【正文】 A) Renewed economic security. B) A sense of selffulfillment. C) New conflicts and plaints. D) Misery and antisocial behavior. Passage Two Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. The use of deferential (敬重的 ) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy。 57. The first paragraph describes in detail ________. A) the standards set for contemporary Japanese women B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan C) the stereotyped role of women in Japanese families D) the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow 58. What change has been observed in today’s young Japanese women? A) They pay less attention to their linguistic behavior. B) The use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms. C) They confuse male and female forms of language. D) They employ very strong linguistic expressions. 59. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reported in the Japanese media? A) They call for a campaign to stop the defeminization. B) The see it as an expression of women’s sentiment. C) They accept it as a modern trend. D) They express strong disapproval. 60. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed in today’s young women ___. A) may lead to changes in social relations B) has been true of all past generations C) is viewed as a sign of their maturity D) is a result of rapid social progress 61. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is ________. A) a sure sign of their defeminization and maturation B) an indication of their defiance against social change C) one of their strategies to pete in a maledominated society D) an inevitable trend of linguistic development in Japan today 2022 年 12 月大學(xué)英語六級考試試題 Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the roundtheclock involvement their partners have always dreamed of –handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many find they’re negotiating their new roles with little support or information. ―Men in my generation (aged 2540) have a fear of being dads because we have no role models,‖ says Jon Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers’ support works, and are eyed warily (警覺地 ) on the playground. The challenge is particularly evident in the work—place. There, men are still expected to be breadwinners climbing the corporate ladder。 47. Apart from a series of fortunate events, what is it that has made Google so successful? 48. Google’s search engine originated from ________ started by L. Page. 49. How did Google’s search engine spread all over the world? 50. Brin and Page decided to set up their own business because no one would ________. 51. The revenue of the Google pany is largely generated from ________. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. You hear the refrain all the time: the U. S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t evergreater wealth promote evergreater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的 ) Society by John Kenh Galbraith, who died recently at 97. The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, ―hunger, sickness, and cold‖ threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. ―Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours. ‖ After World War II, the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18. 2 percent