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It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity. In bookstores, at conferences or public readings by w
It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity. In bookstores, at conferences or public readings by w
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2021-11-04
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It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity. In bookstores, at conferences or public readings by writers, and even in university departments dedicated to the humanities, the women clearly outnumber the men. The explanation traditionally given is that middle-class women read more because they work fewer hours than men, and so many of them feel that they can justify more easily than men the time that they devote to fantasy and illusion. I am somewhat allergic to explanations that divide men and women into frozen categories and attribute to each sex its characteristic virtues and shortcomings; but there is no doubt that there are fewer and fewer readers of literature, and that among the saving remnant (剩余) of readers women predominate.
This is the case almost everywhere. In Spain, for example, a recent survey organized by the General Society of Spanish Writers revealed that half of that country’s population has never read a book. The survey also revealed that in the minority that does read, the number of women who admitted to reading surpasses the number of men by 6. 2 percent, a difference that appears to be increasing. I am happy for these women, but I feel sorry for these men, and for the millions of human beings who could read but have decided not to read.
They earn my pity not only because they are unaware of the pleasure that they are missing, but also because I am convinced that a society without literature, or a society in which literature has been relegated—like some hidden vice—to the margins of social and personal life, is a society condemned to become spiritually barbaric, and even to jeopardize (破坏) its freedom. I wish to offer a few arguments against the idea of literature as a luxury pastime, and in favor of viewing it as one of the most primary and necessary undertakings of the mind, an irreplaceable activity for the formation of citizens in a modern and democratic society, a society of free individuals.
According to the passage, which 01 the following statement is true?
选项
A、Women read less than men.
B、Reading becomes more and more female-centered.
C、Most literature aims at women.
D、Women’s characteristics lead to their hobby of reading.
答案
B
解析
根据第一段第一句“It seems clear that literature has become more and more a female activity.”可知,B项正确。A项与原文意思相反,根据第一段第三句“…middle—class women read more because…”可知,应把“more”换成“fewer”;C项属无中生有;D项有一定迷惑性,但characteristics一词用得过于宽泛,文中也没有直接的信息可以推断出是女人们的性格导致了她们读书的喜好。
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