四六级

　　距离英语六级考试还有两个月的时间，不知道考生们已经准备的怎么样了?英语六级阅读是考试的重点与难点，也是考生的得分点，需要我们花费很多的时间复习。以下是小编为大家整理的英语六级阅读精炼，考生可以每日一篇，逐步提升英语阅读水平。

　　Female Oppression

　　No one who has studied history, even superficially,will for a moment dispute the statement that therehas brooded very steadily over the female half ofthe human family an air of repression, of limitation,of hindrance , of disability, of gloom, of servitude.If there have been epochs during which women havebeen regarded equal to men, they have been briefand abnormal.

　　Among the Hindus, woman was the slave of man , forbidden to speak the language of hermaster, and compelled to use the patois of the slaves. The Hebrews pronounced her anafterthought of the Deity, and the mother of all evils. The Greek law regarded her as a child,and held her in life -long tutelage. The Greek philosophers proclaimed her a “monster”,“ anaccidental production”. Medieval councils declared her unfit for instruction. The early Christianfathers denounced her as a“ noxious animal”, a“painted temptress”, a“ necessary evil”,“adesirable calamity”, and a“ domestic peril”.

　　In marriage she has been a serf; as a mother she has been robbed of her children; in publicinstruction she has been ignored; in labor she has been a menial, and then inadequatelycompensated; civilly she has been a minor, and politically she has had no existence. She hasbeen the equal of man only when punishment and the payment of taxes were in question .

　　阅读自测

　　Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions and do not refer to the pass age until you finish theexercise :

　　1. There has brooded very steadily________ the female half of the human family an air ofrepression.

　　2. Women have never been regarded ________equal man .

　　3. As a mother she has been robbed ________her children.

　　4. She has been the equal of man only when punishment and the payment of taxes were________question.

　　Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with proper words :

　　In marriage she has been a ______( 奴隶) ; as a mother she has been_____( 使失去) of herchildren; in public instruction she has been ______( 忽视) ; in labor she has been a ______( 仆人) , and then inadequately ______( 补偿) ; civilly she has been a minor, and politically shehas had no ______( 存在) .

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