Motherhood the world over is commonly understood in terms of a generic terminology. Regardless of country, clime, or class, age-old mythologies in all cultures eulogize motherhood and impart to it an importance that goes well beyond the physical act of birthing. At the level of twenty-first-century popular culture, however, motherhood and maternity have been appropriated by modern-day consumerism
1. The basis on which posterity will rank our civilization is the quality of our ideas. Our position among civilizations is determined by the _________.
① location of our civilization ② value of our thought
③ influence we have ④ rigidity of our thought
⑤ quantity of our thought
2. As you drive a car on a straight road where the sun is beating down, you may seem to see a shim