專八閱讀訓(xùn)練Feminism

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專八閱讀訓(xùn)練Feminism

　　Feminism

專八閱讀訓(xùn)練Feminism

　　The statistics I’ve cited and the living examples are all too familiarto you. But what may not be so familiar will be the increasingnumber of women who are looking actively for advancement offor a new job in your offices. This woman may be equipped withprofessional skills and perhaps valuable experience, She will notbe content to be Executive Assistant to Mr. Seldom Seen of theAssistant Vice President’s Girl Friday, who is the only one whocomes in on Saturday.

　　She is the symbol of what I call the Second Wave of Feminism. She is the modern woman who isdetermined to be.

　　Her forerunner was the radical feminist who interpreted her trapped position as a female asoppression by the master class of men. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role forwomen in order that men could have the career and the opportunity to participate in making thegreat decisions of society. Thus the radical feminist held that women through history had beenoppressed and dehumanized, mainly because man chose to exploit his wife and the mother of hischildren. Sometimes it was deliberate exploitation and sometimes it was the innocence of neverlooking beneath the pretensions of life.

　　The radical feminists found strength in banding together. Coming to recognize each other for thefirst time, they could explore their own identities, realize their own power, and view the male and hissystem as the common enemy. The first phases of feminism in the last five years often took on thismilitant, class-warfare tone. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer, and many othershammered home their ideas with a persistence that aroused and intrigued many of the brightestand most able women in the country. Consciousness-raising groups allowed women to exploreboth their identities and their dreams—and the two were often found in direct conflict.

　　What is the stereotyped role of American women? Marriage. A son. Two daughters. Breakfast.Ironing. Lunch. Bowling, maybe a garden club of for the very daring, non-credit courses inceramics. Perhaps an occasional cocktail party. Dinner. Football or baseball on TV. Each day thesame. Never any growth in expectations—unless it is growth because the husband has succeeded.The inevitable question: “Is that all there is to life?”

　　The rapid growth of many feminist organizations attests to the fact that these radical feminists hadtouched some vital nerves. The magazine “Ms.” was born in the year of the death of the magazine“Life.” But too often the consciousness-raising sessions became ends in themselves. Too oftensexism reversed itself and man-hating was encouraged. Many had been with the male chauvinist.

　　It is not difficult, therefore, to detect a trend toward moderation. Consciousness-raising increasinglyis regarded as a means to independence and fulfillment, rather than a ceremony of fulfillment itself.Genuine independence can be realized through competence, through finding a career, through theuse of education. Remember that for many decades the education of women was not supposedto be useful.

　　1. What was the main idea of this passage?

　　[A] The Second Wave of Feminist. [B] Women’s Independent Spirits.

　　[C] The Unity of Women. [D] The Action of Union.

　　2. What was the author’s attitude toward the radical?

　　[A] He supported it wholeheartedly. [B] He opposed it strongly.

　　[C] He disapproved to some extent. [D] He ignored it completely.

　　3. What does the word “militant” mean?

　　[A] Aggressive. [B] Ambitions. [C] Progressive. [D] Independent.

　　4. What was the radical feminist’s view point about the male?

　　[A] Women were exploited by the male.

　　[B] Women were independent of the male.

　　[C] Women’s lives were deprived by the male.

　　[D] The male were their common enemy.

　　答案詳解：

　　1. A. 第二次女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)的浪潮。在第一段，一般性描述之后（見(jiàn)難句譯注1），作者畫龍點(diǎn)睛的指明“她就是我所指的第二次女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)浪潮的象征。她是決心要成為的現(xiàn)代婦女的代表。”以后的文章就是圍繞女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)而寫的。見(jiàn)文章大意。

　　B. 婦女的獨(dú)立精神。這只是女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)中部分內(nèi)容。 C. 婦女團(tuán)結(jié)。第三段一開(kāi)始就提到“激進(jìn)女權(quán)主義者發(fā)現(xiàn)了緊密團(tuán)結(jié)在一起的力量。”也是女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)的部分內(nèi)容。D. 團(tuán)結(jié)運(yùn)動(dòng)。

　　2. C. 有點(diǎn)不贊成。這在最后兩段表現(xiàn)的最為明顯：“許多女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)組織迅速發(fā)展證明這些激進(jìn)爭(zhēng)取女權(quán)的人觸到了某些活躍的神經(jīng)。（非常活躍）。 Ms 雜志就在《生活》停刊那年誕生。可是喚起覺(jué)醒的會(huì)議常常成為這些活動(dòng)的目的。性別歧視（歧視婦女）也常常顛倒過(guò)來(lái)并且提倡憎恨男人。許多人曾是男權(quán)至上主義者。”“因此，察覺(jué)向平和中的趨向發(fā)展并不難。提高覺(jué)悟的做法越來(lái)越被認(rèn)為是獨(dú)立與成就的方式，而不是慶賀成就本身的儀式。真正的獨(dú)立是能夠通過(guò)能力，通過(guò)尋找一份事業(yè)，通過(guò)應(yīng)用教育加以實(shí)現(xiàn)。要記住，幾十年來(lái)，婦女教育被認(rèn)為是無(wú)用的。”如果是倒數(shù)第二段是作者對(duì)激進(jìn)分子有點(diǎn)批評(píng)，不滿的態(tài)度的表現(xiàn)，那么最后一段就是作者的觀點(diǎn)：獨(dú)立是靠塌實(shí)工作，提高婦女自身的能力來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)的。

　　A. 他全心全意的擁護(hù)。 B. 他強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)。不完全如此。 D. 他完全忽視不顧。

　　3. A. 好斗的。（斗爭(zhēng)性強(qiáng)的）。第三段第三句：“在最近5年中女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)首要方面常常具有這種好斗的階級(jí)斗爭(zhēng)調(diào)子。”

　　B. 野心的。 C. 進(jìn)步的。 D. 獨(dú)立的。

　　4. D. 男人是她們共同的敵人。第三段：“激進(jìn)女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)分子在緊密團(tuán)結(jié)中找到了力量。第一次她們認(rèn)識(shí)了自己，她們可以探索自我，意識(shí)到她們的力量，把男人及其制度視為她們共同的敵人。”

　　A. 婦女為男人們所剝削。這在第三段中講到，見(jiàn)難句譯注3。這是婦女觀點(diǎn)中具體內(nèi)容之一。也是為什么說(shuō)男人及制度是她們共同敵人的原因之一。 B. 婦女不受男人支配。 C. 男人剝奪了女人生活。

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