而不是哭泣。

17. 解析：選B。as long as只要；as soon as 一……就……； as far as 那么遠。由語境可知，選B。

18. 解析：選A。許多美國婦女不贊成這一運動。分析語境及比較四個選項可知，答案為A。

19. 解析：選C。從整篇文章得出，此處是轉折關系。

20. 解析：選D。make changes發生變化；make progress取得進步；make decisions做出決定。 由句意可知，選D。