Unit3 Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas（作业）-2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册【精讲精练】外研版

[限时检测] (限时30分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2022·厦门高二期末)This is an excerpt from a speech at the United Nations headquarters given by Emma Watson，who starred in Harry Potter series. Today we are launching a campaign (called “He For She”).I am reaching out to you because we need your help.We want to end gender inequality，and to do this，we need everyone involved.This is the first campaign of this kind in the UN.We want to try to involve as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. I started questioning gender­based assumption a long time ago.When I was 8，I was confused being called bossy because I wanted to direct a play that we put on for our parents，but the boys were not.When I was 14，I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media.At 15，my girlfriends started dropping out of a lot of sports teams because they didn't want to appear masculine(男性化的).At 18，my male friends were unable to express their feelings. I decided that I was a feminist (女权主义者).This seemed uncomplicated to me.But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word.Women are choosing not to identify as feminists.Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? I'm from Britain and I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts.I think it is right that I should make decisions about my own body.I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life.I think it is right that socially，I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly，I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights.No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality.These rights，I considered to be human rights，but I am one of the lucky ones. My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn't love me less because I was born a daughter.My school did not limit me because I was a girl.My tutors didn't assume that I would end up nowhere because I migh