首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
We all have expectations of what a "normal" society looks like, but society can take an infinite number of different forms, as t
We all have expectations of what a "normal" society looks like, but society can take an infinite number of different forms, as t
admin
2019-02-25
70
问题
We all have expectations of what a "normal" society looks like, but society can take an infinite number of different forms, as these unusual examples demonstrate.
For almost fifty years, a group of adults and their children—now about 100 in number—have lived together in Twin Oaks Community on two square kilometers of land in rural Virginia, USA, equally sharing their resources. Apart from bedrooms, all the rooms in their seven residential buildings are communal. Seventeen shared cars are at everyone’s disposal, although they mostly rely on the communal bikes at Twin Oaks for local journeys. Even the clothes on their backs are borrowed from the community’s well-stocked clothing library.
There’s no room for freeloaders, however. All adults work forty-two hours per week for the community who are encouraged to choose a variety of tasks to keep boredom at bay, and persistent failure to do so would lead to expulsion. In return for their labour, everyone is provided with housing, food, healthcare and a little personal spending money so that they can splash out on treats. With such an egalitarian distribution of wealth, there have never been any problems with crime, and decisions about the community are made democratically, for the common good.
This way of life is not Utopia. Complaints range from other people’s taste in loud music to the fact that unpopular jobs like cleaning tend to be neglected, and majority rule means that people with views few residents share can feel powerless and isolated. But despite its problems, there is a long waiting list of potential new residents, and Twin Oaks members have helped to set up several similar communities elsewhere in the USA. They hope that the Twin Oaks society can serve as a model for the wider world, promoting greater social responsibility and pointing the way to a fairer, more cooperative and more sustainable future for all.
In the Indian state of Meghalaya, it’s the women who wear the trousers. India is a country of extreme ethnic diversity, and minority rights and traditions are strongly defended by the constitution. This allows Meghalaya to maintain a custom unheard of elsewhere in India: property and family names are matrilineal and so pass, not from father to son, but from mother to daughter. The youngest daughter inherits the family wealth, accepting in return a duty to look after her parents in their old age.
Although civic engagement is mostly a male pursuit—only men are eligible for the role of village elder and they make up 93% of state assembly politicians—they have little say in domestic matters. When they marry, they move into the home of their mother-in-law and submit to her rule. Because of the relative importance of women in society, families tend to prioritize the education of girls over boys, to the extent that female university graduates commonly have brothers who never finished high school.
A men’s rights movement emerged about fifty years ago, but lost momentum after hundreds of women turned up at one of their meetings brandishing knives. Recently, activists have renewed the struggle for equal rights and equal opportunities. Sixty-year-old Keith Pariat, leader of the movement , explains that he and his colleagues " do not want to bring women down. We just want to bring the men up to where the women are. " So far, however, the movement has gained little support, despite the superior numbers of men in the political arena. " In most of Meghalaya, people only know the old ways," says Patricia Mukhim, editor of the local paper, " and they like the old ways just fine. " It appears that, in this hilly corner of India, the woman will be wearing the trousers for some time to come.
Questions 66 to 70
Answer the following questions with the information given in the passage.
What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?
选项
答案
To show that society can take many different forms.
解析
(根据第一段“but society can take an infinite number of different forms,as these unusual examples demonstrate.”可知,本文是举了一个不同寻常的社会形态的例子。因此答案为To show that society can take many different forms。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/Kt8K777K
本试题收录于:
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
People’sexpectationsaboutthefuturemayhavemoreinfluenceontheirsenseofwell-beingthantheir______statedoes.
SomepeoplewouldliketodoshoppingonSundayssincetheyexpecttopickupwonderful______inthemarket.
It’sasunnyweekendmorning.Youdecidetotakeawalk.Everythingisquietexceptforagroupofpeopleandsomecolorfulobje
Everyyearalargenumberofyoungpeopleleaveschoolandbeginwork.Some【D1】______jobsonfarmsorinindustry.Othersacce
Ithasbeensaidthateveryonelivesbysellingsomething.Inthelightofthisstatement,teacherslivebyselling【C1】kno______
SupposeyouaredeanofEnglishDepartment,andyouarealsoaprofessorteachingAmericanliterature,oneofyourstudents,Mr.
FamousthroughoutEuropeandnowNorthAmerica,thered-jacketMichelinGuidehasrankingfinerestaurantsformorethanacentu
Whohasitandwhodoesn’t?Andhowdothoseofuswithlessofitgetmore?Itisariddlethathasexercisedphilosophersever
Whohasitandwhodoesn’t?Andhowdothoseofuswithlessofitgetmore?Itisariddlethathasexercisedphilosophersever
Whohasitandwhodoesn’t?Andhowdothoseofuswithlessofitgetmore?Itisariddlethathasexercisedphilosophersever
随机试题
Somepsychologists(心理学家)maintainthatmentalactssuchasthinkingarenotperformedinthebrainalone,butthatone’smuscles
肺叶支气管以下的导气部依次为_______、_______和_______。
40岁女性,自觉阴道口脱出肿物1年。妇科检查:宫颈及部分宫体脱出阴道口外,宫颈肥大,8点处可见溃疡,应诊为下列哪项
导致有机磷中毒患者死亡的主要原因是
薤白的主治病证是()。
在下列哪些情形中由原告承担举证责任:
背景某省会机场跑道长3200m,跑道号码标志为01/19,安装有双向Ⅰ类仪表着陆系统和双向Ⅰ类进近灯光系统,机场运行时间为早6:00~次日凌晨1:00。由于业务发展,飞行区拟征用部分农田进行扩建,将跑道向北延长400m,不建停止道和净空道。由于跑道北端净
有家长对孩子说,“我们与别人交同样多的钱,分点心时就不要拿小的”,针对此现象,胡老师讲“孔融让梨”的故事,教育幼儿学会谦让,胡老师的做法()。(2016年下半年真题)
定义学生选修课程的关系模式:SC(S#,Sn,C#,Cn,G)(其属性分别为学号、姓名、课程号、课程名、成绩)则该关系的主键为
AccordingtotheBBCcorrespondent,theGreeksareworriedthatAnnanhasofferedtoomuchtothe______side.
最新回复
(
0
)