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 community 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.
complete B. simple
C. domestic D. ordinary
64. A.
guiding B.
uniting C.
isolating D. transporting