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"What About the Men?" was the title of a Congressional briefing last week timed to (1) National Work and Family Month. "What about them ?" you may be (2) to yell. When Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute, first went out on the road to talk about her organization's research into men's work-family (3) , she received many such grumpy responses. Work-life experts laughed at her. Men are (4) , they said. They don't have the right to complain. That was in 2008, before the Great Recession had hit. And this year, when Galinsky went out on the road again to talk about the results of a new study on male work-life conflict, she got a very (5) response. Some men became very (6) . They felt they didn't have permission to feel (7) . "'This is what I think about each and every day, ' " she recalled another man telling her. " ' I didn't realize that anyone else did, ' " he said. "He thought he was alone, " Galinsky told me. (8) men are (9) work-family conflict isn't new. Indeed, it's been some time now that they—and younger men in particular—have been complaining of feeling the (10) in even greater numbers of women. Failure, (11) , uncertainty, the (12) that comes from spending a lifetime playing one game (13) , mid-way through, that the rules have suddenly changed, seem to have (14) the old categories of self, work and meaning for many men. Is this a bad thing? I'd rather see it as a moment ripe (15) possibility. "A new beginning, " said Ellen Galinsky. After all, what men are starting to say sounds an awful lot like the conversational stirrings that (16) the way for the modern women's movement. For some years now, sociologists have been tracking the patterns of what they call (17) in men and women's lives. Mostly, when we think of this, we tend to focus (18) how they live, what they do, spend their time, whether they do or do not empty the dishwasher or care for their children. But what about how they feel? Now that this final frontier is being breached, I wonder if we aren't fully prepared to see more meaningful change in men's—and women's and families ' —lives than ever before. That is: if we can (19) the change and act (20) it with courage, not fear.
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A. commemorate B. memorize C. remember D. memorial
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A. attempted B. tempted C. contempted D. prompted
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 形近词辨析 [解析] 根据语法可判断,横线处应该填一个动词的过去分词形式。[C]contempt本身是一个名词,表示“鄙视,蔑视”,而不是动词,因此contempted是一个不存在的词,首先可排除。剩余几个答案在语法上都是符合的。但是[A]attempted,“企图,尝试”,往往只能用在主动语态中,表示“某人尝试做某事”,而没有sb.be attempted to do这样的句型。[B]tempted,表示“诱惑,怂恿”,可用在sb.be tempted to do sth.这样的句型中,意思是“某人倾向于做某事,某人意图做某事,某人忍不住做某事”,填在横线处,符合句义,意思是“面对‘男人该怎么办?’这样的问题,你可能会忍不住怒吼。”[D]prompted,表示“激起,促进,促动”。sb.be prompted to do sth.意思是“某人被促使做某事”,填在横线处不符合句义。
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A. balance B. combination C. conflict D. separation
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A. benefited B. destined C. privileged D. favored
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文语义+动词词义辨析 [解析] 前文提到,当Ellen Galinsky在2008年第一次谈到“男性工作和家庭冲突”时,有很多专家嘲笑她。他们说,“Men are (4) ... They don't have the right to complain.”男性没有权利在工作家庭矛盾这一问题上抱怨。[A]benefited意思是“受惠”,往往只用在主动语态中,sth.benefit sb.或者sb.benefit from sth.,因此句法上不符合。[B]destined意思是“命中注定的”,sb.be destined for sth./to do sth.意思是“某人注定要做某事”。填在横线处,不符合句义。[C]privileged意思是“有特权的,享受特权的”,可在句中直接作表语,sb.be privileged意思是“某人是享有特权的”,填在横线处,符合句法和句义。[D]favored意思是“偏爱的”,在搭配上只能放在名词前作前置定语,例如my favored singer,“我偏爱的歌手”,或者用在sth./sb.be favored by sb.这样的句型中。因此,[D]在句法上也不符合。
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A. similar B. different C. negative D. positive
【答案解析】[解析] 语法知识 [解析] 横线在一段的句首,如果要填关系词的话,应该是填一个引导主语从句的关系词。四个选项中只有as不能用来引导主语从句。that作为连词引导主语从句,在句中不充当任何成分,而what和whatever则不然,在句中一般要充当主语或者宾语。例如:That he is still alive is a wonder.他还活着,真是奇迹。What I want to know is this.我想知道的就是这一点。Whatever is worth doing at allis worth doing well.值得做的就要做好。因为第9个空四个选项都是动词,因此我们看到关系词后面整句话的内容是完整的,不缺少主语或宾语,因此横线处我们应该填的连词是That。
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A. striving B. experiencing C. struggling D. confronting
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析 [解析] 四个选项都和“挣扎,面对”有一定的关系,单纯看意思,[A]striving意思是“努力,奋斗”;[B]experiencing意思是“经历”;[C]struggling意思是“挣扎”;[D]confronting意思是“遭遇,面临”。就句义来讲,只有[A]不符合。剩下的几个动词中,experience是及物动词,后面可直接接名词作宾语,是正确答案。struggle是不及物动词,后面需要和介词连用。confront如果要表示“某人面临……的困难”,往往使用的是sb.be confronted with sth.这样的句型。
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A. disaster B. torture C. pain D. squeeze
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文语义+名词词义辨析 [解析] 横线处这句话的大意是,“确实,有越来越多的年轻男性感到了很多女性一直以来感受的那种压力”。这里没有直接出现“压力”stress一词。[A]disaster意思是“灾难”。[B]torture“折磨,拷问”,这个词的词义程度比较重。[C]pain“痛苦”。[D]squeeze“压力”,feel the squeeze是固定搭配,表示“感受到窘迫或压力”。例如:All manufacturers are feeling the squeeze.所有的生产商都感到了一定的压力。这里最符合句义的应该是[D]。
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A. indifference B. innocence C. instability D. insanity
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A. only to find B. seeking C. to find D. to seek
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 短语含义辨析 [解析] 第12个空格处填的名词是self-doubt,意思是“自我怀疑”,后面that引导的是一个定语从句,这种自我怀疑来自于“一生投入一场游戏,游戏过半才发现规则突然发生了改变……”。...only to fred(only finding)…是英语里面的固定短语,作结果状语,表示“出乎某人意料之外地发现了……”。
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A. shattered B. spoiled C. shed D. shivered
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析 [解析] 横线处这句话所在主语是Failure,instability and uncertainty,谓语部分是横线处所在的seem to have (14) ,宾语是the old categories of self,work and meaning for many men。连在一起,句子大意是“失败,不确定和没有安全感似乎正在 (14) 男性对于自我的认识,对于工作和人生意义的理解。”横线处填一个动词。[A]shattered意思是“击碎,粉碎”;[B]spoiled意思是“损害,溺爱”;[C]shed意思是“流出,脱掉”;[D]shivered意思是“颤抖,战栗”。意思最符合句义的是[A]。
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A. beyond B. by C. for D. with
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 介词搭配 [解析] 横线处这一段第一句Is it a bad thing?是接上文提到的男性工作和家庭生活压力倍增的事实提出的,这一定是一件坏事吗?作者认为不一定,这也可以是成熟的标志,a moment ripe (15) possibility。ripe一词的意思是“成熟的”,后面的possibility表示“可能性”。ripe一词往往和介词for搭配,意思是“准备好做某事”。例如:The police forces are ripe for reform.武装警察已经做好准备迎接一场改革。而这里如果填for,ripe for possibility,没有什么实际含义。正确答案应该选[D],a moment ripe with possibility意思是“成熟的时刻,充满了各种可能性”。
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A. laid B. cleared C. paved D. set
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配 [解析] 横线处这句话的大意是,“男性现在的怨言与女性运动开始时的躁动不安的言论大体一致。”conversational stirrings后接that,引导的定语从句,关系词代替先行词,在定语从句中充当主语。横线处要填一个动词和way构成搭配。[A]laid一般和foundation一词搭配,而不和way搭配,表示“为……打下基础”。[B]cleared,可与way搭配,clear the way for。意思是“为……扫清障碍”。例如:The enforcement of this law will clear the way for further reform.该项法律的实施将进一步扫除改革的障碍。pave the way for意思是“为……铺平道路”。例如,This agreement,will pave the way for a lasting peace between the two countries.这个协议将为两国间的持久和平铺平道路。[D]set一般不和way这个词搭配。通过句义判断,女性运动刚开始的那种喧嚣、躁动与不安实际上就是后来女性运动的萌芽,也就是为后来女性运动的开展在打下基础,铺路。因此,最符合句义的应该是[C]。
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A. distinction B. convergence C. divergence D. discrepancy
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A. acquire B. anticipate C. acknowledge D. appreciate
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析 [解析] 上文提到,以前当学者探讨男性面临的工作和家庭的冲突时,通常只关注男性的生活状况,而不关心男性的心理状态。现在本文中提到的研究已经开始关注男性的心理状态。if we can (19) the change and act (20) it with courage,not,fear.“我们是否准备真正接受这种变化,并且勇于做出改变?”[A]acquire意思是“获取,习得”;[C]acknowledge意思是“承认”;[B]anticipate意思是“预期”;[D]appreciate意思是“欣赏,感激”。最符合句义的应该是[C],acknowledge the change意思是“承认变化的发生”。
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A. for B. to C. with D. upon
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 动词和介词搭配 [解析] “对某件事情做出反应”,act upon/on sth.是固定搭配。例如:The question comes down to whether we ought to act upon his advice.问题归结到我们是否应该按照他的建议去做。横线处这句话的大意是,“我们是否能够承认这种变化.并且勇敢地应对?”