When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously(同时的)about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what' s happening in their lives．When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up．Men can either talk or watch the screen－they can' t do both－and they don' t understand that women can．Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships－not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen．
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going．He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally．Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships．For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose：to build relationships and make friends．For men, to talk is to relate the facts．
Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding．A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours．
There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls' mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys．Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys．Scientific evidence shows parents respond to the brain bias of their children．Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech，we therefore talk to them more．Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply．
(1)
While watching TV with others, women Usually talk a lot because they
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A．
are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends
B．
can both talk and watch the screen at the Same time
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think they can have a good time and develop relationships
D．
have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands
(2)
After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to _______．
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A．
experience the happy time again
B．
keep a close tie with her
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recommend her a new scenic spot
D．
remind her of something forgotten
(3)
What does the author want to tell us most?
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A．
Women' s brains are better organized for language and communication
B．
Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men．
C．
Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts．
D．
Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking．
(4)
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
Here in the Northeast Georgia mountains live an old man and his young grandson．A small sum of money given by the government is their only regular income．Man and boy walk up and down the highway daily collecting soft-drink bottles for resale．I stopped once, and tried to give the man a carton(硬纸盒)of empty bottles．Polite, but firmly, he refused my “charity”．
Exercising what I thought was the only reasonable matter．I was driving their part of road, throwing bottles out of the car window, when the flashing blue light of a Georgia(乔治亚州)State patrol(巡逻)car filled my mirror．I took my lecture on litter(在公共场所扔废物)laws, and then told the officer about the man and the boy．We could see the old man from where we were stopped, bending over to pick up a bottle．The officer warned me again, and told me to move on．
As we both pulled onto the road, I looked in my mirror just in time to see two bottles sail out of the passenger window of the patrol car and land unbroken on the grass．
Why do the old man and his grandson collect soft-drink bottles?
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They want to make the area clean and tidy．
B．
They want to recycle the soft-drink bottles．
C．
Local officials ask them to do so．
D．
Their income is not enough to support themselves．
(2)
The man’s refusal to take the box of empty bottles from the writer shows that ________．
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A．
he wanted to get too much
B．
poor as he was，he didn’t want to be pitied
C．
he was not really poor
D．
he collected the empty bottles only for fun
(3)
The author threw bottles out of the car window because he wanted to ________．
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get rid of them
B．
attract the patrol car
C．
punish the man and the boy
D．
help the man and the boy
(4)
The officer stopped the writer and lectured him because ________．
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he was driving too fast
B．
he was breaking the traffic laws
C．
he was breaking the litter laws
D．
he was hurting the man and the boy
阅读理解
When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble–a word game–against herself, I knew I had to do something．My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against．I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it．After all, it had taken 10 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker．Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home．And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers．
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me．I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything．She has been the one teaching me all my life：to cool and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad．Now it was my turn to give something back．
It wasn’t easy at the beginning．There was so much to explain and to introduce．Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook．After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing(文字处理)．This proved to be a bigger challenge(挑战)to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces．
“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked．
“No, of course not,” I said．“They already know how to use a computer．”
My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period．Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏反应)．For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer．Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years．
(1)
What does the author do?
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She is a cook．
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She is a teacher．
C．
She is a housewife．
D．
She is a computer engineer．
(2)
The author decided to give her mother a computer ________．
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to let her have more chances to write letters
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to support her in doing her homework
C．
to help her through the bad times
D．
to make her life more enjoyable
(3)
The author asked her mother to write her a letter ________．
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because her mother had stopped using the telephone
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because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother
C．
so that her mother could practice what she had learned
D．
so that mother could be free from housework
(4)
After the computer was brought home, the author’s father ________．
