阅读理解 One of the good things for men in women''s liberation is that men no longer have to pay women the old-fashioned courtesies. In an article on the new manners, Ms. Holmes says that a perfectly able woman no longer has to act helplessly in public as if she were a model. For example, she doesn''t need help getting in and out of cars. She also says there is no reason why a man should walk on the outside of a woman on the sidewalk. As far as manners are concerned, I suppose I have always been a supporter of women''s liberation. Over the years, out of a sense of respect, I imagine, I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies. It is usually easier to follow rules of social behaviour than to depend on one''s own taste. But rules may be safely broken, of course, by those of us with the gift of natural grace. For example, when a man and woman are led to their table in a restaurant and the waiter pulls out a chair, the woman is expected to sit in the chair. That is according to Ms. Ann Clark. I have always done it the other way, according to my wife. It came up only the other night. I followed the hostess to the table, and when she pulled the chair out I sat on it, quite naturally, since it happened to be the chair I wanted to sit in. "Well, "my wife said, when the hostess had gone, "you did it again. " "Did what?" I asked, utterly confused. "Took the chair. " Actually, since I''d walked through the restaurant ahead of my wife, it would have been awkward, I should think, not to have taken the chair. I had got there first, after all. Also, it has always been my custom to get in a car first, and let the woman get in by herself. This is a courtesy I insist on as the stronger sex, out of love and respect. In times like these, there might be attackers hidden about. It would be unsuitable to put a woman in a car then shut the door on her, leaving her at the mercy of some bad fellow who might be hiding in the back seat.

单选题 It can be concluded from the passage that_________.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】依据为文章的第一句、作者引用的一篇有关新的礼仪的文章及作者自己的所作所为。A项没有准确表达Ms．Holmes的意图。B项在文中没有足够的依据，因此无法得出此结论。从文中作者诙谐的调侃中“But rules may be safely broken by those of us with the gift of natural grace．”似乎不该推而广之得出D项结论。故选C)。

单选题 He "took the chair" for all the following reasons EXCEPT that_________.

单选题 The author always gets in a car before a woman because he_________.

单选题 The author is_________.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】从文章开头的“One of the good things for men in women’s liberation is that men no longer have to pay women the old-fashioned courtesies．”、“I have refused to trouble women with outdated courtesies”和作者所给的两个习惯做法(taking the chair first和getting in a car first)中，可推出“作者对礼貌问题及妇女解放持有讽刺的态度”这一结论。A项和D项适合作者对“manners”的态度，但不适合他对“women’s liberation”的态度。C项适合后者却不适合前者。