单选题
Passage Two

Male chauvinism—the attitude that women are the passive and inferior servants of society and of men—sets women apart from the rest of the working class. Even when they do the same work as men, women are not considered workers in the same sense, with the need and right to work to provide for their families or to support themselves independently. They are expected to accept work at lower wages and without job security. Thus they can be used as a marginal or reserve labor force when profits depend on extra low costs or when men are needed for war.
Women are not supposed to be independent, so they are not supposed to have any "right to work". This means, in effect, that although they do work, they are denied the right to organize and fight for better wages and conditions. Thus the role of women in the labor force undermines the struggles of male workers as well. The boss can break a union drive by threatening to hire lower paid women or blacks. In many cases, where women are organized, the union contract reinforces their inferior position, making women the least loyal and militant union members. (Standard Oil workers in San Francisco recently paid the price of male supremacy. Women at Standard Oil have the least chance for advancement and decent pay, and the union has done little to fight this. Not surprisingly, women formed the core of the back to work move that eventually broke the strike.)
In general, because women are defined as docile, helpless, and inferior, they are forced into the most demeaning and mind rotting jobs—from scrubbing floors to filing cards—under the most oppressive conditions where they are treated like children or slaves. Their very position reinforces the idea, even among the women themselves, that they are fit for and should be satisfied with this kind of work.
Apart from the direct, material exploitation of women, male supremacy acts in more subtle ways to undermine class consciousness. The tendency of male workers to think of themselves primarily as men (i.e., powerful) rather than as workers (i.e., members of an oppressed group) promotes a false sense of privilege and power, and an identification with the world of men, including the boss. The petty dictatorship which most men exercise over their wives and families enables them to vent their anger and frustration in a way which poses no challenge to the system. The role of the man in the family reinforces aggressive individualism, authoritarianism, and a hierarchical view of social relations—values which are fundamental to the perpetuation (不朽) of capitalism. In this system we are taught to relieve our fears and frustrations by brutalizing those weaker than we are: a man in uniform turns into a pig; the foreman intimidates the man on the line; the husband beats his wife, child, and dog.

单选题 Unfair working status of women also produces negative effects on men in that ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这是一道细节题。文章第二段指出:女性在劳动力中扮演的角色也破坏了男性工人的斗争,老板可以通过雇佣薪水更低的女性或黑人瓦解工会行动。这说明,男性工人有可能被薪水更低的女性或黑人取代。A说“男性面临被低薪女性取代的危险”,这与文章的意思符合。B、C和D都与文章的意思不符。
单选题 The failure of the strike of Standard Oil workers shows that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这是一道细节题。题干中的信号词为Standard Oil workers,出自于文章第二段最后括号里。文章第二段后半部分指出:工会的条约强化了女性的低下地位,使得女性成为工会中最不忠诚和最没有战斗力的工会成员:标准石油的女性获得升迁和加薪的机会最小,而工会对此没有采取什么措施;不足为奇的是,女性成为回去工作的员工的核心,这最终导致罢工失败。这说明,不忠诚和没有战斗力的女性成员参加的罢工不可能得到成功。B说“消极的女性参与罢工不可能获得成功”,这与文章的意思符合。文中没有提到A和C;D与文章的意思相反。
单选题 Many women also think they deserve oppressive jobs because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】这是一道细节题。文章第三段指出:由于女性被定义成温顺、无助和低下的性别,所以她们被迫在最令人难以忍受的环境中做最卑下、最腐蚀思想的工作;正是她们的这种状况强化了这样的观念——她们适合做这种工作,也应该满足于这种工作,甚至女性自己也这样认为。这说明,原因是她们的状况强化了她们的观念。C说“她们的恶劣环境强化了她们的思想认同感”,这与文章的意思符合。文中没有提到A和B;D明显与文章的意思不符合。
单选题 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这是一道推理题。题干中的信号词为the last Paragraph,也就是文章的最后一段。文章最后一段指出:男性在家庭中的角色强化了极端个人主义、独裁主义以及社会关系的等级观念——这些价值观对资本主义的永存是至关重要的。由此可知,D“男性在家庭的主宰地位最终有助于资本主义制度的稳定”与文章的意思符合。A是文中明确指出的,所以不对;B与文章的意思不符合;文中没有提到C。
单选题 The best title for this passage might be ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这是一道主旨题。文章指出:大男子主义将女性从劳动阶层的其余部分中分离出来;人们认为女性不应该独立,所以她们不应该有任何“工作的权利”;由于女性被定义成温顺、无助和低下的性别,所以她们被迫在最令人难以忍受的环境中做最卑下、最腐蚀思想的工作;除了这种对妇女的直接物质剥削外,大男子主义也以更微妙的方式破坏阶层意识。这说明,本文主要讲的是大男子主义及其对女性造成的影响。B说“大男子主义对女性产生的影响”,这可以表达文章的主题。A、C和D都不能表达文章的主题。