4.Face-book chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez,chief of American Girl Scouts,are leading a campaign to discourage the use of the word"bossy".Does the term destroy the confidence of young girls?
The campaign claims that terms like"bossy"are improperly applied to females,preventing schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future"leaders".From its first application,the word has been definitely connected more with women than with men.It first appeared in 1882,according to the Oxford English Dictionary,mentioning"a lady manager who was extremely bossy".As late as 2008,the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males,claim the Ban Bossy campaigners."To me,the reference is always is association with women,"says Helen Trim,director of Fresh Minds."I have three brothers and my family still call me‘bossy'today."Her father is the only other family member who could be considered in that way,says Trim,but nobody would ever call him so.
Some educators recommend that the word should be reclaimed,rather than banned."But the thing with‘bossy'is that there's an infantile (幼稚的)element to it,"says Sara Mills,professor at Sheffield University."You think of‘bossy'as being like a little kid who's claiming more than he has the right to claim."
It's not just"bossy"under fire."Pushy"is another target.The implication is that women shouldn't present themselves as powerful and confident.Mills suggests,which some women are willing to listen to and accept.Trim points out that many modern female business role models are able to be bosses without being labeled‘bossy'.And she rarely,if ever,hears the word used within her company.But she says that the damage may be dome much earlier in a woman's life."It does come about from those early teenage years."she says."I think it's impossible to ban a word,but if people are replacing it with words like‘confidence'or‘assertiveness',we would all be in a much better place."
24.More evidence is provided to show"bossy"is more applied to females byB.
A.the Oxford English Dictionary
B.the Ban bossy campaigners
C.Helen Trim at Fresh Minds
D.some experts in education
25.Trim's family still consider her bossy becauseC.
A.she is expected to lead in her family
B.she is the boss of her company
C.she is a powerful and confident female
D.her farther considers her that way
26.The underlined part"under fire"most probably meansB
A.definitely replaced
B.strongly criticized
C.improperly applied
D.eagerly expected
27.How does the author sound when referring to the campaign against"bossy"?A
A.Objective
B.Angry
C.Doubtful
D.Optimistic.
分析 本文講述了Facebook的首席運營官謝麗爾•桑德伯格和美國女童子軍首席執(zhí)行長安娜•瑪利亞•查韋斯二人最新發(fā)起的Ban Bossy運動不鼓勵使用"專橫"這個詞描述女性,旨在鼓勵培養(yǎng)女性的領導力.
解答 24.B,細節(jié)理解題,根據句子The campaign claims that terms like"bossy"are improperly applied to females和As late as 2008,the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males,claim the Ban Bossy campaigners可知,這場運動倡導者說明"Bossy"這個詞更多的是描述女性,故答案為B.
25.C,推理判斷題,根據句子The implication is that women shouldn't present themselves as powerful and confident可以推測,Trim的家人認為她專橫是因為她是一位有權力有自信的女性,故答案為C.
26.B,推理判斷題,短文主要是通過一場Ban Bossy運動不鼓勵使用"專橫"這個詞描述女性,可以推測Bossy這個詞是人們嚴厲批評的,故答案為B.
27.A,推理判斷題,短文中作者只是陳述事實,并引用一些人的觀點和看法,沒有表明作者態(tài)度的句子,因此可見作者對于這場運動是客觀的,故答案為A.
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題,首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽,掌握全文的主旨大意.因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題,所以,速讀全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速讀的過程中,應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料.其次,細讀題材,各個擊破.掌握全文的大意之后,細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題,弄清每題要求后,帶著問題,再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息.最后,要善于抓住每段的主題句,閱讀時,要有較強的針對性.對于捕獲到的信息,要做認真分析,仔細推敲,理解透徹,只有這樣,針對題目要求,才能做到穩(wěn)、準.