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1、2012年职称英语考试试题之冲刺试题第四套第3部分:概括大意与完成句子Women’sRightsMovement1.Women’srightsareguaranteesofpolitical,social,andeconomicequalityforwomeninasocietythattraditionallygivesmorepowerandfreedomtomen.Amongtheserightsarecontrolofproperty,equalityofopportunityineduca
2、tionandemployment,rightofvoting,andfreedomofmarriage.Today,completepolitical,economic,andsocialequalitywithmenremainstobeachieved.2.Malecontrolwasobviousfromthetimeoftheearliestwrittenhistoricalrecords,probablyasaresultofmen’sroleinhuntingandwarfare.Th
3、ebeliefthatwomenwerenaturallyweakerandinferiortomenwasalsofoundingod-centeredreligions.Therefore,inmosttraditionalsocieties,womengenerallywereatadisadvantage.Theireducationwaslimitedtolearningdomesticskills,andtheyhadnoaccesstopositionsofpower.Awomanha
4、dnolegalcontroloverherperson,herownlandandmoney,orherchildren.3.TheAgeofEnlightenmentandtheIndustrialRevolution,whichcausedeconomicandsocialprogress,providedafavorableclimatefortheriseofwomen’srightsmovementinthelate18thandthe19thcentury.In1848morethan
5、100personsheldthefirstwomen’srightsconventioninNewYork,andthefeministsdemandedequalrights,includingthevote.4.Inthelate1960swomenmadeupabout40percentoftheworkforceinEngland,France,Germany,andtheUnitedStates.Thisfigurerosetomorethan50percentbythemid-1980
6、s.AcommissionunderthePresidentwasestablishedin1960toconsiderequalopportunitiesforwomen.ActsofCongressentitledthemtoequalityineducation,employment,andlegalrights.In1964theCivilRightsAct,initiallyintendedonlyforblacks,wasextendedtowomen.5.Theobjectivesof
7、thewomen’smovementincludedequalpayforequalwork,federalsupportforday-carecenters,recognitionoflesbian(女性同性恋)rights,makingabortionlegal,andthefocusofseriousattentionontheproblemsofforcedsexrelations,wifeandchildbeating,anddiscriminationagainstolderandmin
8、oritywomen.23Paragraph2__________.24Paragraph3__________.25Paragraph4__________.26Paragraph5__________.AGoalsBHistoryofWomen’sRightsMovementCStartofwomen’sRightsMovementDTraditionalStatusofWomenERightsofWomenFDevelopment27Insomereligion