A.play a separate role
B.work outside the household
C.elementary school teachers
D.or in the labor force
A. women who wish to【T13】______ should naturally fill these jobs
B. require each sex to【T14】______ in social life
C. whether at home【T15】______
D. to be employed as nurses, social workers,【T16】______, household helpers
Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology that biology is destiny. According to this ideology, basic biological and psychological differences exist between the sexes. These differences【T17】______ . Women are the weaker sex both physically and emotionally. Thus, they are naturally suited, much more so than men, to the performance of domestic duties. A woman's place, under normal circumstances, is within the protective environment of the home. Nature has determined that women play caretaker roles, such as wife and mother and homemaker. On the other hand, men are best suited to go out into the competitive world of work and politics, where serious responsibilities must be taken on. Men are to be the providers; women and children are "dependents". The ideology also holds that【T18】______ that are in line with the special capabilities of their sex. It is thus appropriate for women, not men,【T19】______ , and clerks and secretaries. These positions are simply an extension of women's domestic role. Informal distinctions between "women's work" and "men's work" in the labor force, according to the ideology, are simply a functional reflection of the basic differences between the sexes. Finally, the ideology suggests that nature has worked her will in another significant way. For the human species to survive over time, its members must regularly reproduce. Thus, women must,【T20】______ , make the most of their physical appearance.
单选题
【T13】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:根据空格前的动词短语wish to可知,空格处应填入一个以动词原形开头的结构。wish to do sth.“希望做某事”为固定用法。所以,答案是work outside the household。
单选题
【T14】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:本题主要考查固定搭配。“play a…role in”为固定搭配,又根据后面的in social life可知,此处应填play a separate role。所以,答案是play a separate role。
单选题
【T15】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:whether...or...为固定用法,根据空格前的whether at home可知,空格处应填入or in the labor force,符合题意。所以,答案是or in the labor force。
单选题
【T16】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:分析句子结构可知,空格处填入的内容应和nurses,social worker和household helpers一起作介词as的并列宾语。所以,答案是elementary school teachers。