问答题
Identify and correct the error in each underlined sentence,(somewhere a word is missing, point it out and supply it.)
Evidence collected by researchers show that men dominate the talking-time in committee meetings, staff meetings, seminars
and task-orienting decision-making groups. If you are skeptical. use
【M1】______)a stopwatch to time the amount of talk contributed by women and men at political and community meetings you attend. This explanation proposes that men talk more than women in public, formal contexts because they perceive participating and verbally
contributing in such contexts to an activity which enhances their
【M2】______)status, and men seem to be more concerned with asserting status and power than women are.
By contrast, in more private contexts, talk usually serves interpersonal functions. The purpose of informal or intimate talk is
not so many status enhancement as establishing or maintaining
【M3】______) social contact with others, making social connection, developing and reinforcing friendships
and intimate relationships. Interesting
【M4】______)the few studies which have investigated informal talk have found
that there are fewer differences in the amount contributed to women
【M5】______)and men in these contexts(though men still talked more in nearly a third of the informal studies reviewed by Deborah James and Janice Drakich).
Women, it seems, willing to talk more in relaxed social
【M6】______)
contexts. especially when the talk functions to develop and
【M7】______)maintain social relationships.
Another piece of evidence that supports this interpretation is the kink of talk women and men contribute in mixed-sex
discussions. Researchers analyzed the functions of different
【M8】______) utterances have found that men tend to contribute more information and opinions while women contribute more agreeing supportive talk, more of the kind of talk that encourages others to contribute.
So men's talk tends to be more referential or informed, while
【M9】______)women's talk is less supportive and facilitative.
Overall, then, women seem to use talk to develop personal relationships and maintain family connections and friendships
much often than to make claims to status or to directly influence
【M10】______)others in public contexts.