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  Which gender is more talkative?No matter what you answer, you are partially right.

  A recent Gallup Poll showed that both men and women believe that women possess the gift of talking and some even believe women are biologically built for conversation, but all of that is challenged in a research published in the November issue of Personality and Social Psychology review.

  In a recent research by Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres, they collected all of the available evidence from decades of scientific study and systematically combined the findings into an overall picture of the differences between men and women regarding talkativeness.

  They found a small but reliable tendency(趨勢(shì))for men to be more talkative than women in certain cases, such as when they were having a conversation with their wives or with strangers.Women talked more to their children and to their college classmates.

  The type of speech was also explored in the research.The researchers discovered that, with strangers, women were generally more talkative when it came to using speech to ensure her connection to the listener, while men's speech focused more on an attempt to influence the listener.With close friends and family, however, there was very little difference between genders in the amount of speech.

(1)

Which of the following statements describes the main idea of the passage?

[  ]

A.

Women are born more talkative than men.

B.

Men are born more talkative than women.

C.

Women and men are talkative in different cases

D.

Women are no more talkative than men

(2)

The underlined word“gender”means ________.

[  ]

A.

people

B.

nationality

C.

culture

D.

sex

(3)

Talking with strangers, ________.

[  ]

A.

men speak a lot to have their opinions accepted

B.

men are more talkative than with their wives

C.

women prefer to listen more rather than speak more

D.

women are more talkative than with people they know

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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2010年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國(guó)統(tǒng)一考試、英語(yǔ)(安徽卷) 題型:050

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  My father was 44 and knew he wasn't going to male it to 45.He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.

  Since the day 1 was 12 and first read his letter, some of his words have lived in my beart.One it aways times out.“Right now, you are pretending to be a time-killer.But I know that one hay, you will do something great that will set you among the very best.”Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself.“You will do something great.”He didn't know what that would be, and neither did I, but at times in my life when I've felt proud of myself, I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask.“Is this what you were talking about, Dad?Should I keep going?”

  A long way frim 12 now, I realize hew would have been proud when I made any progress.Lately, thongn.I've come to believe he'd want me to move on to winat com next: to be nrood of and believe in, somebody else.It's time to start writing my own letters to my children.Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had.Our kids don't hold back because they're afraid to fail.They're only afraid of failing us.They don't worry about being disappointed.Their fear-as mine was until my father's letter-is of being a disappointment.

  Give your chikdren permission to succeed.They're witing for you to believe in them.I always knew way parents loved me.But trust my That elic will be more comlece, that love will be more real, and their belief in the nelces whi be greater if you write the words on their hearts;“Don't worry; you'll do something great.”Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.

(1)

We learn from the text that the author ________

[  ]

A.

lost his father when he was young

B.

worked hard before he read his father's letter

C.

asked his father permission to believe in himself

D.

knew execty at thing his father wanted him to do

(2)

What clis the hor tell us in the 3rd passgiaph?

[  ]

A.

Children need their parents'letters.

B.

Children are afraid to be disappointcd.

C.

His children's fear of failure held them back.

D.

His father's letter removed his fear of failing his parents.

(3)

Which of the following is true of the author?

[  ]

A.

He got no access to success.

B.

He wrote back to his father at 12.

C.

He was surk his parents loved him.

D.

He whce asked his father about the letter.

(4)

The main purpose of the text is to ________.

[  ]

A.

describe children's thinking

B.

answer some questions children have

C.

stress the importance of communication

D.

advise parents to encourage their children

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