【中考英語閱讀題庫】社會萬象：Different ways to be

DifferentwaystobeHowshouldamandress,behaveandtalk?Thereisnosinglestandard.Butthistopichascausedsomedebatelately.Itstartedwhenfouryoungmale（男性）actorsappearedontheCCTVshowTheFirstLesson,whichtargets（以……為對象）youngstudents,onSept1.Differentfromthetraditionalmaleimageofbeingmuscular（強壯的）andtough,thefouractorshadslenderframes（苗條身材）andworeelaborate（精致的）makeup.Theirappearancewascriticized（批評）acrossthecountry.Somecalledtheactors“sissies”,awordthatisusedtorefertomenwhohavea“soft”appearance.Theyalsobelievethatpopularizingthiskindofsoftmaleimageisinpoortasteandcouldhaveanimpact（影響）onchildren'spersonaldevelopment.Aspublicfigures,thesemaleidolsarefocusingtoomuchontheirappearance,accordingtoacommentary（評論）byXinhua.Thecommentaryaddedthattheyhavefailedtoactasproperrolemodels.Ifmenbehavethisway,Chinawillneverbecomethestrongandprosperous（繁榮）countryithopestobe.However,somepeoplehavepointedoutthatgender（性別）canbeexpressedinvariousways.“Wedisagreewiththederogatory（貶義的）terms‘sissy'and‘notman,alsonotwoman',”People'sDailywroteinarecentarticle.“Aman'sstrengthshouldbejudgedonthebasisoftheirinner（內(nèi)在的）qualities一nottheirphysicalappearance.”ThiswasechoedbyChinaWomen'sDaily.“Nomatterwhatkindofpersonalstyleorqualityheorshechoosestopresent,whetheritisstrong-willed（硬朗剛強）orgentle,thatdoesn'tstopthemfrombeinganexcellentperson,”itsaidinareport.MasculinityintheUSTherearesimilardebatesintheUnitedStates.Boysareaskedtoprovetheirmasculinity（男子氣概）allthetime,alwayshearingphraseslike“don'tcry”and“actlikeaman”.Manypeoplehavecriticizedthiscultureof“toxic（有毒的）masculinity”.Theybelievethatsocietyshouldthrowoutstereotypes（刻板印象）andencourageboystosharetheirtruefeelings,Timemagazinereported.Choosetheanswer:WhichwordcanbeusedtodescribethefouractorsonTheFirstLesson?Traditional.B.Muscular.C.Tough.D.Slender.Whyweretheycriticizedfortheirappearance?Becausetheyarebaddressers.Becausesomethoughttheymighthaveabadinfluenceonchildren.Becausetheyarepublicfiguresbutactedbadly.Becausetheycaredtoomuchabouttheirappearance.AccordingtoPeople'sDaily,ismoreimportant.A.aman'sstrengthinnerqualityphysicalappearanceD.personalstyle4.Whatisthetopicofthestory?Whattradit