My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone, I earnestly wish to point out in what tree dignity and human happiness consists -- I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness, and that those beings who are only the objects of pity and that kind of love, which has been termed its sister, will soon become objects of contempt. Animated by this important object, I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style: I aim at being useful, and sincerity will render me unaffected: for, wishing rather to persuade by the force of my arguments than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, nor in fabricating the turgid bombast of artificial feelings, which, coming from the head, never reach the heart. I shall be employed about things, not word!And, anxious to render my sex more respectable members of society, I shall try to avoid that flowery diction which has slid from essays into novels, and from novels into familiar letters and conversation. The education of women has, of late, been more attended to than formerly, yet they are still reckoned a frivolous sex, and ridiculed or pitied by the writers who endeavor by satire or instruction to improve them. It is acknowledged that they spend many of the first years of their lives in acquiring a smattering of accomplishments: meanwhile strength of body and mind are sacrificed to libertine notions of beauty, to the desire of establishing themselves -- the only way women can rise in the world -- by marriage.And this desire making mere animals of them, when they marry they act as such children may be expected to act -- they dress, they paint, and nickname God’s creatures. Surely these weak beings are only fit for a seraglio !Can they be expected to govern a family with judgment, or take care of the poor babes whom they bring into the world If then it can be fairly deduced from the present conduct of the sex, from the prevalent fondness for pleasure which takes place of ambition and those nobler passions that open and enlarge the soul: that the instruction which women have received has only tended, with the constitution of civil society, to render them insignificant objects of desire -- mere propagators of fools! If it can be proved that in aiming to accomplish them, without cultivating their understandings, they are taken out of their sphere of duties, and made ridiculous and useless when their short-lived bloom of beauty is over. I presume that rational men will excuse me for endeavoring to persuade them to become more masculine and respectable. Indeed the word masculine is only a bugbear: there is little reason to fear that women will acquire too much courage or fortitude, for their apparent inferiority with respect to bodily strength, must render them, in some degree, dependent on men in the various relations of life.But why should it be increased by prejudices that give a sex to virtue, and confound simple truths with sensual reveries Women are, in fact, so much degraded by mistaken notions of female excellence, that I do not mean to add a paradox when I assert, that this artificial weakness produces a propensity to tyrannize, and gives birth to cunning, the natural opponent of strength, which leads them to play off those contemptible infantile airs that undermine esteem ever whilst they excite desire. Let men become more chaste and modest, and if Whyknightsfoughtbravelytowinkingdomsrich Why knights fought bravely to win kingdoms rich with diamonds A.Diamonds are very valuable. B.They want to become the richest man. C.They think it is more important to discover diamonds than to discover new lands. D.They are eager for jeweled crowns.
{{B}}TEXTD{{/B}}Anextremeexampleofafeder {{B}}TEXTD{{/B}} An extreme example of a federal system is the one adopted in the 1970s in Yugoslavia, known as workers’ self-management. Primary power was given to individual factories and other places of work, each managed by a board of directors that would establish policy for investments, prices, profits, wages, and so on.Each board of directors, elected by the workers, would answer to a workers’ council, consisting of all workers in the company. Representatives selected from the community’s different workers’ councils would meet together in a local assembly. In this way, the fundamental decisions concerning the community would be made by local workers. The system also included a second branch of the local assembly comprising officials elected by all of the people. The local units of government, known as communes, were grouped into six republics. An important purpose of this federal system was to protect the rights of its different nationalities. There is a saying in Yugoslavia that roughly translates as follows: Yugoslavia has seven neighbors, six republics, five nationalities, four languages, three religions, two alphabets, and one dinar. Yugoslavia’s political fragmentation has long been a source of problems. Nationalities other than the five officially recognized claim they are victims of discrimination. For example, 90 percent of the residents of the southern region of Kosovo areAlbanians, but Yugoslavia does not recognizeAlbanian as a distinct nationality, Kosovo’s official status is an autonomous region administered by Serbia, but in recent years Serbia has taken over direct rule of the region, under the pretext that theAlbanians were threatening to detach Kosovo from Yugoslavia and unite it with the neighboring state ofAlbaniA、A、similar situation has existed in Vojvodian, another autonomous region administered by Serbia, where ethnic Hungarians lack official recognition as one of Yugoslavia’s nationalities. Another problem for Yugoslavia has been competition among republics for resources, rather than cooperation to develop the country’s economy as a whole. For example, from the viewpoint of international competitiveness, Yugoslavia should concentrate its resources to modernize and expand one large port, but each republic has wanted its own port. Instead of one large port, Yugoslavia has had several medium-sized ones that are less successful at attracting foreign trade. Regional cooperation has also been hurt by economic differences among the republics. Slovenia, which bordersAustria and Italy and contains only about 8 percent of Yugoslavia’s population, has generally produced about 18 percent of the gross national product and 25 percent of the exports. With average incomes twice the national level, Slovenes have estimated that one-fourth of their production goes to subsidizing the economies of the poorer republics in the south.
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Acommonassumptionabouttheprivatesectorof A、common assumption about the private sector of education is that it caters only to the elite. (31) recent research points in the opposite direction. If we want to help some of most (32) group in society, then encouraging deeper private sector (33) is likely to be the best way forwarD、 Several developments are (34) in India, all of which involve the private education sector meeting the (35) of the poor in distinct ways. (36) India is not unique in this respect—similar phenomena are happening all over the developing worlD、 As a point of departure, how do government schools serve the poor Usefully, the government sponsored Public Report onBasicEducation in India from 1999 paints a very (37) picture of the" (38) "of the government schools for the poor. When researchers (39) unannounced on their random sample of the schools, only 53% had any "teaching activity" going on. (40) , the team not- ed that the (41) of teaching standards has nothing to do (42) disempowered teachers, but instead could be (43) "plain negligence". They noted "several cases of irresponsible teachers (44) a school closed for months at a time". But is there any (45) to these schools Sorely no one else can do better than government (46) the resources availableAs it happens, the Report pointed to private schools that were serving the poor and (47) that such problems were not found in these schools. Most parents believed that private schools were successful because they were more accountable: "the teachers are account- able to the manager who can fire them, and, (48) him or her, to the (49) who can withdraw their children." Such accountability was not present in the government schools, and "this contrast is (50) with crystal clarity by vast majority of parents.\ A、desolate B.bleak C.ingenious D.delicate
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Weliveinamaterialistsociety.Wearetrained We live in a materialist society. We are trained from our earliest years to be (31) . Our possessions, "mine" and "yours ", are clearly (32) from early childhooD、When we grow older enough to earn a living, it does not surprise us to discover that success is measured (33) the money we earn. We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses. If we buy a new television set, Jones is (34) to buy a bigger and better one. It is not only in affluent society that people are (35) with the idea of making more money.Consumer goods are (36) everywhere and modern industry deliberately (37) create new markets.Gone (38) the days when industrial goods are made to (39) forever. The wheels of industry must be kept turning. Unfashionable goods are made to be (40) .Cars get tinnier and tinnier. You no sooner acquire this year’s model (41) you are thinking hard about its (42) . This materialistic outlook has seriously influenced education. Fewer and fewer young people these days acquire (43) only for its own sake.Every course of studies (44) lead somewhere : i.e. to a bigger wage (45) The demand for skilled personnel far exceeds the supply and big companies compete with each other to (46) students before they have completed their studies. Tempting salaries and " fringe benefits " are offered to them. Recruiting (47) of this kind have lead to the "brain drain", the process (48) which highly skilled people offer their services to the highest bidder. The wealthier nations (49) their poorer neighbors of their most able citizens. (50) wealth is worshipped as never before, the rich get richer and the poor, poorer. A.interested B.absorbed C.haunted D.indulged
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Therearethirtysentencesinthissection.Ben There are thirty sentences in this section.Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases markedA,B, C、and D、Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet. It is a ________ of our company to give refunds if goods are faulty.A.policy B.discipline
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InBhutan,about200people______.A.havebeen In Bhutan, about 200 people ______.A.have been killed in floods B.have been killed in landslides C.have drowned in the river D.have been killed by diseases caused by floods
IntheUnitedStates,olderpeoplerarelylivew In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children.But in many other cultures children are expected to care (31) their aged parents. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who (32) with their parents (33) 65 to 70 percent. In Thailand, too, children are expected to care for their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live (34) . What explains these (35) in living arrangements across cultures Modernization theory (36) the extended family household to low levels of economic development. In traditional societies, the elderly live with their children in large extended family units for economic reasons.But with modernization, children move to urban areas, (37) old people behind in isolated (38) areas. Yet modernization theory cannot explain why extended family households were never common in the United States orEngland, or why families in Italy, which is fully modernized, maintain a strong (39) of intergenerational living.Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain (40) living arrangements. Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance patterns. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance (41) . (42) this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, (43) then inherits their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws, (44) broader social changes brought (45) by industrialization and urbanization, have (46) the tradition. In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese over 65 lived with their children; by 1990 only 60 percent did — a figure that is still high (47) U.S. standards, but which has been (48) steadily. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are (49) : the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77 percent in 1984 to 50 percent just 10 years later. (50) most elderly Koreans still expect to live with a son, their adult children do not expect to live with their children when they grow olD、 A.amounts B.arrives C.reaches D.obtains
WhichofthefollowingisNOTacharacteristico Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the burglaries mentioned A、They are not serious ones. B.They are committed by young people. C.They are the most common form of crimes in the are A、 D.The burglars generally have some record in the past.
Questions8to10arebasedonthefollowingconv Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. What kind of activity is NOT among the hotel’s programA、Christmas party and an outdoor barbecue are to be arrange D、 B.20% discount onChristmasEve will be offere D、 C.A、dancing party after the dinner from 10:00 p. m. to midnight will be hel D、
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