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【题目】请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

How to raise a sweet boy in an era of anger

Hours after I gave birth to my first child,my husband held our five-pound boy in his arms and said,gently,"Hi,Sweet pea."Not“＂Buddy”or"Little Man."Sweet pea.The word filled me with unexpected comfort.Like most parents,we knew what we'd name our son but never discussed how we'd speak to him.I was witnessing my husband's commitment to raising a sweet boy.

Because this is what the world needs now,urgently:sweet boys and people who grow them.

There are so many angry men among us.There are angry women,too,but they're only beginning to claim this emotion that has long been denied them.Women 's public anger is the kind of anger that gives girls voices,such as MeToo.But men 's anger tries to shut down the voices of others.Today's angriest women encourage people to solve a problem;today's angriest men murder.

A man uses his car to murder an anti-Nazi protester.A man shoots a congressman at his baseball practice.A man commits mass murder at a Vegas concert.A man kills a large number of worshipers in their church...

The world has turned so upside down that it is impossible for a man to display his vulnerability(脆弱）。Walk into any baby store,and you can see clothes for newborns declare, ＂TOUGH LIKE DADDY”＂。They don't receive explicit encouragement to fully access their emotions.Boys have always known they could do anything;all they had to do was look around at their presidents,religious leaders,professional athletes,at the statues that stand erect in big cities and small.Girls have always known they were allowed to feel anything- except anger.Now girls,led by women,are being told they can own righteous anger.Now they can feel what they want and be what they want.

What about boys?The boy taught from infancy to be tough still seems emotionally doomed.It's time to change.

We don't need to raise kids with gender neutrality or deny natural differences between boys and girls.We do need to recognize that children,regardless of gender,have natural sweetness that we,as a society,would do well to develop and preserve.

Sweet boys grow up to be men who recognize the strength in being vulnerable and sympathetic.Sweet boys are children who've been given,by their parents and wider society, the permission to feel everything and to express those emotions without shame.

At a young age,this should be done explicitly,in organized discussions at school.It must be done all the time in our family homes.Parents must invite their sons to be sad, afraid,hurt,silly and affectionate,and must embrace them as often as they hug and kiss their daughters.Sweet boys learn early on that they can defend themselves against loneliness by reaching out and asking for support rather than turning into people who, literally,grab for power.Sweet boys evolve into open-hearted men who aren't confused about consent and sexual boundaries,because they experience women as equals.Boys will not be merely boys.If we let them,boys will be human.

How to raise a sweet boy in an era of anger

Introduction	Calling my first son"sweet pea",my husband is【1】to raising a sweet boy.
The 【2】for raising a sweet boy	1. Our world is a world filled with anger. ● 【3】from a woman's anger,today's angriest man murder. 2.Our world is a world where a man can't display his vulnerability. ●Boys are 【4】from accessing their true emotions. ●Boys are encouraged to【5】 for power.
The ways to raise a sweet boy	●Raise public【6】that regardless of gender, children are born with sweetness. ●Schools and families should give boys 【7】 to feel everything and express those emotions 【8】 Parents should create a relaxed environment where sons and daughters are treated as 【9】 ●Encourage boys to【10】support to defend themselves against loneliness.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】committed

【2】reasons

【3】Different

【4】discouraged

【5】grab

【6】awareness

【7】permission

【8】bravely

【9】equals

【10】seek

【解析】

这是一篇任务型阅读。讲了性别刻板印象培养孩子的坏处，导致男性极端表达愤怒，女性过于温和，鼓励一视同仁的让孩子合理表达情感。

【1】

原词重现。第一段最后一句...my husband’s commitment to raising a sweet boy.我见证了丈夫对于养育儿子的付出，名词转形容词，故填committed。

【2】

理解概括题。结合第二段可知接下来谈原因，结合题干的for，故填reasons。

【3】

理解概括题。第三段在说，男女表达愤怒的方式是不同的，女性的愤怒来源于为自己争取平等的权利，而男性往往是为了发泄而去犯罪，故填Different。

【4】

理解概括题，也考察固定搭配。第五段第三行They don’t receive explicit encouragement to fully access their emotions.男性不被鼓励表达自己情感的脆弱，discourage from doing就是不鼓励做某事，故填discouraged。

【5】

原词重现。最后一段倒数第三行...grab for power.男孩子一直以来被鼓励攫取力量，故填grab。

【6】

理解概括题。第七段第二行We do need to recognize that...这一段就在说大众要意识到无论孩子什么性别，生而都是性格甜蜜柔软的，故填awareness。

【7】

原词重现。第八段最后一行...the permission to feel everything and to express those emotion without shame.家庭和社会要准许男孩可以毫无羞耻的表达自己的任何情感，故填permission。

【8】

理解概括题。定位句同上，没有羞耻的表达，也就是勇敢的表达，故填bravely。

【9】

理解概括题。结合第九段前半部分，要和用对待女孩的方式一样对待家里的男孩，也就是平等的对待，故填equals。

【10】

理解概括题。第九段第四行...defend themselves against loneliness by reaching out and asking for support...男孩子可以寻求帮助来抵抗孤独感而不是变成所谓强大的人，故填seek。