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Gender and Brain

Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 28 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 29 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 30 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 31 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other's and their children's emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 32 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 33 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 34 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 35 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma's other main finding is that most of these 36 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 37 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

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【正确答案】J

【答案解析】名词辨义题。根据空格前的more monomaniacal和空格后的of thought可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词。备选词汇中只有patterns“方式”符合此处语境，故选J。patterns of thought意为“思维方式”。

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【正确答案】M

【答案解析】形容词辨义题。根据空格前的are more和空格前后分句中均提到的better可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词，且表达的是一个积极而具体的含义。第三段第二句中也提到了此处空格所在句子中涉及的女性的大脑优势：better memories, sociability...。不难推知备选词汇中只有sociable“善于交际的”最符合此处语境，故选M。

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【正确答案】O

【答案解析】动词辨义题。根据空格前的spent more time和空格后的away from camp可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的现在分词形式。备选词汇中只有wandering“游荡”符合此处语境，故选O。

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【正确答案】D

【答案解析】动词辨义题。根据空格后的介词up和整个句子的时态可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的过去式。备选词汇中只有brought“带来”符合此处语境，故选D。bring up为固定搭配，意为“养育”。raised作“养育”之意时，其后直接接宾语即可；raise与up搭配时，意为“举起，抬起”，故排除K。

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【正确答案】L

【答案解析】副词辨义题。空格所在的句子结构完整，并不缺少任何成分。句子的主干为the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised，而空格前的名词thought已有修饰成分，可以推知此空格处需要填入一个副词修饰动词specialised。备选词汇中只有respectively“分别地”符合此处语境，故选L。

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【正确答案】A

【答案解析】名词辨义题。根据空格前的better memories, sociability and和空格后的to multitask可以判断，此处需要填入一个具有积极意义的名词，与memories和sociability并列使用，同为抽象名词。备选词汇中只有ability“能力”符合此处语境，故选A。

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【正确答案】F

【答案解析】动词辨义题。根据空格前的benefit from the hemispheres可以判断，此处需要填入一个动名词或名词。benefit from(doing)sth.为固定用法，意为“从……获益”。备选词汇中只有cooperating“合作”符合此处语境，故选F。

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【正确答案】E

【答案解析】形容词辨义题。根据空格前的do not need和空格后的名词inputs可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词或名词修饰inputs“输入”。备选词汇中只有complex“复杂的”符合此处语境，故选E。

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【正确答案】G

【答案解析】名词辨义题。根据空格前的形容词these可以判断，此处需要填入一个可数名词的复数形式。而全文都在讲述男性的大脑和女性的大脑的区别，故备选词汇中differences“差别”符合此处语境，故选G。

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【正确答案】N

【答案解析】形容词辨义题。根据空格前的代词those和空格后的to this technique可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词，与空格后的内容一起作those的后置定语。备选词汇中只有visible“能注意到的”符合此处语境，故选N。