People used to say, "The hand that rocks the cradle(摇篮)rules the world. " And 56 every successful man there's a woman. 57 these saying mean the same thing. Men 58 the world, but their wives rule them.

　　Most of the American women like 59 their husbands and 60 successful, 61 some of them want 62 for themselves. They want 63 jobs. When they work they want to be 64 paid. They want to be as successful as 65 The American women's liberation(解放)movement was started by women who don't want to 66 successful men. They want to stand 67 men, with the same chance for success. They don't want to be told that certain jobs or offices are 68 to them. They refuse to work side by side with men who do the same work for 69 pay.

　　A 70 woman must be 71of being a woman and have confidence(自信)in 72 . If somebody says to her, "You've come a long way, baby. " She'll smile and answer, "Not nearly as 73 asI'm going to go, baby!"

　　This movement is quite new, and 74 American women do not agree. But it has already made some important changes in women's 75and in men's lives, too.

　　56. A. Under B. Beside C. Before D. Behind

　　57. A. Neither B. AllC. Both D. Either

　　58. A. manage B. ruleC. control D. have

　　59. A. forcing B. to makeC. waiting D. looking

　　60 A. fathers B. mothers C. sonsD. daughters

　　61 A. but B. so C. thus D. or

　　62 A. little B. more C. everything D. nothing

　　63. A. light B. heavy C. no D. good

　　64. A. nice B. fairly C. continuously D. endlessly

　　65 A. husbands B. others C. menD. other women

　　66 A. stand behind B. move behind C go before D. walk beside

　　67. A. against B. for C. behind D. beside

　　68. A. opened B. closed C. open D. close

　　69. A. a high B. the same C. a higher D. a different

　　70. A. liberated B. freeC. working D. good

　　71. A. able B. proud C. kindD. fond

　　72. A. her heart B. her position C. herself D. her husband

　　73. A. far B. farther C. long D. distant

　　74. A. some B. all C. fewD. many

　　75. A. world B. lives C. society D. position

　　参考答案

　　56.D这句话要说的是“在每个成功男人的背后都有一位成功的女人”，答案选D.

　　57.C文章开头只提到两句谚语，所以这儿应选C项。

　　58.B从后半句…but their wives rule them可推断，此处应填rule，即选B.

　　59.B从整个句子看，successful这个形容词做宾语补足语，而在四个选项中能接形容词做宾语补足语的只能是make，所以选B.

　　60.C从逻辑上来判断，大多数女人希望自己的丈夫和儿子成功，所以选C.

　　61.A这一句和前面是转折关系，因为接着后面具体说到一些妇女希望和男人一样同工同酬。获得成功，所以选A.

　　62.B从后面两句可以推断出，一些妇女是想得到更多，所以选B.

　　63.D从逻辑上来说，妇女是想得到好工作，所以选D.

　　64.B妇女们希望在他们工作时能得到好的报酬，所以选B;A项是形容词，不能修饰动词;C项意为“不断地”，D项“无尽地”，都不符合题意。

　　65.C前面三段都在阐述男人和女人的对比，所以妇女应该希望像男人一样成功，选C.

　　66.A从第一段behind every successful man there's a woman以及传统中妇女的地位可以推断出应选A项“妇女们不想站在成功男人的背后”。

　　67.D与“不愿站在男人背后”相呼应，应选D项“他们希望能并肩和男人站在一起，和男人有同等的成功机会。”

　　68.D既然妇女希望与男人有同等成功的机会，那么显然不希望被告知某些工作对她们是关闭的，应选B项;are close to是“与……近”的意思，所以D项正确。

　　69.D从逻辑上看，妇女们是拒绝和男人做同样的工作而拿不一样的报酬，所以选D.

　　70.A 根据The American women's liberation(解放)was started…，推断A正确

　　71.B be proud of…意为“以……而自豪，以……而骄傲”;be fond of意为“喜欢”;It is kind of sb.意为“某人真好”;没有be able of的结构，所以选B.

　　72.c 妇女以自己是女人而自豪，对自己有信心，所以选C.

　　73.A此句是回应You'we come a long way，ba-by，所以也应该用far，far做副词，表示距离;long做形容词，表示长度“距离长”，而做副词时，表示时间长。

　　74.A后面有一个but开头的句子，可知这句与下一句是转折关系，与妇女解放运动对人们生活所起的变化构成对比，应该是有些美国妇女并不赞成妇女解放运动。

　　75.B从后面and in man's lives, too可知发生改变的不仅是妇女的生活，而且也包括男人的生活，选B.