填空题

A subtle distinction in the way women are singled out
by the language is evident in the way that the same personality (1) ______
trait is characterized approvingly for one sex and denigrated
for the other. However, if a man is aggressive, he is considered (2) ______
a go-getter, a serf-starter, while a woman is considered pushy
or a castrating bitch. If a woman consistently agrees to her (3) ______
boss, she will be thought bright, a man will be called a yes-man (4) ______
or an ass-licker.
Many of these discrepancies involve in words that deal directly (5) ______
or indirectly in women’s sexuality. In fact, one linguist has (6) ______
even made the case "lady" is used as a euphemism for (7) ______
"woman," in that "woman’’ implies at sexuality, while "lady" (8) ______
is desexed. Certainly, "woman" is a word that can imply the
presence not only of sex, but also of power, which "lady" cannot.
A lady doctor or Ladies’ Lib would simply be incongruous.
Although women are used harshly by language, they are not in
their own turn allowed to using harsh language. Women’ s language (9) ______
in English, at least according to stereotype, does not contain
swear words. Robin Lakoff distinguished another character (10) ______
of women’s speech, the tag-form sentence: a statement of fact
undercut by a final question. "We are going tomorrow, aren’t we"
"This is a terrific play, isn’t it" Even when a woman is assertive,
she often shows token of apparent passivity, as ff all her assertions
were only tentative.