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Large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. Although much has been accomplished for the modern period, premodern cultures have proved more difficult: sources are restricted in number, fragmentary, difficult to interpret, and often contradictory. Thus it is not particularly surprising that some earlier scholarship concerning such cultures has so far gone unchallenged. An example is Johann Bachofen’s 1861 treatise on Amazons, women-ruled societies of questionable existence contemporary with ancient Greece.
Starting from the premise that mythology and legend preserve at least a nucleus of historical fact, Bachofen argued that women were dominant in many ancient societies. His work was based on a comprehensive survey of references in the ancient sources to Amazonian and other societies with matrilineal customs--societies in which descent and property rights are traced through the female line. Some support for his theory can be found in evidence such as that drawn from Herodotus, the Greek "historian" of the fifth century B. C, who speaks of an Amazonian society, the Sauromatae, where the women hunted and fought in wars. A woman in this society was not allowed to marry until she had killed a person in battle.
Nonetheless, this assumption that the first recorders of ancient myths have preserved facts is problematic. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact--real Amazonian societies--but rather to offer "moral lessons" on the supposed outcome of women’s rule in their own society. The Amazons were often characterized, for example, as the equivalents of giants and centaurs, enemies to be slain by Greek heroes. Their customs were presented not as those of a respectable society, but as the very antitheses of ordinary Greek practices.
Thus, I would argue the purpose of accounts of the Amazons for their male Greek recorders was didactic, to teach both male and female Greeks that all-female groups, formed by withdrawal from traditional society, are destructive and erous. Myths about the Amazons were used as arguments for the male-dominated status quo, in which groups composed exclusively of either were not permitted to segregate themselves permanently from society. Bachofen was thus misled in his reliance on myths for information about the status of women. The sources that will probably tell contemporary historians most about women in the ancient world are such social documents as gravestones, wills and marriage contracts. Studies of such documents have already begun to show how mistaken we are when we try to derive our picture of the ancient world exclusively from literary sources, especially myths.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the myths recorded by the ancient Greeks

A.
They may have included portrayals of women holding positions of power.
B.
They may have contained elaborate explanations of inheritance customs.
C.
They comprise almost all of the material available to historians about ancient Greece.
D.
They may have contained explanations of inheritance customs and comprised all of the material available to historians about ancient Greece,
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【单选题】10(). A.colors B.elders C.others D.children

A.
In general, people talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. (1) in psychology think that there are also two (2) of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors.
B.
The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. (3) there are warm colors and a lot of light, people usually want to be (4) . People think that red, (5) , is exciting. People who like to be with (6) like red. The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, (7) warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually (8) . People who like to spend time (9) often (10) cool colors.
C.
Red may he exciting, but one researcher says that time seems to pass (11) in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He thinks that a warm color, such as red (12) orange, is a good color for a (an) (13) or restaurant. People who are relaxing or eating do not want time to pass (14) . Cool colors are better for offices or factories if people who are working there want time to pass quickly.
D.
Researchers do not know (15) people think some colors are warm and others cool. (16) , almost everyone (17) that red, orange and yellow are warm and that green, blue and violet are cool. Perhaps warm colors (18) people of warm days and the cool colors remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is low in winter, the sunshine seems quite blue. Because the sun is (19) during summer, the hot sunshine (20) yellow.

【单选题】A.A B.B C.C D.D

A.
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性()
B.

【单选题】11(). A.students B.workers C.population D.scientists

A.
The number of Internet users in China has increased by 28 percent and (1) 87 million, according to a (2) released yesterday by China Internet Network Information Center.
B.
The Internet users now account for 6.72 percent of the (3) population of the world’s most populous country, 0.5 percent (4) over the end of last year. It is, (5) , still below the world’s average rate of 12.2 percent and is even lower (6) the rate in developed countries which range from 63 percent in Canada to 77 percent in Sweden.
C.
The report defines a Chinese citizen (7) uses Internet for at least an hour a week as an Internet user. "The figure didn’t (8) users in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan," it said.
D.
The survey, which is (9) through online questionnaire and offline interview, said the error margin of the online population is 5 percent.
E.
The (10) of broadband users, totaling 31.1 million as at the end of June, soared 217 percent every year. The broadband (11) also maintained a 78.7 percent growth during the first six months of this year.
F.
The report by CNNIC also (12) that the percentage using E-mail slipped from 88.4 percent to 84. 3 percent but it still (13) top of the frequently used services provided on the Internet. (14) , the report, which is (15) every six months, also found out that (16) people placed online chatting, online gaming and online education into their oftenused services.
G.
The report also said the (17) of China’s e-commerce is improving as over half of the respondents plan to do online shopping within the next year.
H.
The percentage of those who use online banking (18) payment also continued to (19) and is now 13 percent more than for those paying (20) on delivery for the goods they bought online, the report said.

【单选题】While virtual reality systems are getting better at immersing us in a simulated experience of reality, one UK business has developed a visually arresting yet surprisingly simple solution. Born out of ...

A.
It has all the functions that a flat screen has.
B.
People often don’t like it at their first sight.
C.
It’s ugly without show on.
D.
It can provide the viewer a visual reality.