Question

   Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent(聪明的) than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of  “grey matter” and

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.

   There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!

   The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about mine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children ad young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier (障碍物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先) ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.

   If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist.

Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

   A. Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s

   B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.

   C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.

   D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.

What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

   A. Women prefer doing many things at a time.

   B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time.   

   C. Women do not need to tell directions.

   D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.

Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

   A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

   B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills

   C. Women may have stronger feelings than men.

   D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.

What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

A. Defensive.    B. Persuasive.    C. Supportive.   D. Objective.

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】B

【小题3】B

【小题4】D

解析:

【小题1】推理判断 由第一段最后两句可知。尽管男人有更多的后者（白质），但是大脑的思考部分（当然是灰质）的量男女几乎完全相等。A有很大的迷惑性，但仔细一看文章中说的是平均。

【小题2】推理判断 可采用排除法。女人在同时完成多项任务上有优势，并不是说女人喜欢同时干许多事情，因此A 错。C 、D明显与文章内容不符。

【小题3】推理判断 由more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills（while more women take up jobs that require speech skills.）一句可知。

【小题4】作者态度判断 作者以科学研究结果为依据，未参杂个人观点。