Do you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? Normally the 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(聰明的) 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 is made up of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the white matter, the amount(數(shù)量)of “thinking” brain is almost the same in both men and women.

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 may learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of different information 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(性別). As white matter is the key to spatial(空間的)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(胎兒)are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children when they are very young. A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would ask for 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, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1?

A.Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.

B.Men’s brain is 10% less than women’s.

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

D.Men and women have the same amount of white matter.

2.What can you infer from Paragraphs 2 and 3?

A.Men have weaker spatial abilities.

B.Women do not need to tell directions.

C.Women prefer doing many things at a time.

D.Women do many jobs at a time better than men.

3.What can you learn from Paragraph 4?

A.Our children needed more spatial skills.

B.Women may have more feelings than men.

C.Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

D.More women take up jobs requiring speech skills.

4.The passage is mainly about _______.

A.ways of being more intelligent

B.differences between men and women

C.studies on brains between two sexes

D.studies on white matter and grey matter

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:這篇短文主要介紹了男人和女人在智力及體力方面的一些差別。

1.根據(jù)第一段The brain is made up of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the white matter, the amount(數(shù)量)of “thinking” brain is almost the same in both men and women.描述,可知控制思考的是灰色神經(jīng)組織。故選A。

2.根據(jù)第二段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.描述,可知女人可以同時比男人做更多地工作,故選D。

3.根據(jù)第四段A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would ask for help from others.描述,可知男孩可能比女孩更強壯。故選D。

4.這篇短文主要介紹了男人和女人在智力及體力方面的一些差別。故選C。

考點:關于男女差別的科普性說明文閱讀

點評:本文淺顯易懂,層次分明,學生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文,一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)短文中心總結出正確答案。

 

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