Question

【題目】

For years people have enjoyed following the life of Garfield the cat. Garfield is a popular comic book character, known for being lazy and fat. But the cat was back in the news recently for something you might not expect.

A man in the United States changed the gender of Garfield to “none” on the cat’s Wikipedia ( 維 基 百 科 ) page. After that lots of people got angry and kept

changing Garfield’s Wikipedia page. They argued about whether the cat was a boy,

girl or neither.

Wikipedia finally locked the page to stop people editing( 編輯) it. Jim Davis, Garfield’s creator, settled(解決) the argument.

“Garfield is male,” he simply told the Washington Post. The 71-year-old artist said he liked working with animals because they didn’t have to be old, young, boys or girls. He was angry that some people cared so much about Garfield’s gender.

It seems like quite an unnecessary argument to have. But it is not the only recent example of argument about gender.

To celebrate International Women’s Day in Australia earlier this year, the city of Melbourne made

10 traffic lights with a figure( 人形) dressed in a skirt. They were designed to celebrate Women’s Day and give them more confidence in public.

But not everyone thinks the idea is necessary. Some people think it is important for women to be treated fairly in Australia, but that this idea is silly.

“I’m all for doing anything we can for gender equity(公平), but really?” Melbourne mayor( 市長)

Robert Doyle told the Herald Sun. The mayor said this idea is more likely to be laughed at than bring respect to women.

【1】What put Garfield the cat back in the news recently?

A. The cat’s lazy character.

B. Being included in Wikipedia.

C. The cat’s picture being changed on Wikipedia.

D. The cat’s gender being changed on Wikipedia.

【2】What does the underlined word gender in the passage mean?

A. 個性 B. 性別 C. 外貌 D. 脾氣

【3】According to Jim Davis, .

A. Wikipedia should lock the page about Garfield

B. Garfield can be a boy or a girl, and young or old

C. artists don’t care about animals’ age or gender

D. it’s unnecessary to take Garfield’s gender seriously

【4】Why did Melbourne make 10 traffic lights with a figure dressed in a skirt?

A. To laugh at women in public

B. To celebrate International Women’s Day

C. To bring more chances to women

D. To treat women fairly in Australia

【5】What did Melbourne mayor Robert Doyle think of the traffic light idea?

A. It would give women more confidence in public.

B. It would help women be treated fairly in Australia.

C. It would bring respect to women.

D. It was not a good idea for gender equity.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】短文介紹了通過對加菲貓性別的猜測引出了澳大利亞慶祝婦女節(jié)的活動中做的事情只會讓人笑話而不是尊重女性。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由句子A man in the United States changed the gender of Garfield to “none” on the cat’s Wikipedia ( 維 基 百 科 ) page. After that lots of people got angry and kept changing Garfield’s Wikipedia page. They argued about whether the cat was a boy, girl or neither.可知，由于加菲貓的性別在維基百科中被改動，才重返新聞。故選D。

【2】詞意猜測題。根據(jù)A man in the United States changed the gender of Garfield to “none” on the cat’s Wikipedia ( 維 基 百 科 ) page.可知，美國的一個男人在維基百科中把加菲貓的性別改成了不存在的性別。因此劃線單詞的詞意可能為性別的意思。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。由句子He was angry that some people cared so much about Garfield’s gender. It seems like quite an unnecessary argument to have.可知，他認為沒有必要爭論這個。故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)To celebrate International Women’s Day in Australia earlier this year, the city of Melbourne made10 traffic lights with a figure( 人形) dressed in a skirt.可知，為了慶祝國際婦女節(jié)。故選B。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Melbourne mayor( 市長)Robert Doyle told the Herald Sun. The mayor said this idea is more likely to be laughed at than bring respect to women.可知，相比于給女人尊重，還不如說可能被嘲笑。故選D。