Genghis Khan was not one to agonize
over gender roles. He was into sex and power, and he didn’t mind saying so. "The
greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before
him." The emperor once thundered. Genghis Khan conquered two thirds of the known
world during the early 13th century and he may have set an all-time record for
what biologists call reproductive success. An account written 33 years after his
death credited him with 20,000 descendants.
Men’s manners have
improved markedly since Genghis Khan’s day. At heart, though, we’re the same
animals we were 800 years ago, which is to say we are status seekers. We may
talk of equality and fraternity. We may strive for classless societies. But we
go right on building hierarchies, and jockeying for status within them. Can we
abandon the tendency Probably not. A
A. that he is a man who enjoys great victory m possessing land.
B. the astonishing number of his offspring in the world.
C. how cruel and arrogant an emperor can be in the past.
D. males have a long history of craving for power.
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Genghis Khan was not one to agonize
over gender roles. He was into sex and power, and he didn’t mind saying so. "The
greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before
him." The emperor once thundered. Genghis Khan conquered two thirds of the known
world during the early 13th century and he may have set an all-time record for
what biologists call reproductive success. An account written 33 years after his
death credited him with 20,000 descendants.
Men’s manners have
improved markedly since Genghis Khan’s day. At heart, though, we’re the same
animals we were 800 years ago, which is to say we are status seekers. We may
talk of equality and fraternity. We may strive for classless societies. But we
go right on building hierarchies, and jockeying for status within them. Can we
abandon the tendency Probably not. A
A. males have not changed a lot in their pursuit of status.
B. males are always willing to conquer large areas of land.
C. males are still striving hard for equality and classless societies.
D. males are still agonizing over their gender roles.
[单项选择]Genghis Khan was not one to agonize over gender roles. He was into sex and power, and he didn’t mind saying so. "The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him." The emperor once thundered. Genghis Khan conquered two thirds of the known world during the early 13th century and he may have set an all-time record for what biologists call reproductive success. An account written 33 years after his death credited him with 20,000 descendants.
Men’s manners have improved markedly since Genghis Khan’s day. At heart, though, we’re the same animals we were 800 years ago, which is to say we are status seekers. We may talk of equality and fraternity. We may strive for classless societies. But we go right on building hierarchies, and jockeying for status within them. Can we abandon the tendency Probably not. As scientists are now discovering, status seeking is not just a habit or a cultural tradition. It’s a design feature of the male psyche--a biological d
A. that he is a man who enjoys great victory m possessing land.
B. the astonishing number of his offspring in the world.
C. how cruel and arrogant an emperor can be in the past.
D. males have a long history of craving for power.
[简答题]The name Genghis Khan (成吉思汗) probably makes many people think of conquering warriors on horseback leaving burning cities and piles of dead bodies behind them. While there is no doubt that Genghis Khan was the leader of a highly efficient killing machine, there was much more to him than military skill. He was also a talented politician with excellent diplomatic abilities.
In the ll60s, the tribes of the Central Asian Steppes were almost constantly at war with one another. In the middle of the chaos, one of the tribal leaders had a son named Temujin. When the boy was nine years old, his father was poisoned by enemies. The tribe then abandoned the family, leaving them to survive by eating rats and insects.
Despite his difficult childhood, Temujin grew up strong enough to claim his hereditary position as tribal leader. He became adept at forming alliances, as well as fighting battles. By 1206, all the Mongol tribes were ready to recognize him as supreme leader. They
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