填空题. A．borne out B．recognition C．responsible D．honor E．still F．reveal G．comments H．proved I．hostile J．shame K．even L．agreement M．enlightened N．coward O．conceal This is supposed to be an 11 age, but you wouldn't think so if you could hear what the average men think of the average women. Women won their independence years ago. After a long, bitter struggle, they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world. They have 12 repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in almost every field. The hard-fought battle for 13 has been won, but it is by no means over. It is men, not women who 14 carry on the sex war because their attitude remains basically 15 . Even in the most progressive societies, women continue to be regarded as second-rate citizens. To hear some men talk, you'd think that women belonged to a different species. On the surface, the 16 made by men about women's abilities seem light-hearted. The same tired jokes about women drivers are repeated day in day out. This apparent light-heartiness does not 17 the real contempt that men feel for women. However much men sneer at women, their claims to superiority are not 18 by statistics. We all know that women cause far fewer accidents than men. They are too conscientious and 19 to drive like menaces. But this is a minor quibble. Women have succeeded in any job you dare to name. As politicians, soldiers, doctors, bus-conductors, scientists and presidents of countries they have often put men to 20 . And we must remember that they frequently succeed brilliantly in all these fields in addition to bearing and rearing children.