2. 外语
  3. Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology that biology is destiny.【C1】______ to this ideology, basic biological

Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology that biology is destiny.【C1】______ to this ideology, basic biological

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问题     Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology that biology is destiny.【C1】______ to this ideology, basic biological and psychological differences exist between the sexes. These differences require each sex to play a 【C2】______role in social life. Women are the weaker sex both physically and 【C3】______. Thus, they are naturally suited, much more so than men, 【C4】______ the performance of domestic duties.【C5】______ has determined that women play caretaker roles, such as wife and mother and homemaker.【C6】______, men are best suited to go out into the 【C7】______ world of work and politics, 【C8】______ serious responsibilities must be taken on. Men are to be the providers; women and children are【C9】"______".
    The ideology also【C10】______ that women who wish to work outside the household should naturally fill these jobs that are in【C11】______with the special capabilities of their sex. It is thus 【C12】______for women, not men, to be employed as nurses, social workers, elementary school teachers, household helpers , and clerks and secretaries. These positions are simply an【C13】______ of women’s domestic role. Informal distinctions between "women’s work" and " men’s work" in the labor force are simply a functional【C14】______ of the basic differences between the sexes.
    Finally, the ideology suggests that nature has【C15】______ her will in another significant way. For the human species to survive【C16】______ time, its members must regularly【C17】______. Thus , women must, whether at home or in the labor force, make the most of their physical appearance. So goes the ideology. It is, of course, not true that basic biological and psychological differences between the sexes require each to play sex-defined roles in social life. There is【C18】______evidence that sex roles【C19】______from society to society, and those role differences that to exist are largely【C20】______.
【C9】
选项 A、survivors
B、descendents
C、cooperators
D、dependents
答案D
解析 名词辨析题。本题选择[D]dependents“依赖他人者”，对应前半句中的providers“供养人”。[A]survivors“幸存者”；[B]descendents“后代”；[C]cooperators“合作者”。
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