摘要:聪明的 11.随和的 12.不公平的

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  I have a very good friend. His name is John Jordan. He's a fine man and he's very intelligent(聪明的).

  There is one very strange(奇怪的) thing about him. He is very capable(有能力的) and he can do some very hard things. The funny thing is that he can't do some of the very simple(简单的) things in life. At least(至少) I think they are simple.

  He can drive a car, he can fly a plane, and he can sail a boat. But he can't ride a bike. He could never learn to ride a bike. Isn't that funny?

  He's a very good player. He can play basketball, football and baseball. He can also play tennis and golf. But he can't swim. He can never learn to swim.

  He learns languages easily, too. He knows Russian, German, Italian and Chinese. He can speak, read and write Russian and Italian. He can speak German, but he can't read it. He can read Chinese, but he can't speak it. Isn't that strange?

1.John Jordan is the writer's________.

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A.good friend
B.classmate
C.brother
D.neighbour

2.The writer thinks________.

[  ]

A.some of the things in life are very simple

B.John Jordan is very capable, but he can't do some of the very simple things in life

C.John Jordan can do some of the very simple things in life

D.somebody must help him to do simple things in life

3.The writer says Jordan________.

[  ]

A.can't drive a car

B.can speak Chinese

C.likes boating

D.can never learn to swim

4.John Jordan________.

[  ]

A.likes foreign languages

B.is a good swimmer

C.can speak Russian but can't write it

D.knows quite a few languages

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  Do you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s?Normally the women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s.Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent(聪明的)than women.Right? Wrong.Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size.Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain.The brain is made up of “grey matter” and “white matter”.While men have more of the white matter, the amount(数量)of “thinking” brain is almost the same in both men and women.

  It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women.This means that little girls may learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of different information at the same time.When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.

  There are other important differences between two sexes(性别).As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的)tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things.“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher.That may explain one of life’s great mysteries:why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!

  The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿)are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children when they are very young.A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would ask for help from others.These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills.It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.

(1)

Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1?

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A.

Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.

B.

Men’s brain is 10% less than women’s.

C.

Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.

D.

Men and women have the same amount of white matter.

(2)

What can you infer from Paragraphs 2 and 3?

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A.

Men have weaker spatial abilities.

B.

Women do not need to tell directions.

C.

Women prefer doing many things at a time.

D.

Women do many jobs at a time better than men.

(3)

What can you learn from Paragraph 4?

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A.

Our children needed more spatial skills.

B.

Women may have more feelings than men.

C.

Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

D.

More women take up jobs requiring speech skills.

(4)

The passage is mainly about ________.

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A.

ways of being more intelligent

B.

differences between men and women

C.

studies on brains between two sexes

D.

studies on white matter and grey matter

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