Question

Rather than talk about how he feels, often a man would express his love by buying the woman cosmetics (化妝品), or bringing home a flower, or giving up the control of the remote (遙控器).

And when men do talk, they’d prefer to talk about actions rather than emotions. For example, a lot of men would choose to express their long-range faith in a relationship by talking about next summer’s vacation plans, not by starting a conversation about undying love.

Men just prefer to say their plans with plane tickets, rather than poetry. It’s one of the reasons why men are more comfortable talking at work (the practical world) than they are at home (the castle that emotion built). But you can bring out his great communicator by making him feel more like he’s operating in the work mode, even when the topic at hand is your love life.

When men talk less and women want more, the conflict can escalate. Like when a policeman is questioning an unwilling witness, more silence equals more questions. A full 65 percent of men we surveyed recently told us that they don’t want their partners to ask them more questions about themselves.

It’s clear that some men are just tired of feeling like they’re on the witness stand. They’re not necessarily hiding anything; many men simply prefer not to have to tell confusing feelings that they may not even understand themselves.

An age-old method can make things better: back off a little, give him room to operate in a conversation, and he’s more likely to open up.

1.According to the author, men feel more comfortable when talking        .

A．a(chǎn)ctions                               B．feelings

C．long-term friendship                     D．conversations

2.How can women communicate more successfully with men?

A．They may give men a surprise by buying plane tickets.

B．They can ask men if they have a great time during working.

C．They might create a warm home environment first of all.

D．They can give men the feeling that they are talking at work.

3.The underlined word “escalate” has the similar meaning to       .

A．decrease          B．disappear         C．change           D．increase

4.From the text it can be inferred that       .

A．women are better at writing poems about emotions than men

B．it is natural for women to be fond of finding the faults of men

C．men are more interested in learning more about their partners

D．men prefer to pour out their hearts in a forgiving environment

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了人們在交流時，男士更喜歡用行動來向女士表達感情，男士更愿意談的是行動而不是感情，女士和男士交流最多的是工作上的事情，而男士如果給一個寬松的環(huán)境他們很容易敞開心扉。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)And when men do talk, they’d prefer to talk about actions rather than emotions. 故選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)t’s one of the reasons why men are more comfortable talking at work (the practical world) than they are at home (the castle that emotion built).故選D。

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)When men talk less and women want more, the conflict因為前面說的多與少是矛盾的，所以可以猜出它是“增長”的意思，故選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)give him room to operate in a conversation, and he’s more likely to open up.在寬松的壞境下，男士更容易敞開心扉，故選D。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。

點評：做推理題干擾選項的特點夸大事實：一是對于原文中的細節(jié)或論斷的某方面程度進行了夸大處理。二是無中生有：捏造原文并不存在的信息，并以此作為依據(jù)進行推理。三是摻入常識：根據(jù)考生已有的常識是正確的，但卻不是基于文章。四是推理過頭：引申過度，使結(jié)論過于絕對化。知道了這些特點在容易排除干擾項進而做出正確的判斷。