题目内容
Women ___ in some westen countries in the world.
A, look down up B. are looked down C. are being looked down D. are being looked down upon
D
解析:
按题意,本句的谓语动词要用被动语态,look down upon/on意为:看不起。D项为现在进行时的被动语态。
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In the Harry Potter films, Hermione Granger is better than her male friends and is considered the brightest pupil in her grade. Isn’t it often the same in schools of our real world?
“It’s surprising but true that most of the top students have been girls since primary school. Girls are class leaders, club presidents and the top ones in exams,” said Wang Feixuan, 15, who studies at a Chengdu school. By any measure, Wang herself is a high-achiever. She is a top student, a team leader in her school’s sports club and a winner in national English and IT competitions.
But why do so many girls outperform their male peers?
In Sun Yunxiao’s latest book Save Our Boys, he points out that the education system is “more suited to girls, who are good at memorizing and like to sit quietly and read.” Yet he also says that girls have to do so much more when they compete with males for honors, top universities and later good jobs. They can feel great pressure nearly every day.
This seems to be the same in most countries in the world. Young women in the United States are also reported to feel the same pressure to be perfect.
“Let’s look at what we ask of our teenage girls,” says Professor Stephen Hinshaw in an interview. He thinks that it’s no longer enough that a girl does well in school and is a caring friend. On the TV, on the Internet and everywhere, girls see images of impossible perfection.
Today’s young women must be good learners, good athletes, and fill their after-school lives with other activities. But they are also asked to have the styles and looks of popular stars. “Be pretty, sweet and nice. Be athletic, competitive and get straight. Be impossibly perfect.” Stephen Hinshaw sums up.
【小题1】The passage suggests that .
A.our society asks far too much of teenage girls |
B.teenage girls shouldn’t be so perfect at school |
C.boys are always lazy ones rather than girls |
D.American girls have less pressure than Chinese girls |
A.boys are less smart than girls throughout school life |
B.boys usually don’t have so much pressure as girls do |
C.girls are all fond of the Chinese education system |
D.girls are better at school because boys don’t work hard |
A.hate | B.misunderstand | C.like | D.defeat |
A.Impossibly Perfect Is Possible. | B.Why Are Girls So Perfect? |
C.Perfect? Pressure Every Day! | D.Perfect: Boys or Girls? |
Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things — an apron, an attractive dress or a frown. Although that is now changing, many women still feel angry about offending advertisements. “This ad degrades women.” they protested(抗议).Why does this sort of advertising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies still produce, sometimes, after months of research, advertising that offends the consumer?
The ASA, the body which deals with complaints about print media, is carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are pictured in advertisements. Its conclusions are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows: although women are often annoyed by the ads, few feel strong enough to complain.
Women are not the only victims of poor and boring stereotypes(老套)— in many TV commercials men are seen either as useless, childish fools who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks, or as inconsiderate fellows, always on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is women who seem to suffer more from the industry’s inability to put people into an authentic present-day situation. Yet according to Emma Bennett, director of a London advertising agency, women are not aggressive or extremely angry about those stereotypes and sexist (歧视妇女)advertising. “They just find it annoying or tiresome.”
She says that it is not advertising’s use of the housewife role that bothers women, but the way in which it is handled. “The most important thing is the advertisement’s tone of voice. Women hate being insincerely praised or given desperately down-to-earth common-sense advice.”
In the end, the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser, the advertising agency and the consumer. Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to the consumer to tell advertisers where they fail, and the process of change will remain slow until people on the receiving end take the business seriously and make their –feelings known.
1.Despite recent changes in attitudes, some advertisements still fail to .
A.change women’s opinions of themselves |
B.show any understanding of consumers’ feelings |
C.persuade the public to buy certain products |
D.meet the needs of the advertising industry |
2.According to the writer, the commonest fault of present-day advertising is to .
A.condemn the role of the housewife |
B.ignore protests about advertisements |
C.present a misleading image of women |
D.picture the activities of men wrongly |
3.Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to .
A.give further emphasis to practical advice |
B.change their style rather than their content |
C.use male images instead of female ones |
D.sing higher praise for women than before |
4.We can learn from the passage that advertising industry should .
A.take its job more eagerly |
B.do more pioneering work |
C.take notice of the public opinion |
D.concentrate on the products advertised |