题目内容
20.Women don't talk more than men.Really,they don't.Women speak 20,000 words a day,compared to the average man's 7,000.But a study published recently denies this old rule.Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day,says the new research in Science magazine."It's been a common belief,but it just didn't fit,"says James Pennebaker,the researcher of the seven-year study.Pennebaker and his colleagues analyzed (分析) recorded conversations of 396 university students age 18 to 29 in the USA and Mexico,including 210 women and 186 men.The study didn't look at vocabulary or word use,but rather word count.
Pennebaker says two-thirds of participants spoke 11,000 to 25,000 words a day,with the average for both sexes about 16,000 words.The finding may seem surprising in a popular culture where women are often thought of as talkative and men as silent.
Most recently,psychiatrist (精神病学家) Louann Brizendine used the 20,000 and 7,000 comparison in her 2006 book The Female Brain,as evidence for brain differences.After the book came out in August,the data was widely reused."That hits a nerve (神经).It's been surprising to me that this little point is the point people pick out,"says Brizendine.
But experts in neurolinguistics(神经语言学) thought that the data was uncertain.Mark Liberman,a linguistics professor at the University of Pennsylvania,says that after Brizendine's book came out,he tried to find evidence to support her claim,but failed.
21.According to the new research in Science magazine,how many words do women use a week?C
A.140,000.
B.47,000.
C.112,000.
D.28,000.
22.What did Pennebaker and his colleagues focus on in their study?D
A.The use of words.
B.The structures people used.
C.The speed of speaking words.
D.The number of words people used.
23.We can know the comparison used in The Female Brain wasB.
A.seldom reused by others
B.accepted as a truth by most scientists
C.considered untrue by most scientists
D.considered as evidence for sex brain similarities
24.It can be inferred from the passage that at the beginning,Mark LibermanC.
A.succeeded in finding the evidence to support Brizendine's claim
B.didn't believe Brizendine's data in her 2006book The Female Brain
C.thought Brizendine's data in her 2006book The Female Brain was true
D.cared little about Brizendine's claim in her 2006book The Female Brain.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了研究发现,女性每周使用的词汇量与男性不同,大脑构造也有差别.
解答 21.C.细节理解题.根据第一段Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day,says the new research in Science magazine可知根据科学杂志的最新研究,女性每周使用112000个词;故选C.
22.D.细节理解题.根据第二段Pennebaker and his colleagues analyzed (分析) recorded conversations of 396 university students age 18 to 29 in the USA and Mexico,including 210 women and 186 men.The study didn't look at vocabulary or word use,but rather word count可知Pennebaker和他的同事们专注于研究说话的字数;故选D.
23.B.细节理解题.根据文章Most recently,psychiatrist (精神病学家) Louann Brizendine used the 20,000 and 7,000 comparison in her 2006 book The Female Brain,as evidence for brain differences可知对于女性大脑的比较被大多数科学家接受;故选B.
24.C.细节理解题.根据最后一段Mark Liberman,a linguistics professor at the University of Pennsylvania,says that after Brizendine's book came out,he tried to find evidence to support her claim,but failed可知Mark Liberman认为布里曾丹在她2006的书中关于女性的大脑的数据是真的;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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