单选题

Simone de Beauvoir's work greatly influenced Betty Friedan's--indeed, made it possible. Why, then, was it Friedan who became the prophet of women's emancipation in the United States? Political conditions, as well as a certain anti-intellectual bias, prepared Americans and the American media to better receive Friedan's deradicalized and highly pragmatic The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, than Beauvoir's theoretical reading of women's situation in The Second Sex. In I953 when The Second Sex first appeared in translation in the United States, the country had entered the silent, fearful fortress of the anticommunist McCarthy years (1950--1954), and Beauvoir was suspected of Marxist sympathies. Even The Nation, a generally liberal magazine, warned its readers against "certain political leanings" of the author. Open acknowledgement of the existence of women's oppression was too radical for the United States in the fifties, and Beauvoir's conclusion, that change in women's economic condition, though insufficient by itself, "remains time basic factor" in improving women's situation, was particularly unacceptable.

单选题 According to the passage, one difference between The Feminine Mystique and The Second Sex is that Friedan's book ______.

A、 rejects the idea that women are oppressed
B、 provides a primarily theoretical analysis of women's lives
C、 does not reflect the political beliefs of its author
D、 concentrates on the practical aspects of the question of women's emancipation

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据短文，《女性的神秘》和《第二性别》的一个差异在于弗里丹的书注重妇女解放问题中的一些实际的方面。作者提到弗里丹的著作《女性的神秘》，并在前面用了一个形容词pragmatic，意为“讲求实际的”，提到了贝弗的作品《第二性别》，说它是理论读物。这说明弗里丹的书《女性的神秘》注重实际，贝弗的书《第二性别》偏重于理论。

单选题 Tile author quotes from The Nation most probably in order to ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】作者引用《民族》杂志的话，很可能是为了说明她的重要观点。作者说，1953年《第二性别》在美国以译文的形式发表，美国进入了沉寂的、令人恐怖的、像古堡一样顽固的、反对共产主义的麦卡锡主义盛行的时期。贝弗有同情马克思主义者的嫌疑。一般认为，比较自由的《民族》杂志警告读者要防范作者的“某些政治倾向”。

单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is not a factor in the explanation of why The Feminine Mystique was received more positively in the United States than was The Second Sex?

A、 By 1963 political conditions in the United States had changed.
B、 Friedan's book was less intellectual and abstract than Beauvoir's
C、 Readers did not recognize the powerful influence of Beauvoir’s book on Friedan's ideas.
D、 Friedan's approach to the issue of women's emancipation was less radical than Beauvior's.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】A(1963年美国的政治环境起了变化。)是不言而喻的，因为美国早已摆脱了盛行于1950年至1954年的麦卡锡主义；C(同贝弗的书相比，弗里丹的书不那么理性、不那么抽象。)也提到了，anti-intellectual(反对知识分子的)一词让人想起“不那么理性”；pragmatic(实用的)…词让人想起“不那么抽象”；D(弗里丹对妇女解放运动的探讨没有贝弗那样激进。)也提到了，闲为deradicalized(非激进化)一词使人想起弗里丹没有贝弗那样激进。没有提到C。

单选题 According to the passage, Beauvoir's book asserted that the status of women ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据短文，贝弗的书官称，妇女的地位从本质上讲与她们的经济状况有关。作者在最后一句说，贝弗下了这样的结论：妇女经济状况的变化依然是改苦妇女地位的基本因素。