填空题. A．borne out B．recognition C．responsible D．honor E．still F．reveal G．comments H．proved I．hostile J．shame K．even L．agreement M．enlightened N．coward O．conceal This is supposed to be an 1 age, but you wouldn't think so if you could hear what the average men think of the average women. Women won their independence years ago. After a long, bitter struggle, they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world. They have 2 repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in almost every field. The hard-fought battle for 3 has been won, but it is by no means over. It is men, not women who 4 carry on the sex war because their attitude remains basically 5 . Even in the most progressive societies, women continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens. To hear some men talk, you'd think that women belonged to a different species. On the surface, the 6 made by men about women's abilities seem light-hearted. The same tired jokes about women drivers are repeated day in day out. This apparent light-heartiness does not 7 the real contempt that men feel for women. However much men sneer at women, their claims to superiority are not 8 by statistics. We all know that women cause far fewer accidents than men. They are too conscientious and 9 to drive like menaces. But this is a minor quibble. Women have succeeded in any job you dare to name. As politicians, soldiers, doctors, bus-conductors, scientists and presidents of countries they have often put men to 10 . And we must remember that they frequently succeed brilliantly in all these fields in addition to bearing and rearing children.