Question

When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously（同时的）about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’ s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen -- they can’ t do both -- and they don’ t understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships -- not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen.
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group,  they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.
Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.
There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond the brain bias of their children. Since a girl’ s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply

1. 1.
   While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they______.
   1. A.
      are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends
   2. B.
      can both talk and watch the screen at the same time
   3. C.
      think they can have a good time and develop relationships
   4. D.
      have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands
2. 2.
   After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to ______.
   1. A.
      experience the happy time again
   2. B.
      keep a close tie with her
   3. C.
      recommend her a new scenic spot
   4. D.
      remind her of something forgotten
3. 3.
   What does the author want to tell us most?
   1. A.
      Women’ s brains are better organized for language and communication
   2. B.
      Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men
   3. C.
      Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts
   4. D.
      Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking
4. 4.
   Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
   1. A.
      Women Are Socially Trained to Talk
   2. B.
      Talking Maintains Relationships
   3. C.
      Women Love to Talk
   4. D.
      Men Talk Differently from Women

Answer 1

CBAC
文章大意概括：女人在一起总是有说不完的话，甚至能一边看电影一边聊，男人却做不到，这是为什么？因为她们认为感情联络很重要，而且她们的大脑在这方面有着特殊功能。
1.C。考查细节理解。根据文章第一段的最后一句可知妇女们聚在一起总有说不完的话是因为她们认为在一起就要玩得愉快，同时加深关系。
2.B。考查细节理解。根据文章的第三段中的a woman sees it as a means of bonding可知，女人度假回来会给朋友打电话长聊是因为她们把电话看做维系关系的纽带。
3.A。考查写作意图。根据文章最后一段中的“Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech”一句可知，作者最想让读者知道的就是她们能滔滔不绝的原因是她们的大脑在交流当中更善于处理信息。
4.C。考查标题归纳。本文是围绕女人喜欢讲话这个话题来展开的，因此C项为最佳标题。