III, Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The world was sharply separated into men and women, because that was the way we believed it should be. We hold this firm belief and made efforts to keep this 50 . When a baby came to the world, he or she was expected to play different roles—boys were portrayed as noisy and naughty ones who people were more likely to 51 while girls were bound by strict social requirements to be lovely and 52 . People became the product of their sex. Their social roles were determined when they were 53 . Males were the producers of cool reasoning and were capable of 54 . And being emotional was considered as the feature of females and their main activity location was 55 .
56 , with the development of civilization and women’s self-consciousness, more and more women have realized that such natural and physical differences between man and woman have no 57 with the differences between male and female excellence. Women are now confident to 58 the concepts as “male leadership” and “male power”, which are only terms invented by men and serve in men’s 59 .
Such remarkable change in people’s viewpoint may well explain the gradual 60 of single-sex schools. The aim of education is to stimulate imagination, encourage free thinking and keep alive various interests. But the single-sex school follows the same regulations and 61 a set of separate subjects for males or females. In single-sex schools, instead of being offered a rich expansion of experience, students have access to 62 knowledge. Such education harms individual freedom and kills the possibility for a young person to develop into a(n) 63 human. Furthermore, such sexual distinction is also dangerous as it breaks up the sense of munity by 64 people into two sex groups, which eventually damages the development of human civilization.
50. A. regret B. division C. union D. step
51. A. spoil B. control C. teach D. face
52. A. active B. humorous C. famous D. gentle
53. A. born B. grown C. praised D. retired
54. A. friendship B. failure C. leadership D. relationship
55. A. at home B. at work place C. in politics D. in education
56. A. In particular B. Furthermore C. In addition D. However
57. A. contact B. attempt C. connection D. excuse
58. A. reject B. reflect C. pardon D. measure
59. A. truth B. sex C. interest D. belief
60. A. extinction B. prospect C. foundation D. definition
61. A. sets up B. brings down C. sticks to D. gives up
62. A. objective B. wrong C. vivid D. limited
63. A. plete B. simple C. domestic D. ordinary
64. A. guiding B. uniting C. isolating D. transporting50. B 51. A 52. D 53. A 54. C 55. A 56. D 57. C 58. A 59. C 60. A 61. C 62. D 63. A 64. C
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(答案→)50. B 51. A 52. D 53. A 54. C 55. A 56. D 57. C 58. A 59. C 60. A 61. C 62. D 63. A 64. C
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