Section B
Passage One
Many changes are taking place in the way in which men and women look at their roles in society. We see these changes most dramatically in jobs and business situations. It is no longer unusual to find a male nurse or a female construction worker. Years ago, however, a man who worked as a nurse would have been looked down upon for doing a “woman’s job”, and a female construction worker would have been roared off the construction site by her male co-workers. However, the most important changes that have taken place can be found in men’s and women’s roles in family life.
Household work that used to be done by women is now often shared equally by men and women. Men have discovered at last that they too are capable of preparing the family dinner, rather than thinking that they are only capable of taking out the garbage.
Perhaps the greatest change that has taken place in the family is in parents new attitudes towards bringing up children. While it is true that only mothers can breastfeed their infants, nowhere is it written that fathers cannot bathe their own babies or change diapers. And more and more of them are doing just that. These days, being a full-time parent is a job that fathers and mothers both share.
As a result of these changes, we no longer insist that little boys play with trucks and grow up to be doctors, while little girls play with dolls and grow up to be housewives. Many men no longer feel that they must maintain a masculine attitude all the time, and many women no longer feel that they should be submissive and obedient. Changes like these do not occur overnight or even in a few years because they involve fundamental changes in attitudes and behavior.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the best title of this passage?
【解析】選[B]。預讀選項可知此題考查的是哪個方面所發(fā)生的變化。
27. What is the greatest change that has taken place in the family?
【解析】選[D]。預讀選項可以推測此題是考查對四種事實的區(qū)分，需要留意文中出現(xiàn)了哪種或哪幾種事實。
28. Where can we see the most dramatic change of men’s and women’s roles in society?
【解析】選[D]。預讀選項可以推測此題詢問的是在哪個方面發(fā)生了某件事情、或者是從哪個方面看待某個問題。
Passage One
Many changes are taking place in the way in which men and women look at their roles in society. We see these changes most dramatically in jobs and business situations. It is no longer unusual to find a male nurse or a female construction worker. Years ago, however, a man who worked as a nurse would have been looked down upon for doing a “woman’s job”, and a female construction worker would have been roared off the construction site by her male co-workers. However, the most important changes that have taken place can be found in men’s and women’s roles in family life.
Household work that used to be done by women is now often shared equally by men and women. Men have discovered at last that they too are capable of preparing the family dinner, rather than thinking that they are only capable of taking out the garbage.
Perhaps the greatest change that has taken place in the family is in parents new attitudes towards bringing up children. While it is true that only mothers can breastfeed their infants, nowhere is it written that fathers cannot bathe their own babies or change diapers. And more and more of them are doing just that. These days, being a full-time parent is a job that fathers and mothers both share.
As a result of these changes, we no longer insist that little boys play with trucks and grow up to be doctors, while little girls play with dolls and grow up to be housewives. Many men no longer feel that they must maintain a masculine attitude all the time, and many women no longer feel that they should be submissive and obedient. Changes like these do not occur overnight or even in a few years because they involve fundamental changes in attitudes and behavior.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the best title of this passage?
【解析】選[B]。預讀選項可知此題考查的是哪個方面所發(fā)生的變化。
27. What is the greatest change that has taken place in the family?
【解析】選[D]。預讀選項可以推測此題是考查對四種事實的區(qū)分，需要留意文中出現(xiàn)了哪種或哪幾種事實。
28. Where can we see the most dramatic change of men’s and women’s roles in society?
【解析】選[D]。預讀選項可以推測此題詢問的是在哪個方面發(fā)生了某件事情、或者是從哪個方面看待某個問題。