63．What
is the best title of the passage?
A．Can You Praise Others? B．Why Do You Criticize Others?
C．Be Generous to Give Others Praise. D．Don’t Criticized Others.
答案 60.D 61.D 62.C 63.C
Passage 22
(江西省南昌二中2009届高三5月模拟考试D篇)
Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the
division of the labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to
support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home
and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was
not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But in the
middle of 1ast century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fixed
In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical
American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture(反传统文化). The people involved in this movement did
not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and
women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to
share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women
moved to communal homes or
farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by
both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role
of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the
war in Vietnam.
In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of
people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men
of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial
workers and business executives alike cut down on “overtime” work so that they
could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and
teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions
in poorer neighborhoods.
In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women’s liberation, produced
additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of
society were entering the work force in greater number. Most of them still took
traditional women’s jobs such as public school teaching, nursing, and
secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations:
police work, banking, dentistry(牙医术),
and construction work. Women were asking for equal work.
Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking
place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in
adjusting to these changes.