题目内容
19.My grandmother Rosalind Einhorn was born exactly fifty-two year's before I was,on August 28,1917,Like many poor Jewish families in New York City,hers lived in a small,crowded apartment close to their relatives.Her parents,aunts,and uncles addressed her male cousins by their given names,but she and her sister were referred to only as"Girlie".During the Depression t my grandmother was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by sewing fabric flowers onto undergarments that her mother could resell for a tiny profit.No one in the community would have considered taking a boy out of school.A boy's edocation was the family's hope to move up the financial and social ladder Education for girls,however,was less significant both financially,since they were unlikely to contribute to the family's income,and culturally,since hoys were expected to study the Torah while girls were expected to run a"proper home?!"Luckily for my grandmother,a local teacher insisted that her parents put her back into school.She went on not only to finish high school but to graduate from U.C Berkeley,
After college,"Girlie"worked selling pocketbooks and accessories at David's Fifth Avenue.When she left her job to marry my grandfather,David's had to hire four people to replace her.Years later,when my grandfathers paint business was struggling,she jumped in and look some of the hard steps he was reluctant to take,helping to save the family from financial ruin.She displayed her business ability again in her forties.After being diagnosed (诊断)with breast cancer,she beat it and then devoted herself to raising money for the clinic that treated her by selling some watches.Girlie ended up with a profit that Apple would envy.I have never met anyone with more energy and determination than,my grandmother.
When my grandmother had children of her own-my mother and her two brothers-she emphasized education for all of them.My mother attended the University of Pennsylvania,When she graduated in 1965with a degree in French literature,she surveyed a workforce that she believed consisted of two career options for women:teaching or nursing.She chose teaching.She began a Ph.D.programme,got married,and then dropped out when she became pregnant with me.It was thought to be a sign of weakness if a husband needed his wife's help to support their family,so my mother became a stay-at-home parent and an active volunteer.The centuries-old division of labour stood.
Even though I grew up in a traditional home,my parents had the same expectations for me.my sister,and my brother.All three of us were encouraged to do well in school.do equal routine tasks,and participate in after-school activities.We were all supposed to be athletic too.My brother and sister joined sports teams,but I was the kid who got picked last in gym,Despite my athletic shortcomings.I was raised to believe that girls could do aoything boys could do and that all career paths were open to me.
When I arrived at college in the fall of 1987.my classmates of both genders seemed equally focused on academics.I don't remember thinking about my future career differently from the male students.I also don't remember any conversations about someday balancing work and children.My friends and I assumed that we would have both.Men and women competed openly and aggressively with one another in classes,activities,and job intefviews.Just two generations removed from my grandmother,the playing field seemed to be level.
But more than twenty years after my college graduation.the world has not evolved nearly as much as I believed it would.Almost all of my male classmates work in professional settings.Sonic of my female classmates work full-time or part-time outside the home.and just as many are stay-at-home mothers and volunteers like my mom.This mirrors the national trend.In comparison to their male counterparts (相同能力者),highly trained women are scaling back and dropping out of the workforce in high numbers.
65.Why were the writer's grandma and her sisters called"Girlie"?D
A.They had not yet got their given nams.
B.They were highly valued by their ciders,
C.They shared apparent similarities in many ways.
D.They were regarded as less important than boys.
66.From Paragraph 2we can mainly learnC.
A.how people suffered during I he Depression
B.what resulted in the social division of labour
C.who took reponsiblity for supporting a family
D.why education was essential for all the children
67.What conclusion am we draw about the writer's grandmother?A
A.She was an extraordinarily able and tough woman.
B.She was full of ideas for solving various problems,
C.She benefited greatly from her family background,
D.She had special ways of teaching her own children,
68.What might people think when the writer s mother gave up her job?D
A.Her freedom of choice ought to be well respected
B.Her job should be taken over by a younger person,
C.It was a real shame about her losing that good job.
D.It was quite normal for a woman like her to do so.
69.From the description of the writer's own life,we can seeB.
A.great expectations in the students'minds
B.seeming social progress in certain aspect
C.innocent friendship between boys and girls
D.positive attitudes to work and competitions
70.By writing the passage*the writer intends to revealC.
A.the necessity of women's education
B.the importance of women's liberation
C.the existence of gender discrimination
D.the lives of three generations of women.
分析 短文中作者主要描写了奶奶和妈妈以及自己这三代人中女性地位的不同,相对比起奶奶和妈妈她们,作者现在的生活相对是比较公平了.
解答 65.D,推理判断题,根据后文提到A boy's edocation was the family's hope to move up the financial and social ladder Education for girls,however,was less significant both financially可知,奶奶和她姐姐被叫做Girlie是因为她们没有男孩子重要,故答案为D.
66.C,细节理解题,第二段主要讲了奶奶在经济大萧条的时候离开学校了,根据句子A boy's edocation was the family's hope to move up the financial and social ladder Education for girls,however,was less significant both financially,since they were unlikely to contribute to the family's income,and culturally,since hoys were expected to study the Torah while girls were expected to run a"proper home?可知,一个家庭中最重要的是男孩子,故答案为C.
67.A,推理判断题,根据句子I have never met anyone with more energy and determination than,my grandmother以及文章中描述奶奶为帮助家庭脱离经济困难和战胜癌症之事,可以推测奶奶是能力很强并且坚强的人,故答案为A.
68.D,推理判断题,根据句子It was thought to be a sign of weakness if a husband needed his wife's help to support their family,so my mother became a stay-at-home parent and an active volunteer.可知,如果一个女性去工作支撑家庭,人们就会觉得其丈夫没用,因此可以推测母亲放弃工作在人们看来是很寻常的,故答案为D.
69.B,推理判断题,根据句子Men and women competed openly and aggressively with one another in classes,activities,and job intefviews.Just two generations removed from my grandmother,the playing field seemed to be level.可知,在作者的生活中,男生和女士可以公平竞争,可见在某些方面社会是取得一定进步的,故答案为B.
70.C,写作意图题,短文中作者主要描写了奶奶和妈妈以及自己这三代人中女性地位的不同,相对比起奶奶和妈妈她们,作者现在的生活相对是比较公平了,因此作者写作的目的是向人们展示了性别歧视的存在,故答案为C.
点评 解答任务型阅读理解题,首先对原文材料迅速浏览,掌握全文的主旨大意.因为阅读理解题一般没有标题,所以,速读全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速读的过程中,应尽可能多地捕获信息材料.其次,细读题材,各个击破.掌握全文的大意之后,细细阅读每篇材料后的问题,弄清每题要求后,带着问题,再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息.最后,要善于抓住每段的主题句,阅读时,要有较强的针对性.对于捕获到的信息,要做认真分析,仔细推敲,理解透彻,只有这样,针对题目要求,才能做到稳、准.
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