Question

【題目】 A lot of toys have come and gone over the past 60 years, but Barbie (芭比娃娃) - short for Barbara - has always had a home on toy store shelves. According to The New York Times, however, “she” is more than just a toy. Barbie is watching the society’s changing attitudes (態(tài)度) toward women.

When Barbie was first introduced by Ruth Handler (1916-2002), one of the starters of US toy company Mattel, she had good plans. “Barbie has always shown the fact that a woman has choices,” according to a book, Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story.

But the earliest Barbie wasn’t offered too many choices at all. Barbie appeared either in a swimsuit or a housewife’s dress.

A good point is that the following years showed some progress, as Mattel introduced Barbie dolls with different skin colors and clothing for different jobs and hobbies. A new turning point came on International Women’s Day of 2018, when the company started a line of “Inspiring Women”. The dolls came out as famous women from history, including great US pilot Amelia Earhart and UK boxer (拳擊手) Nicola Adams, which encouraged all other women.

But even though Mattel seemed to have good purposes, these new dolls weren’t safe from bad words. Unlike the real Nicola Adams, for example, the doll has no muscles (肌肉). Instead, it’s designed with a slim body, just like every other Barbie. According to the reporter Grace Kang, this exactly reflects the world’s present attitude toward women. “We’re allowed to be fit, but we’re not supposed to have too many muscles. We’re allowed to be clever, but smart women are meant to look like models with glasses on. We’re allowed to be creative and artistic, but quickly become ‘crazy’ if we start to look too messy,” she wrote.

No, Barbie isn’t perfect. But she’s slowly changing people’s views. Maybe that’s one thing real women can do.

【1】According to Paragraph 1, we know Barbie has always been __________.

A.expensiveB.popularC.changeable

【2】Which of the following sentences could be added to describe the process in Barbie’s role changing?

Barbie used to be a housewife.

→

→

Barbie is a boxer who won the gold medal.

A.Barbie took care of babies at borne.

B.Barbie became a great pilot in history.

C.Barbie with dark skin worked as a nurse.

【3】The underlined word “Inspiring” means __________ in the passage.

A.鼓舞人心的B.啟發(fā)靈感的C.多愁善感的

【4】What might be the world’s present attitude toward women according to Grace Kang?

A.Women are supposed to be fit and strong.

B.Women should be like a crazy artist

C.Women are expected to be perfect.

【5】What is the purpose of the writer?

A.To make people change views toward women.

B.To help women to be more creative and artistic.

C.To encourage women to be perfect like Barbie.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了芭比娃娃的形象變化是如何反映社會對女性的印象的變化。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)A lot of toys have come and gone over the past 60 years, but Barbie (芭比娃娃) - short for Barbara - has always had a home on toy store shelves，在過去的六十年里，很多玩具來來往往，可是芭比娃娃始終在貨架上有自己的位置�？芍�芭比很受歡迎，故選B。

【2】篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。根據(jù)A good point is that the following years showed some progress, as Mattel introduced Barbie dolls with different skin colors and clothing for different jobs and hobbies，接下來的幾年里有了一些進(jìn)步，因為Mattel開始引入一些有著不同膚色和衣服，且有不同職業(yè)和愛好的芭比娃娃�？芍�之后芭比開始引入不同膚色和不同職業(yè)的娃娃，故選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。劃線詞所在句句意為“一個新的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)在2018年的國際婦女節(jié)出現(xiàn)了，當(dāng)這個公司開始生產(chǎn)一系列的________女性”。根據(jù)后文舉例的The dolls came out as famous women from history, including great US pilot Amelia Earhart and UK boxer Nicola Adams, which encouraged all other women，美國的女飛行員，英國的拳擊手，這些角色都“鼓舞”了其他女性�？芍�都是一些非常鼓舞人心的角色，故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Instead, it’s designed with a slim body, just like every other Barbie. According to the reporter Grace Kang, this exactly reflects the world’s present attitude toward women，即便角色設(shè)定為女拳擊手，也沒有肌肉，相反的是，有著苗條的身材�？芍�如今人們期望女性是完美的，故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。通讀全文，可知文章主要介紹了芭比娃娃的形象變化是如何反映社會對女性的印象的變化，并且認(rèn)為對女性多元化的認(rèn)識是非常好的趨勢，可以推測作者是想讓人們改變對女性的刻板印象，故選A。