Barbie （巴比娃娃）, believe it or not, is 50 this year and she’s still as popular as ever. A doll is a doll , but Barbie illustrates how, over the last five decades, women have become a standard for judging what freedom really means How women are treated in different countries tells you a lot about the politics and culture of where they live.

The doll that every little girl wants enables young children to test their possibilities in role playing, giving them a glimpse of what they might be when they grow up, whether to be frivolous or serious （or both）.

But in many countries that’s not an option. In Saudi Arabia, where woman can’t drive or go out publicly unless covered, Barbie is banned. They think Barbie dolls are offensive to Islam （伊斯蘭教） and a threat to morality.

In America, she represents the swiftly changing roles of women. Barbie is fun to tease but she’s as American as miniskirts and pantsuits in her flexible identities and her “growth” from model to astronaut.

Barbie inspired a doll – revolution movement. When a Teen Talk Barbie was programmed electronically to say “Math class is tough”, she was criticized by a national women’s group and was regarded as a bad stereotype. Some of her critics also say she’s a bad influence because she’s too thin and encourages anorexia, that she has run through too many stereotypes, and that she lends too much significance to the fantasy stages of child’s play.

In some Muslim countries, substitute Barbie dolls have been developed that promote traditional values, with their modest clothing and pro – family backgrounds. They are widely seen as an effort to resist the American dolls that have flooded the market.

Toy seller Masounmen Rahimi welcomed the dolls, saying Barbie was “foreign to Muslim culture” because some of the dolls have little clothing. She said young girls who play with Barbie, could grow into women who reject Muslim values. “I think every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile,” Ms Rahimi said.

1．Barbie is forbidden in some Muslim countries because         .

      A．she is more deadly than a missile          B．toys are not allowed there

      C．she looks 1ike an American                 D．she sets a poor example to children

2．The writer mentioned “miniskirts and pantsuits” （paragraph 4） to imply that          .

      A．these are the only clothes a doll should wear

      B．these are very traditional American clothes for women

      C．there are a range of different life options available for women

      D．readers should wear these clothes more often

3．The underlined word “anorexia”（paragraph 5） most probably means “         ”.

    A．a(chǎn)n illness of refusing to eat

    B．giving up math study

    C．the wearing of inappropriate clothes

    D．a(chǎn) decrease in people’s imagination

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

      A．People all over the world understand what freedom really means.

      B．How Barbie is treated seems to reflect a country’s politics and culture

      C．Women in Saudi Arabia have no options in deciding what to wear．

      D．Barbie dolls have contributed much to Muslim culture．

5．It can be inferred from the passage that          .

       A．children who like Barbie dolls won’t be so serious when they grow up

       B．Muslim Barbies are the same as American Barbies

       C．Muslim societies are generally more conservative than western societies

       D．Americans have no worry about Barbie’s influence on children

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A．He wants her to buy more think for the family.

B．She can do whatever she likes with the money.

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D．She can spend more time with her friends.

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A．The father spends more time with the daughter than the mother does.

B．The daughter is happy when the father tells her he will be away.

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D．The father is sure that the daughter is not his own.

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B．He doesn't like washing his daughter's hair.

C．He likes to enjoy himself by going out for a drink.

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go to dinner and have a very good time. This is usually when her Mom isn't around, and this is when my little girl and I relate better. They're alone together so much. We're seldom alone. When we're alone together, she and I somehow behave differently. We learn about each other. She learns that I'm her father. I learn that she's my daughter. It's a strange feeling, but any parent knows what I'm talking about when I say that I often look at my daughter and wonder just whose kid she is. Where'd she suddenly come from? And why on earth did she pick Laura and me for parents?

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I want my relationship with my daughter to keep growing, so I've been giving my wife a couple of hundred dollars each week and making her go to the shopping center with her girlfriends, or something—anything!

But this closeness is not without its problems. When I'm sitting there playing with her Barbie doll(巴比娃娃)， washing her hair, a voice in me suddenly says, “I've got to get a drink and get out of here.” Right in the middle of all this pleasantness, the voice goes, “Look at yourself! You're washing dolls!”

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C.The father is happy, hearing “We've got so much to do, Dad!” 

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C.He likes to enjoy himself by going out for a drink. 

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     What am I doing with my daughter at home? Rather than read aloud from books, we go go dinner
and have a very a good time. This is usually when her Mom isn't around, and this is when my little girl
and I relate better. They're alone together so much. We're seldom alone. When we're alone together, she
and I somehow behave differently. We learn about each other.She learns that I'm her father.I learn that
she's my daughter. It's a strange feeling, but any parent knows what I'm talking about when I say that I
often look at my daughter and wonder just whose kid she is. Where'd she suddenly come from? And why
on earth did she pick Laura and me for parents?
     When my daughter and I are along she'll hold my hand and say, "I just love you so much, Daddy!"
She's so used to my leaving that when I tell her she and I are going to hang out all night, she gets this great
look on her face and says, "We've got so much to do, Dad!" There's nothing like it in the world.
     I want my relationship with my daughter to keep growing, so I've been giving my wife a couple of
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something-anything!
     But this closeness is not without its problems. When I'm sitting there playing with her Barbie doll
(巴比娃娃), washing her hair, a voice in me suddenly says, "I've got to get a drink and get out of here."
Right in the middle of all this pleasantness,the voice goes, "Look at yourself! You're washing dolls!"
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A. He wants her to buy more things for the family
B. She can do whatever she likes with the money
C. He can spend more time with his daughter
D. She can spend more time with her friends
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A. The father spends more time with the daughter than the mother does.
B. The daughter is happy when the father tells her he will be away.
C. The father is happy, hearing "We've got so much to do, Dad!"
D. The father is sure that the daughter is not his own.
3. What does the last paragraph tell us about the father?
A. He doesn't enjoy being with his daughter.
B. He doesn't like washing his daughter's hair.
C. He likes to enjoy himself by going out for a drink.
D. He has mixed feelings when he is with his daughter.

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When my daughter and I are alone she’ll hold my hand and say, “I just love you so much, Daddy!” She gets this great look on her face and says, “We’ve got so much to do, Dad!” There’s nothing like it in the world.

I want my relationship with my daughter to keep growing, so I’ve been giving my wife a couple of hundred dollars each week and making her go to the shopping center with her girlfriends, or something-anything!

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D.The father is sure that the daughter is not his own.

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