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As the saffron tints and crimson flushes of morn herald the coming day, so the social and political advancement which woman has already gained bears the promise of the rising of the full-orbed sun of emancipation. The result will be not to make home less happy, but society more holy; yet I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need today is not simply more voters, but better voters. Today there are red-handed men in our republic, who walk unwhipped of justice, who richly deserve to exchange the ballot of the freeman for the wristlets of the felon; brutal and cowardly men... More than the changing of institutions we need the development of a national conscience, and the upbuilding of national character. Men may boast of the aristocracy of blood, may glory in the aristocracy of talent, and be proud of the aristocracy of wealth, but there is one aristocracy which must ever outrank them all, and that is the aristocracy of character; and it is the women of a country who help to mold its character, and to influence if not determine its destiny; and in the political future of our nation woman will not have done what she could if she does not endeavor to have our republic stand foremost among the nations of the earth, wearing sobriety as a crown and righteousness as a garment and a girdle. In coming into her political estate woman will find a mass of illiteracy to be dispelled. If knowledge is power, ignorance is also power. The power that educates wickedness may manipulate and dash against the pillars of any state when they are undermined and honeycombed by injustice.

In the first sentence, the speaker uses imagery associated with a sunrise primarily in order to _____

A.suggest that women's desire for voting rights is on the verge of being realized.
B.assert that society's historically biased treatment of women has been exposed.
C.illustrate the idea that the struggle for equality for women is only just beginning.
D.imply that men will become more enlightened as women advance socially and politically.

答案和解析

答案:A

解析:

Choice A is the best answer. In these lines, the speaker compares women's previous "social and political advancement" to the "saffron tints and crimson flushes" in the sky that signal the sun will soon rise, and the "full-orbed sun of emancipation" to "the coming day." She is suggesting that the progress that has already occurred will soon be followed by the granting of voting rights and the emancipation they represent, just as the early signs of sunrise are followed by a new day.
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重点单词
  • estaten. 财产,房地产,状态,遗产
  • gloryn. 光荣,荣誉,壮丽,赞颂 vi. 为 ... 而骄傲
  • manipulatevt. 操纵,操作,控制,利用,(巧妙地)处理,篡改
  • determinev. 决定,决心,确定,测定
  • deservevi. 应该得到 vt. 应受,值得
  • panacean. 万灵药,灵丹妙药
  • signaln. 信号,标志 v. (发信号)通知、表示 adj.
  • biasedadj. 有偏见的;结果偏倚的,有偏的
  • felonn. 重罪人,蛇头
  • consciencen. 良心,责任心,顾忌