题目内容：

A majority of men are emotionally blocked.

To men it seemed as if their emotional problems were evident at birth. A few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon with a seven-month-old baby boy and his mother. I found myself fascinated by the little boy’s expressiveness. His face was constantly in motion, reflecting everything that was happening in him and to him. A hunger feeling, the comfort of being held, and the fear and relief he felt—all of these sensations and emotions appeared instantly on his face. He didn’t hide his thoughts or feelings.

Most babies are allowed to be free with their emotions until they are around one year old. Then about the time they begin to walk and talk, their parents start to make them repress their feelings. The degree to which parents repress their children varies from household to household. We tend to discourage so-called “negative emotions” such as fear, sadness, and anger. We believe that if we can make our children act happily and well behave, 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 inappropriate or threaten to reveal the abnormal nature of the family, their parents find some way to stop them. Parents do this in a variety of ways. Depending on their parenting styles, they may ignore their children; shame them; educate them; bribe(贿赂) them; distract them; punish them or physically abuse them.

It is rare if a child doesn’t suffer from some form of parental repression. But as a rule, little boys are required to restrict even more of their emotions than little girls. Men in this society are assigned two traditional roles: providing and protecting. In order to fulfill those roles little boys are required to repress more of their emotions. Boys are raised according to a masculine(阳性的) code, a complex set of beliefs that influences how they think, feel and behave. The masculine code is not taught through formal means. Society’s goal is not to cause emotional injury to the boys but to harden them to face the difficulties men have always had to face.

1.The author’s experience about the seven-month-old baby boy shows that ________.

A. people are born to be crazy or frightened

B. people will surely be lonely for all their lives

C. men are emotionally whole when they are born

D. men’s emotional problems are various at birth

2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “repress” in Paragraph 3?

A. Press something for a second time.

B. Make others understand something.

C. Put pressure onto something soft.

D. Try not to show an emotion or a feeling.

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

A. “Please stop crying, honey. Do you want a cookie?”

B. “Did that big dog scare you? Look, there’s a cute cat!”

C. “How dare you look at me that way! Go to your room!”

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

4.It can be inferred that ________.

A. parental repression on children is common in society

B. parental repression has more effects on girls than on boys

C. the masculine code is meant to cause mental injuries to men

D. the masculine code is rarely educated through informal means

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. When boys find it hard to express their feelings.

B. Why boys are used to controlling their emotions.

C. Difficulties men have to face to be successful.

D. Roles men have to play to be competitive.