山东德州2014届高考英语一轮复习完形填空加强训练44
1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
There was a time when, if a lady got onto a crowded bus or train, a gentleman would immediately stand up and ___21___ her his seat. No more, though. Today a gentleman will probably look out of the window, ___22___, if he feels a bit guilty, hide behind his newspaper. ___23___ way, the lady will have to stand ___24___ someone else gets off.
You can’t entirely ___25___ men for this change in manners, though. The days are gone ___26___ women could be ___27___ to as the weaker sex without causing offence. A whole generation of women has grown up ___28___ equality with men; not just equality in jobs or education, ___29___ in social attitudes. Hold a door open for some women and you’re ___30___ to get an angry lecture on treating women as inferiors, ___31___ to open doors for themselves. ___32___ a girl out for a meal and she’ll probably ___33___ paying her share of the bill; though on second thoughts perhaps that’s not such a bad ___34___.
It’s no ___35___, then, that men have given up some of the automatic gestures of politeness and consideration ___36___ they used to show towards women. On the other___37___, automatic male politeness is perhaps slowly being ___38___ by true consideration for the needs and feelings of women, ___39___ men can see women as equal human beings, rather than ___40___ sex-objects or attractive properties.
21. A. offer
B. provide
C. pass
D. reserve
22. A. so
B. therefore
C. otherwise
D. or
23. A. Other
B. Every
C. Either
D. Neither
24. A. if
B. when
C. until
D. while
25. A. complain
B. confuse
C. require
D. blame
26. A. because
B. when
C. since
D. that
27. A. referred
B. considered
C. regarded
D. thought
28. A. asking
B. seeking
C. looking for
D. demanding
29. A. and
B. yet
C. but
D. or
30. A. impossible
B. sorry
C. likely
D. possible
31. A. able
B. unable
C. disable
D. being able
32. A. Take
B. To take
C. Taking
D. Having taken
33. A. keep on
B. stick on
C. work on
D. insist on
34. A. tip
B. idea
C. opinion
D. advice
35. A. wonder
B. use
C. problem
D. question
36. A. and
B. which
C. when
D. because
37. A. hands
B. hand
C. sides
D. side
38. A. transferred
B. changed
C. replaced
D. taken the place
39. A. even if
B. so that
C. in case
D. as if
40. A. as
B. for
C. being
D. to be