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 (精神病學家) 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 (神經).It's been surprising to me that this little point is the point people pick out,"says Brizendine.
But experts in neurolinguistics(神經語言學) 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 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了研究發(fā)現,女性每周使用的詞匯量與男性不同,大腦構造也有差別.
解答 21.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據第一段Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day,says the new research in Science magazine可知根據科學雜志的最新研究,女性每周使用112000個詞;故選C.
22.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據第二段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和他的同事們專注于研究說話的字數;故選D.
23.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據文章Most recently,psychiatrist (精神病學家) Louann Brizendine used the 20,000 and 7,000 comparison in her 2006 book The Female Brain,as evidence for brain differences可知對于女性大腦的比較被大多數科學家接受;故選B.
24.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據最后一段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認為布里曾丹在她2006的書中關于女性的大腦的數據是真的;故選C.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.