9. One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that a) they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom B)they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands C)they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations D)they tend to suspect their husbands, loyalty to their marriage 60. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author' s view in the passage A)The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situa tion of the country. B)Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equa lity in marriage C) In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and rema D)The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to ca Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that the re is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of m an. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement hat such an essence exists - that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational being, as a social an l, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal. More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our epoch s so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume t hat men in every age have had in common something that can be called"human natu re. The historical approach was reinforced, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology (A). The study of primit ive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs, values, feelings, and th oughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a b ank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. Another factor contrib uting to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that th e concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman act s are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most th inkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery Or in order to prove the r ationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as innate 天生的) human traits. Popularly, one refers cynically to“ human nature” in acc epting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, ch eating and lying. Another reason for skepticism about the concept of human nature probably li in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as develo29. One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that____. A) they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom B) they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands C) they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations D) they tend to suspect their husbands’ loyalty to their marriage 30. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author’s view in the passage? A) The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situa tion of the country. B) Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equa lity in marriage. C) In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and rema in independent D) The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to ca se. Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that the re is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of m an. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists -- that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational being, as a social anim al, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal. More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our epoch i s so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume t hat men in every age have had in common something that can be called “human natu re.” The historical approach was reinforced, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology ( 人类学 ). The study of primit ive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs, values, feelings, and th oughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a bl ank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. Another factor contrib uting to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that th e concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman act s are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most th inkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery. Or in order to prove the r ationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as innate ( 天生的 ) human traits. Popularly, one refers cynically to “human nature” in acc epting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, ch eating and lying. Another reason for skepticism about the concept of human nature probably lie s in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as develop