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  3. To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essen

To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essen

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问题     To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s
character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essence is to be strong, (1)______
or effective, or competent.) It does not need someone in the throes of femi- (2)______
nist awareness to perceive that the way women are taught to be involved in (3)______
beauty encourages narcissism, reinforces independence and immaturity. (4)______
Everybody knows that. For it is "everybody", a whole society, which has (5)______
identified being feminine with caring about how one looks. Giving these (6)______
stereotypes, it is no wonder that beauty enjoys, at best, a rather mixed reputation.
    It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful is wrong but the obligation (7)______
to be. Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and to assess each part (8)____
separately. Breasts, feet, hips, waistline, neck, eyes, nose, complexion, hair,
and so on—each by turn is submitted to an anxious scrutiny. Even if some (9)______
pass the scrutiny, some will always be found wanted. Nothing less than per- (10)______
fection will do.
(8)
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答案assess — evaluate
解析 动词assess在这里用词不当，因为assess往往指对某物在金钱上的价值进行权威的评估，如：We should assess an apartment on the amount for which it is likely to be rented．此句话指每一个平常的女性对自己身体的每一部分进行评判、评价，应选用evaluate一词，因为该词表示对事物的本质或价值进行判断，如：Teachers evaluate a student’sthesis for content and organization．
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