填空题Exercise:You are going to hear a passage about women's
language. Listen and then fill each of the blanks in the following passage with
an appropriate word or words. You will hear the passage only once. Now anyone familiar with the {{U}} {{U}} 1
{{/U}} {{/U}}on gender differences in language will immediately recognize the
source of {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}, a book by the American
linguist, Robin Lakoff, published in 1975 under the title Language and Women's
Place. Lakoff was {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}to publish a whole
book on the subject of {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}in the use of
English and her book was influential because it opened up a whole {{U}}
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the existence of {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}in English called
women's language. The {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, by the way,
is not men's language; it's {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
The difference between neutral language and women's language is that women's
language {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}, authority and confidence.
It's full of {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}like perhaps, sort of
and I'm not really sure. It's full of {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}}
{{/U}}, rising intonation which makes {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}}
{{/U}}into questions, trivial words and {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}}
{{/U}}. Women use this language, Lakoff suggests, because they were taught as
little girls that it was {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}or
ladylike. But what's {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}in a little
girl becomes {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}in a grown woman trying
to make her way in the world. Women who talk the way women are {{U}}
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{{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}professionals because the {{U}} {{U}}
19 {{/U}} {{/U}}itself is neither competent nor {{U}} {{U}}
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