公共英语阅读理解五级考题训练

公共英语阅读理解五级考题训练Text3Women'smindsworkdifferentlyfrommen's.Atleast,thatiswhatmostmenareconvincedof.Psychologistsviewthesubjecteitherasamatterorfrustrationorajoke.Nowthebiologistshavemovedintothisminefield,andsomeofthemhavefoundthattherearerealdifferencesbetweenthebrainsofmenandwomen.Butbeingdifferent,theypointouthurriedly,isnotthesameasbeingbetterorworse.Thereis,however,adefinitestructuralvariationbetweenthemaleandfemalebrain.Thedifferenceisinapartofthebrainthatisusedinthemostcomplexintellectualprocesses-thelinkbetweenthetwohalvesofthebrain.Thetwohalvesarelinkedbyatrunklineofbetween200and300millionnerves,thecorpuscallosum.Scientistshavefoundquiterecentlythatthecorpuscallosuminwomenisalwayslargerandprobablyricherinnervefibersthanitisinmen.Thisisthefirsttimethatastructuraldifferencehasbeenfoundbetweenthebrainsofwomenandmenanditmusthavesomesignificance.Thequestionis“What?”and,ifthisdifferenceexists,arethereothers?Researchshowsthatpresent-daywomenthinkdifferentlyandbehavedifferentlyfrommen.Aresomeofthesedifferencesbiologicalandinborn,aresultofevolution?Wetendtothinkthatistheinfluenceofsocietythatproducesthesedifferences.Butcouldwebewrong?Researchshowedthatthesetwohalvesofthebrainhaddifferentfunctions,andthatthecorpuscallosumenabledthemtoworktogether.Formostpeople,thelefthalfisusedforwordhanding,analyticalandlogicalactivities;therighthalfworksonpictures,patternsandforms.Weneedbothhalvesworkingtogether.Andthebettertheconnections,themoreharmoniouslythetwohalveswork.And,accordingtoresearchfindings,womenhavethebetterconnections.Butitisn'tallthateasytoexplaintheactualdifferencesbetweenskillsofmenandwomenonthisbasis.Inschoolsthroughouttheworldgirlstendtobebetterthanboysat"languagesubjects"andboysbetteratmathsandphysics.Ifthesedifferencescorrespondwiththedifferencesinthehemispherictrunkline,thereisanunalterabledistinctionbetweenthesexes.Weshah'tknowforawhile,partlybecausewedon'tknowofanypreciserelationshipbetweenabilitiesinschoolsubjectandthefunctioningofthetwohalvesofthebrain,andwecannotunderstandhowthetwohalvesinter-actviathecorpuscallosum.Butthisstrikingdifferencemusthavesomeeffectand,becausethedifferenceisinthepartsofthebraininvolvedinintellect,weshouldbelookingfordifferencesinintellectualprocessing.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisCORRECT?Biologistsareconductingresearchwherepsychologistshavegivenup.Braindifferencespointtosuperiorityofonesexovertheother.Resultsofscientificresearchfailtosupportpopularbelief.Thestructuraldifferenceinthebrainbetweenthesexeshaslongbeenknown.Accordingtothepassageitiscommonlybelievedthatbraindifferencesarecausedby__factors.biologicalB.psychologicalC.physicalID]social"thesedifferences"inparagraph5refertothosein__skillsofmenandwomenschoolsubjectsthebrainstructureofmenandwomenactivitiescarriedoutbythebrainAttheendofthepassagetheauthorproposesmoreworkonthebrainstructureasawholethefunctioningofpartofthebrainthedistinctionbetweenthesexesED]theeffectsofthecorpuscallosumWhatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?A.Tooutlinetheresearchfindingsonthebrainstructure.Toexplainthelinkbetweensexandbrainstructure.To.discussthevariousfactorsthatcausebraindifferences.Tosuggestnewareasinbrainresearch.Text3短文赏析这篇有关大脑结构的文章，介绍男性、女性大脑结构及工作方式的不同，以及科学家的研究成果。男女大脑的工作方式有别不是指哪个好哪个坏，而是在处理复杂事件时.脑的不同部分起的作用不同。男女大脑的结构不同，科学家们发现女性的胼胝体的神经元比男性的要大，要丰富。左右大脑控制的部位各不相同。左大脑是用来文字处理。分析和进行逻辑动的;而右大脑是对图片、图式和形式起作用的'。我们需要两边协调共同作用。两半脑连接得越好，那么两半边在一起的协调就越好。据研究发现，女性的两半脑之间的连接更好一些。作者说我们不知道学校学生的能力和大脑两半球功能之间的确切关系。我们不懂大脑两半球是如何通过胼胝体相互作用的。最后作者间接地提出期望，希望能对胼胝体对人体的影响多做研究工作。答案及解析C【解析】选项A即心理学家已经放弃，而生物学家正在展开研究工作。而文中第三句话说“Psychologistsviewthesubjecteitherasamatteroffrustrationorajoke，”即心理学家认为这个研究不是一件沮丧的事，就是一个笑话，此句和选项A含义不一样。选项B即大脑区别显示出一个性别优于另外一个性别。而文中第一段最后一句话说“Butbeingdifferent，theypointouthurriedly，isnotthesameasbeingbetterorworse.”即他们指出尽管有区别，但并不能说明谁优谁劣，此句和选项B含义不一样。选项D两性大脑结构的区别早已为人所知。而文中第三段第三句话说“Thisisthefirsttimethatastructuraldifferencehasbeenfoundbetweenthebrainsofwomenandmen...”即这是第一次人们发现了两性大脑结构的不同，此句和选项D含义不一样。所以本题应选C。D【解析】根据这篇文章，普遍认为大脑的区别由什么因素引起的?短文第三段倒数第二句话说“Wetendtothinkthatistheinfluenceofsocietythatproducesthesedifferences."即我们认为社会的影响造成了这些区别。A、B、C均不符合题意。所以本题应选D。A【解析】“这些区别”指的是什么？短文第五段主题句说“Butitisn'tallthateasytoexplaintheactualdifferencesbetweenskillsofmenan