首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the worl
Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the worl
admin
2014-05-14
29
问题
Ours is a society that tries to keep the world sharply divided into masculine and feminine, not because that is the way the world is, but because that is the way we believe it should be. It takes unwavering belief and considerable effort to keep this division. It also leads us to make some fairly foolish judgments, particularly about language.
Because we think that language also should be divided into masculine and feminine we have become very skilled at ignoring anything that will not fit our preconceptions. We would rather change what we hear than change our ideas about the gender division of the world. We will call assertive girls unfeminine, and supportive boys effeminate, and try to change them while still retaining our stereotypes of masculine and feminine talk.
This is why some research on sex differences and language has been so interesting. It is an illustration of how wrong we can be. Of the many investigators who set out to find the stereotyped sex differences in language, few have had any positive results. It seems that our images of serious taciturn male speakers and gossipy garrulous female speakers are just that: images.
Many myths associated with masculine and feminine talk have had to be discarded as more research has been undertaken. If females do use more trivial words than males, stop talking in mid-sentence, or talk about the same things over and over again, they do not do it when investigators are around.
None of these characteristics of female speech have been found. And even when sex differences have been found, the question arises as to whether the difference is in the eye or ear of the beholder, rather than in the language.
Pitch provides one example. We believe that males were meant to talk in low-pitched voices and females in high-pitched voices. We also believe that low pitch is more desirable. Well, it has been found that this difference cannot be explained by anatomy.
If males do not speak in high-pitched voices, it is not usually because they are unable to do so. The reason is more likely to be that there are penalties. Males with high-pitched voices are often the object of ridicule. But pitch is not an absolute, for what is considered the right pitch for males varies from country to country.
Why do males not speak loudly?
选项
A、Males are unable to do so.
B、Males are afraid of being laughed at.
C、High pitch is a characteristic of female speech rather than male speech.
D、Anatomy has proved that males tend to have lower pitches than females.
答案
B
解析
文章末段第一至第三句提到“男性不大声说话不是因为他们做不到,而是因为他们害怕被嘲笑”.由此可知答案为[B]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/PMNMFFFM
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
ThepeopleatthepartywereworriedaboutSusanbecausenoonewasaware______shehadgone.
Britain’spressisunusual______itisdividedintotwoverydifferenttypesofnewspaper;thequalitypressandthepopularpres
Youhadonlyyourselfto______foryourlossinthestockmarketbecauseyounevertakemyadvice.
Mr.Schaeublesaysheandotherpartymembersbearsomeresponsibilitiesforthepartyfundingscandalbecause______.
CanadawillcallbackitsambassadorbecausetheTeherancourt______.
CanadawillcallbackitsambassadorbecausetheTeherancourt______.
Thedoctorwasaskedtogobacktothehospitalbecauseof______case.
随机试题
患者,女性,35岁。双上肢烧伤患处疼痛较为迟钝。体检:双上肢布满小水疱,疱皮较厚。估计烧伤深度和预后正确的是
1950年我国颁布了《对外贸易管理暂行条例》,之后政府对全国对外贸易活动统一管理主要通过的手段是:
通过传播媒介,交易者能够及时了解期货市场的交易情况和价格变化,这反映了期货价格的( )。
以下有关货币的时间价值的说法,正确的有( )。
()是通过对组织及其成员施加影响,促进组织目标实现的过程。
设有一组作业,它们提交时刻及运行时间如下表示:作业号1提交时刻8:00运行时间70分;作业号2提交时刻8:40运行时间30分;作业号3提交时刻8:50运行时间10分;作业号4提交时刻9:10运行时间5分;在单
钻石:忠贞
[2001年MPA真题]许多自称为教师的人实际上并不是教师,因为教书并不是他们主要的收入来源。上述议论假设了以下哪项断定?
Inrecentyears,moreandmoreforeignersareinvolvedintheteachingprogramsoftheUnitedStates.Boththeadvantagesandth
ThenightofDecember16,1773,dozensofMassachusettscolonistsquietlyboardedthreeshipsanddumpedwhatwouldnowbeclose
最新回复
(
0
)