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  3. There are two kinds of division of labor: that based on age and that based on sex. Division of labor by age results in the

There are two kinds of division of labor: that based on age and that based on sex. Division of labor by age results in the

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问题      There are two kinds of division of labor: that based on age and that based on sex.
     Division of labor by age results in the obvious biological fact that human beings【C1】______   three major periods of development. In childhood, the human is in large part dependent upon adults for food, shelter,  and other【C2】______ ; he has neither the strength nor the skills to【C3】______  for himself.  Children, in most societies, have only light tasks as helpers【C4】______ adults or none at all, and when duties are【C5】______ , these are often regarded as educational, to prepare the child for his adult【C6】______ .
     Adulthood is ordinarily the period of greatest vigor and ability.  The adult man or woman【C7】______ on full responsibility for the duties of his/her sex and special occupation. In many societies, in particular those【C8】______ the technology requires physical strength and stamina, the adult in the prime of life【C9】______ a dominant role and is often assigned the more responsible position in the group.
     Old age, since it inevitably brings【C10】______ a loss in muscular vigor and a decline in sight, hearing and coordination, again results in a change in occupational status. This does not necessarily mean that the old lose【C11】______ ;
many societies make full use of their older members’ experience and wisdom and employ them to direct the efforts of the more vigorous【C12】______ no-so-experienced adults.
     Sex division of labor is more difficult to【C13】______  for in strictly biological terms. A careful survey of the division of labor by sex lends little support to the often-repeated 【C14】______ that women are  【C15】______ only for occupations that require relatively little skill or intelligence. In recent years women,  freed from economic【C16】______ to men, have shown themselves fully【C17】______ in nearly all professions in which they have been given the opportunity to participate.  Man’s wider range of occupation and the fact【C18】______ he very often occupies the more important positions of leadership in human societies, is probably【C19】______ due to his allegedly superior intelligence than to his greater freedom from the biological function of childbirth and the necessarily【C20】______ duties in the care of infant.  
【C20】
选项 A、feminine
B、famine
C、masculine
D、male
答案A
解析 考查形近词辨义。最后一句意思为“在人类社会中，男性从事的工作范围较广并且占据着一些较为重要的领导职位，可能主要是因为他们较少受生孩子这样的生理功能和照顾婴儿的责任的约束，而不是因为他们所谓的更高的智商”。传统上照顾婴儿是女性的责任，只有feminine“女性的”符合，故选A项。
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