单选题
Even the Saudis--or rather, the small number of men who actually rule their troubled country--are giving ground in the struggle for women's rights. For sure, the recommendations (1) this week to Crown Prince Abdullah at the end of an (2) round of "national dialogue" concentrating on the role of women were fairly tame. in the reformers-versus-reactionaries (3) test of whether women should, be allowed to drive cars (at present they cannot do so in the kingdom, nor can they travel unaccompanied, by whatever (4) of motion), the king was merely asked to" (5) a body to study a public-transport system for women to facilitate mobility". (6) mention, of course, of the right to vote--but then that has been (7) to men too, though local elections, on an apparently universal franchise, are supposed to be held in October. In sum, it is a tortoise's progress. But the very fact of the debate happening at all is (8) --and hopeful. It is not just in Saudi Arabia that more rights for women are being demanded (9) across the whole of the Arab and Muslim world. The pushy Americans have made women's rights part of their appeal for greater democracy in (10) they now officially call the "broader Middle East", to include non-Arab Muslim countries such as Iran, Turkey and even Afghanistan. Many Arabs have cautioned the Americans against seeking to (11) their own values on societies with such different traditions and (12) . Many leading Muslims have (13) the culturally imperious Americans of seeking to (14) Islam. The (15) for more democracy in the Muslim world issued by leaders of the eight biggest industrial countries was watered down for fear of giving (16) . Yet, despite the Arabs' prickliness, the Americans have helped pep up a debate that is now bubbling fiercely in the Arab world, even (17) many Arab leaders, none of whom is directly elected by the people, are understandably (18) of reforms that could lead to their own toppling. Never before have women's rights in the Arab world been so (19) debated. That (20) is cause to rejoice.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题是一道语意逻辑推导题。本题空白处所入的实际上是一个过去分词和其后的“this week to Crown Prince Abdullah at the end of an (2) round of 'national dialogue' concentrating on the role of women”一起构成过去分词短语作定语,用来限定本题空白处前的名词 (本句主语)“recommendations”(提议)。本题空白处后面的介词“to”暗示:本句中的“recommendations”是“递交”给王储阿卜杜拉的。由此可以推断出本题的正确答案应该是D“handed”。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题是一道句子间语意逻辑推导题。本题所在句的前面一句中的“merely”(仅仅)一词暗示了本题的答案。上句话的大意是:“仅仅(merely)请求国王指派一个机构研究女性的公共交通问题”。由此可以推断出:除此事之外没有请求国王做别的事,即没有提起别的事。可见选项C“No”是本题的正确答案。另外注意不要选A“Not”,因为它的固定搭配形式是“Not to mention”。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题是一道词汇和语意逻辑推导题。在词汇方面,考查“accuse sb. of doing...”(指控某人做某事)这一固定搭配形式。在语意方面,本句中的“imperious”(专横的)一词暗示了答案:人们对于“专横者”所采取的回应一般是“指控、指责”。可见本题的正确答案是 B“accused”。