单选题Why is a woman better at learning foreign languages than a man?AThe area of the left side of a woman’s brain for language learning develops better than that of a man’s.BThe right side of a woman’s brain for language develops better than that of a man’s.CThe area of the left side of a woman’s brain for feelings develops better than that of a man’s.DThe area of the right side of a woman’s brain fit for seeing in the dark develops better than that of a man’s.
单选题
Why is a woman better at learning foreign languages than a man?
A
The area of the left side of a woman’s brain for language learning develops better than that of a man’s.
B
The right side of a woman’s brain for language develops better than that of a man’s.
C
The area of the left side of a woman’s brain for feelings develops better than that of a man’s.
D
The area of the right side of a woman’s brain fit for seeing in the dark develops better than that of a man’s.
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解析：
由题干中关键词learning foreign languages对原文进行定位。根据文章可知人类左半脑发展数学、言语、阅读等，“In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. (男女左右半脑不同区域发展情况不同。)，而后对此进行举例“In boys, for example, it is the area for mathematics；and in girls it is the area for language learning that develops better”（男孩数学区域发展较好，女孩语言区域发展较好)。这里需要注意例子中比较级的使用。由此可知，女孩子左半脑掌管语言的区域要比男孩子的发展的好。所以A项是正确答案。
【录音原文】
Do you believe that men and women think differently? Many people say no. They say men and women are born with exactly the same abilities to think and learn. They think social life affects their ways of thinking.
In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women and they all got the same conclusion：men and women are different because their brains are different and this makes men and women see the world in different ways. Boys, for example, are generally better than girls at mathematical ideas involving objects and their relationships. Boys also are generally faster in response than girls of hand and eye movements in ball games. Girls, on the other hand, generally start speaking earlier and can see better in the dark and are better at learning foreign language than boys.
What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides. The nerves on the left side are for mathematics, speech, reading, etc, while those on the right side are for artistic creation and other senses. In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it is the area for mathematics；and in girls it is the area for language learning that develops better. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are interconnected by a smaller number of nerves than in the case of a woman, so the flow of information between them is more limited Scientists think this affects some of our abilities.
由题干中关键词learning foreign languages对原文进行定位。根据文章可知人类左半脑发展数学、言语、阅读等，“In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. (男女左右半脑不同区域发展情况不同。)，而后对此进行举例“In boys, for example, it is the area for mathematics；and in girls it is the area for language learning that develops better”（男孩数学区域发展较好，女孩语言区域发展较好)。这里需要注意例子中比较级的使用。由此可知，女孩子左半脑掌管语言的区域要比男孩子的发展的好。所以A项是正确答案。
【录音原文】
Do you believe that men and women think differently? Many people say no. They say men and women are born with exactly the same abilities to think and learn. They think social life affects their ways of thinking.
In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women and they all got the same conclusion：men and women are different because their brains are different and this makes men and women see the world in different ways. Boys, for example, are generally better than girls at mathematical ideas involving objects and their relationships. Boys also are generally faster in response than girls of hand and eye movements in ball games. Girls, on the other hand, generally start speaking earlier and can see better in the dark and are better at learning foreign language than boys.
What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides. The nerves on the left side are for mathematics, speech, reading, etc, while those on the right side are for artistic creation and other senses. In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it is the area for mathematics；and in girls it is the area for language learning that develops better. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are interconnected by a smaller number of nerves than in the case of a woman, so the flow of information between them is more limited Scientists think this affects some of our abilities.
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Newborn babies can discriminate between a man's and a woman's voice.A:treatB:distinguishC:expressD:analyze
共用题干Learning Disorder一DyslexiaAs many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disordercalled dyslexia.Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-ination in a di价rent way.One of the worlds great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe andthe United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with thedisorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia aredifferent,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the rightside.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes thisdifference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it isfound more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientistsbelieve that it may result from chemical changes in a babys body long before it is born.They are trying tofind ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teachinghelp.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligentor creative.The left side of the brain in a dyslexic person is bigger than the right side.A:RightB:WrongC:Not mentioned
共用题干The Bilingual Brain When Karl Kim immigrated to the United States from Korea as a teenager,he had a hard time learning English.Now he speaks it fluently,and he had a unique opportunity to see how our brains adapt to a second language.As a graduate student,Kim worked in the lab of Joy Hirsch,a neuroscientist in New York.______(46)They found evidence that children and adults don't use the same parts of the brain when they learn a second language. The researchers used an instrument called an MRI(magnetic resonance imaging)scanner to study the brains of two groups of bilingual people.______(47)The other consisted of people who,like Kim, learned their second language later in life.People from both groups were placed inside the MRI scanner.This allowed Kim and Hirsch to see which parts of the brain were getting more blood and were more active.They asked people from both groups to think about what they had done the day before,first in one language and then the other.They couldn't speak out loud because any movement would disrupt the scanning. Kim and Hirsch looked specifically at two language centers in the brain-Broca's area,which is believed to control speech production,and Wernicke's area,which is thought to process meaning.Kim and Hirsch found that both groups of people used the same part of Wernicke's area no matter what language they were speaking. ______(48) People who learned a second language as children used the same region in Broca's area for both their first and second languages.People who learned a second language later in life used a different part of Broca's area for their second language.______(49)Hirsch believes that when language is first being programmed in young children,their brains may mix the sounds and structures of all languages in the same area.Once that programming is complete,the processing of a new language must be taken over by a different part of the brain. A second possibility is simply that we may acquire languages differently as children than we do as adults.Hirsch thinks that mothers teach a baby to speak by using different methods involving touch'sound, and sight.______(50)______(46)A:But their use of Broca's area was different.B:One group consisted of those who had learned a second language as children.C:How does Hirsch explain this difference?D:We use special parts of the brain for language learning.E:And that is very different from learning a language in a high school or college class.F:Their work led to an important discovery.
单选题Jerome’s taste in clothing is probably ______.Aworse than the woman’sBvery loud and flashyCdifferent from the woman’sDon agreement with the woman’s
单选题A racetrack turn would be better than a Williamson turn in recovering a man overboard if （）.Athe man has been missing for a period of timeBthe sea water is very cold and the man is visibleCthere is thick fogDthe wind was from astern on the original course