阅读理解 A major sociological theory known as symbolic interactionism offers some important insights into how men and women are taught to fill different roles in society. The key concept in symbolic interactionism is that communication makes a big difference in behavior: people act on the basis of messages they receive from others, and how they understand those messages. This can be seen in a concept developed by sociologist Charles Horton Cooley known as the looking-glass serf. By the looking-glass self, Cooley meant the self-image that each of us develops according to the messages we receive from others; we think and behave according to our understanding of those messages. If, for example, a young girl is repeatedly told that she is pretty, she will come to believe that: (1) she is in fact pretty, and (2) being pretty is an important thing in her life. Similarly, if she is told that she is not good (or not expected to be good) at certain things such as math, she will come to believe that she is not good at such things and would be better off working at things she can be successful at. The likely product is a young woman who devotes a great deal of attention to her appearance, regards being pretty as a key to success in life, and who is intimidated by anything connected with numbers. Since we know that young girls are given messages like these, and that young boys are given different messages, we can see a good part of how sex roles are taught. There is little or no evidence of differences in what young girls and young boys can do, but the older children become, the greater the differences in the areas in which boys and girls are interested.

单选题 According to the passage, if one is given a certain message about himself or herself time and again, he or she will ______.

单选题 Cooley'' s concept of looking-glass self can help us understand ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。根据第一段第一句．．．symbolic interactionism offers some important in sights into how men and women are taught to fill different roles in society以及本段最后一句This can be seen in a concept．．．known as the looking-glass self可知三者关系为the looking-glass self的理论告诉我们how men and women are taught to fill different roles in society，故答案为C。

单选题 The word "intimidated" in Line 9 of Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】语义题。根据第二段Similarly，if she is told that she is not good(or not expected to be good)at certain things such as math，she will come to believe that she is not good at such things and．．．可知这里的intimidated旨定是表示负面的意思，四个选项中只有A)frightened有明显的负面意义，故答案为A。

单选题 The author'' s purpose of writing this article is to ______.

A、 introduce Charles Horton Cooley'' s concept of looking-glass self to the reader
B、 show the influence of messages and communication on people'' s behaviors
C、 tell the reader why people of different sexes are good at things in different areas
D、 describe the best way to produce a young woman who is perfect in all aspects

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】写作意图题。根据文章第二句The key concept in symbolic interactionism is that communication makes a big difference in behavior以及下文对communication(即messages)对 behavior的影响可知本题答案为B。而Cooley的理论是用来说明上述观点的，本文意图不在于介绍他的理论。