难句译注1. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights
1. The writer’s attitude toward the arts is one of[A]. admiration. [B]. indifference. [C]. suspicion. [D]. repulsion2. The author believes that a child.[A]. should practice what the Hindoos preach.[
Passage Six (The Present Is the Most Important)Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves t
答案祥解1. A. 17世纪英国妇女地位。见上面文章大意。B. 妇女服从于家族制。 D. 17世纪妇女的反抗，都是A.内容中的一部分，不能作为最佳标题。 C. 17世
Vocabulary1. repress 压制，2. 镇压，3. 约束4. patriarchy 族长制，5. 家长制6. chaste 贞洁的，7. 高雅的8. hierarchy 等级制9. monarch 君主，10. 最高统治11. image 象征
Passage Two (Europe’s Gypsies, Are They a Nation?)The striving of countries in Central Europe to enter the European Union may offer an unprecedented chance to the continent’s Gypsies (or Roman) to
Passage One (Clinton Is Right)President Clinton’s decision on Apr.8 to send Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji packing without an agreement on China’s entry into the World Trade Organization seemed to be
Passage Three (Method of Scientific Inquiry)Why the inductive and mathematical sciences, after their first rapid development at the culmination of Greek civilization, advanced so slowly for two thousa
Passage Four (It Is Bush)On the 36th day after they had voted, Americans finally learned Wednesday who would be their next president: Governor George W. Bush of Texas.Vice President Al Gore, his last
Passage Five (Women’s Positions in the 17th Century)Social circumstances in Early Modern England mostly served to repress women’s voices. Patriarchal culture and institutions constructed them as c