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The push for men to express their feelings presumes that we have feelings and we do have a few, but they remain submerged, and the airing of them often violates their authenticity. We are, as a gender, as dull as we seem. Contrary to the claptrap of the men’s movement, men gain power through not talking. "The strength of the genie," said poet Richard Wilbur, "comes from being in a bottle." I’m no biologist, but my guess is that the male human animal was programmed for silence. One can make us talk counter to our genetic makeup, but it is like training kangaroos to box. It’s mildly entertaining but pointless.
There’s a deep, basically serene well of silence in most men, which, for better and worse, is where we live. I do not mean to start clap-trapping myself, but I often think that all our acts of aggression and posturing arise from that well as forms of overcompensation of panic. Unlike women, men are not social creatures, not born administrators. It’s politically correct to think of God as female, but no woman would have thrown Lucifer out of heaven; she would have offered him a desk job. Had Lucifer been a woman, she would have dropped all that "myself am hell" business and taken it.
I would go so far as to argue that men were programmed to be isolated from one another and that aloneness is our natural state. Silence in male friendships is our way of being alone with each other. Once men have established a friendship, that itself is the word. The affection is obvious, at least to us. A main component of our silence is an appreciation of the obvious.
77. Which of the following statements about men is true?
A. Men are talkative.
B. Men are powerful.
C. Men are reticent.
D. Men are authentic.
正确答案是
78. Richard Wilbur said, "The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle." What does he mean?
A. Men take advantage of the men’s movement.
B. Men don’t enjoy talking.
C. Men attain control over the others by saying nothing.
D. Men enjoy keeping the genie in a bottle.
正确答案是
79. When a man tends to be aggressive, that’s the result of the following except ______
A. his terror.
B. his excessive desire to make up for his loss.
C. his administrative instinct.
D. his isolation from the others.
正确答案是
80. The example of Lucifer in the second paragraph suggests all of the following except ______.
A. a man is more qualified for office job.
B. a woman is more practical than a man.
C. a man is not as easy-going as a woman.
D. a man tends to remain isolated.
正确答案是