单选题
Women are moody. By evolutionary design, we are hard-wired to be sensitive to our environments, empathic to our children"s needs and intuitive of our partners" intentions. This is basic to our survival and that of our offspring. Some research suggests that women are often better at articulating their feelings than men because as the female brain develops, more capacity is reserved for language, memory, hearing and observing emotions in others.
These are observations rooted in biology, not intended to
mesh with
any kind of pro- or anti-feminist ideology. But they do have social implications. Women"s emotionality is a sign of health, not disease; it is a source of power. But we are under constant pressure to restrain our emotional lives. We have been taught to apologize for our tears, to suppress our anger and to fear being called hysterical.
The pharmaceutical industry plays on that fear, targeting women in a barrage of advertising on daytime talk shows and in magazines. More Americans are on psychiatric medications than ever before, and in my experience they are staying on them far longer than was ever intended. Sales of an tidepressants and antianxiety meds have been booming in the past two decades, and they"ve recently been outpaced by an antipsychotic, Abilify, that is the No. 1 seller among all drugs in the United States, not just psychiatric ones.
At least one in four women in America now takes a psychiatric medication, compared with one in seven men. Women are nearly twice as likely to receive a diagnosis of depression or anxiety disorder than men are. For many women, these drugs greatly improve their lives. But for others they aren"t necessary. The increase in prescriptions for psychiatric medications, often by doctors in other specialties, is creating a new normal, encouraging more women to seek chemical assistance. Whether a woman needs these drugs should be a medical decision, not a response to peer pressure and consumerism.
Obviously, there are situations where psychiatric medications are called for. The problem is too many genuinely ill people remain untreated, mostly because of socioeconomic factors. People who don"t really need these drugs are trying to medicate a normal reaction to an unnatural set of stressors: lives without nearly enough sleep, sunshine, nutrients, movement and eye contact, which is crucial to us as social primates.
单选题
Women are often better at expressing their feelings than men in that women ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干关键词定位到第一段，Some research suggests that women are often better at articulating their feelings than men because as the female brain develops, more capacity is reserved for language, memory, hearing and observing emotions in others. (有些研究显示，与男性相比，女性往往更擅长表达自己的感情。因为女性大脑发育的过程中，有更多容量留给了语言、记忆、听觉和观察他人的情绪。)故B项“女性有更多表达功能方面的脑容量”符合题意，为正确答案。A项“女性天生对环境就是敏感的”与文章第一句相符，但与题干无关；C项“女性有生存下去的基本技能”和D项“因为女性对语言更加敏感”均属于过度推断，故排除。
单选题
The phrase "mesh with" (Para.2) probably means ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 含义题。根据题干关键词定位到第二段第一句：These are observations rooted in biology, not intended to mesh with any kind of pro- or anti-feminist ideology. (这些是植根于生物学的观察结果，并不是为了——任何女权主义或反女权主义的思想。)mesh作名词意为“网孔，网眼”；作动词意为“(使)吻合，相配”，mesh with意为“与……充分融入；紧密配合”，在文中表示“迎合，配合”。故C项“迎合”符合题意，为正确答案。A项“解释，说明”，B项“同意”，D项“处理”均不符合题意。
单选题
Which of the following is NOT true according to Paragraph 3?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干关键词定位到第三段。此题可用排除法。根据此段第一句可知A项“医药行业利用女性的恐惧心理”符合文意，其中takes advantage of是plays on的同义替换。根据此段第二句More Americans are on psychiatric medications than ever before可知，B项“如今，更多的美国人在服用精神药物”符合文意。C项“抗抑郁药的销售在过去的二十年里已经显示了下降趋势”与文中Sales of antidepressants and antianxiety meds have been booming in the past two decades不符，故为正确答案。D项“安律凡是美国最畅销的药”与文中Abilify, that is the No.1 seller among all drugs in the United States, not just psychiatric ones. 相符，其中best-selling是No.1的同义替换。因此正确答案是C项。
单选题
According to the passage, what makes more women seek chemical assistance?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干关键词定位到第四段：The increase in prescriptions for psychiatric medications, often by doctors in other specialties, is creating a new normal, encouraging mote women to seek chemical assistance. (医生开的精神药物越来越多，开药的往往是其他领域的医生，这创造了一种新常态，鼓励更多女性去寻求化学支持。)故A项“其他领域的医生开了越来越多的精神药物”符合题意，为正确答案。B项“越来越多的美国人正在服用精神药物”和D项“妇女被同辈压力和消费主义所影响”与题干无关，C项“这种药物极大地改善了女性的生活”与原文不符，故排除。
单选题
It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______.