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(2020·桂林模拟)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 of 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 to 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.
【语篇解读】 这是一篇说明文。短文从男女看电视的反应开始谈男女注意力、性格等差异，进而说明女人爱聊天的原因，作者还从生理学角度剖析了女人喜欢聊天的生理因素。
1．While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they ________.
A．are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends
B．can both talk and watch the screen at the same time
C．think they can have a good time and develop
relationships
D．have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands
C [细节理解题。根据第一段中的“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.”可知，此外，女性认为所有人聚在一起的目的是为了玩得开心，发展关系——而不是像电视迷那样坐在那里盯着屏幕。所以女人们会谈论是因为她们觉得这样可以很愉快并且同时能搞好关系。故选C。]
2．After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to________.
A．experience the happy time again
B．keep a close tie with her
C．recommend her a new scenic spot
D．remind her of something forgotten
B [细节理解题。根据第三段中的“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.”可知，男人把电话看作是向别人传递事实和信息的一种交流工具，而女人则把电话看作是联系感情的一种方式，她是想要借此来维持两人之间紧密的关系。所以和女性朋友度假后，一个女人会再和她通几个小时的电话，以便和她保持密切联系。故选B。]
3．What does the author want to tell us most?
A．Women's brains are better organized for language and communication.
B．Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.
C．Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.
D．Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.
A [推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Since a girl's brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more.”可知，由于女孩的大脑更有组织地发送和接收语言信息，因此我们会更多地与她们交谈。由此判断出女性的大脑更适合语言和交流。故选A。]
4．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Women Are Socially Trained to Talk
B．Talking Maintains Relationships
C．Women Love to Talk
D．Men Talk Differently from Women
C [主旨大意题。通读全文可知，短文从男女看电视的反应开始谈男女注意力、性格等差异，进而说明女人爱聊天的原因，作者还从生理学角度剖析了女人喜欢聊天的生理因素。所以短文的最佳标题为“女人喜欢聊天”，故选C。]
