C. more people could invent it

D. the stove was not worth patenting

1. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. His experiments were exciting but dangerous.

B. His inventions saved African Americans.

C. His death is a great loss to the whole world.

D. His funeral is the biggest in American history.

Most men seem to find it much harder to express their feelings than women. They are emotionally blocked (感情上受阻). But, believe it or not, they were emotionally whole when they were born. A few weeks ago I came across a seven-month-old baby boy, whose emotions reflected immediately on his face. He didnˈt hide his feeling.

However, about the time kids begin to walk and talk, their parents start to repress (压制) them. For example, many parents discourage the so-called "negative emotions" such as fear, sadness and anger. They believe that if they can make the children act happily and well behaved, they will become truly happy and well-adjusted adults.

To some degree, this management of emotions applies to both sexes. When boys or girls show feelings that their parents think are improper, their parents find some ways to repress them. Depending on their parenting style, they may ignore their children, shame them, "educate" them, distract them, or even physically punish them.

It is rare to see a child who has never suffered from some forms of parental repression. But in general, little boys are required restrict even more of their emotions than little girls.

Men in this society are given three traditional roles: providing, protecting, and procreating (生育). In order to perform those roles, little boys are required to repress more of their emotions. Boys are raised according to a set of masculine (男性化的) principles, some beliefs that influence how they think feel, and behave. These principles encourage boys to be competitive, focus on success, stand physical pain, and repress their emotions. When boys fail to achieve these things, it is not uncommon for them to be laughed at, or shamed. Societyˈs goal is not to cause emotional injury to the boys but to harden them to face the difficulties men have always had to face.

2. The author mentions the seven-month-old baby boy in the first paragraph to show that ________.

A. not all men are emotionally blocked

B. men are not born to repress their feelings

C. babies are sensitive to the people around them

D. babies are better at expressing feeling than adults

3. Which of the following shows how parents shame a child?

A. Go Play with your toys.

B. All right young man! Youˈre going to get the belt!

C. Did that big dog scare you? Look, thereˈs a bird!

D. When you cry like that, you sound like your baby sister.