听力题
Women are, on the whole, more verbal than men. They are good at language and at reasoning, while men (36)
1to be better at tasks (37)
2visual-spatial abilities. Words are tools for (38)
3with other people and they are mainly verbal tools. Visual and spatial (39)
4are tools for (40)
5 and manipulating objects and helping information about them. Are these (41)
6 into the brain? It has been suggested that when it comes to the brain, (42)
7are specialists while women are (43)
8. But no one knows that, if anything, this means in terms of the of the two sexes. (44 )
9. But women become just as skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car, tasks that involve visual-spatial skills.
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10. Women do, however, seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their identity.(46)
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【正确答案】
1、tend, 2、demanding, 3、communicating, 4、abilities, 5、imagining, 6、programmed, 7、males, 8、generalists, 9、Engineering is both visual and spatial, and it's true that there are relatively fewer women engineers., 10、They also do equally well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial., 11、A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle or computer as a useful tool, but not in itself fascinating.
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