- 閱讀理解A
題干：Thetrendtowardsmallerfamiliesmaynotbeasmodernaswethink，either.Althoughwomengathershadfourorfivechildren，onlytwotypicallysurvivedchildhood-thenumberfoundintheaverageAmericanfamilytoday.Evenourstyleofrearingchildrenisstartingtoparallelhunting-gatheringcommunities，inwhichgirlsandboysarepermittedtoplaytogetherfromayoungage，andconsequentlyexperimentatsexearlierandengageintrialmarriages.Clearlywe’vemovedawayfromtheagriculturalcustomofarrangedmarriagesandcloisteringgirlstopreservetheirvirginity.Moreover,thehomeisnolongerthe“placeofproduction”,asitwasinfarmdays.Wedon’tmakeoursoap,growourvegetablesandslaughterourchickenforthedinnertable.Instead,wehuntadgatherinthegrocerystoreandreturntoour“homebase”toconsumethefoodwehavecollected.Nowonderwearesoinlovewithfastfoods.Itprobablyharksbacktoaneatingstrategyourprimitiverelativesadoptedover50millionyearago.There’snomistakingthetrend：humansareonceagainonthemove.Husbandandwifearenolongerboundtoasingleplotoflandfortheirlivelihood.Womenarebackinproductionaswellasreproduction.Asweheadbacktothefuture，there’severyreasontobelievethesexeswillenjoythekindofequalitythatisafunctionofourbirthright.Byequality，Imeanamoreequitabledivisionofpower-notthatourroleswillconverge.Alikemenandwomenhaveneverbeenandneverwillbe.Verysimply,wethinkdifferently,whichisagaintiedtoourlonghunting-gatheringheritage.For2millionyears，womencarriedaroundchildrenandhavebeenthenurturers.That'sprobablywhytestsshowtheyarebothmoreverbalandmoreattunedtonon-verbalcues.Women,ontheotherhand,tendtohavesuperiormathematicalandvisual-spatialskillsbecausetheyroamedlongdistancesfromthecampsite,hadtoschemewaystotrappreyandthenhadtofindtheirwayback.Thatspecializationisreflectedingenuinegenderdifferencesinthebraintoday.Naturenotonlyintendedmenandwomentoputtheirbodiestogether；we’vemeanttoputourheadstogetheraswell.That’swhat'ssothrillingaboutwhat'shappeningnow.Allthosemaleandfemaleskillsarebeginningtoworktogetheragain.Atlonglast,societyismovinginadirectionthatshouldbehighlycompatiblewithourancienthumanspirit.
題目：By saying that the sexes will enjoy equality, the author means that_____. - A 、man and woman will have the same speculative power
- B 、man and woman will be entitled to equal rights the time they are born.
- C 、man and woman will play equal role in society
- D 、the distribution of power will be fairer between man and woman
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
細(xì)節(jié)題。文章第三段寫到 :By equality, I mean a more equitable division of power, 其中 equitable意為fair。因此D選項(xiàng)為最佳答案。
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