新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語綜合教程4-unit-test-5-答案(文件)
【正文】 tional roles and their subservient status in society. Women should not believe that their gender automatically (38) them for the same rights and privileges that men enjoy. Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. This anonymous (39) perfectly captures the essence of the modern feminist movement. Elevating the female gender to be pletely equal with men should be the (40) cause of everyone everywhere. Your answer Correct answer (31) patriarchal patriarchal (32) myriad myriad (33) masculine masculine (34) matriarchal matriarchal (35) presume presume (36) revealing revealing (37) feminism feminism (38) disqualifies disqualifies (39) quote quote (40) singular singular Part III: Reading ComprehensionQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage. Language not only allows us to municate our thoughts and ideas to others but also helps us understand the world and how others think. Words and ideas convey much more than the basic information we use them for. Our choice of words, examples, context, and grammatical structure all contribute to forming a picture of ourselves and our world view. However, language is not a neutral vehicle in the representation of reality, and the mere existence of nonsexist and feminist terms does not guarantee their usage. Many of the words and ideas we use in everyday speech are overtly coded with sexist or gendered understandings which distract from their true intent. The only way to truly create a neutral language is to eliminate all of the sexist, feminist, genderencoded terms and replace them with new ones. However, even this is not a guarantee that the words will be used in the intended manner or even that the cultural understandings which are attached to the nonneutral terms will be changed. Sexist use of language can not, very feasibly, be changed simply through the replacement of certain words or terms. With the same cultural understanding in place, the new terms will only be appropriated t
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