试题出自试卷《西安交通大学2012年考博英语真题》

Men’s and women’s brains are not only different, but the way we use them differs too. Women have larger connections and more frequent interaction between their brain’s left and right hemispheres. This accounts for women’s ability to have better verbal skills and intuition. Men, on the other hand, have greater brain hemisphere separation, which explains their skills for abstract reasoning and visual-spatial intelligence.
Both men and women tend to follow their biological programs. Men tend to retain a firm sense of direction: they need to trace the game, catch it, and find the way home, while women have a better peripheral vision that helps them to see what’s happening around the house, to spot all approaching danger, to notice changes in the children’s behavior and appearance. Men’s brains are programmed to hunting, which explains their narrow range of vision, while women’s brains are able to decipher a wider range of information.
When entering a room, men look for exits, estimating a possible threat, and ways of escape, while women pay attention to the guests' faces to find out who they are and how they feel. Men are able to sort out information and archive it in their head. Women tend to “rewind” the information over and over again. The only way to stop thinking of the problems is to talk it over.
When a woman shares her problems with a man, she is not looking for solutions: she needs someone to listen to her.
Men prefer strident noises, hard handshakes, and red color. They are better at solving technical problems. Women have a sharper ear; they use more words while talking, and are better at completing tasks independently.
Based on these biologically explained differences, some psychological distinctions between men and women can be established; Men grasp a situation as a whole and think globally, while women think locally, relying on details and nuances; men are more independent in their thoughts and actions, while women are more willing to follow the ideas suggested by others. Women tend to criticize themselves, while men are more satisfied with their own performance. Men’s satisfaction come from career and prosperity, while women value family and kids; men have a pronounced need to fulfill their goals, and women rank relationships with others first. Women endue pain and monotonous work better than men.
All the above gets even more confusing, if we take into account that 15 to 20% of men happen to have a female type of brains, and about 10% of women have a male type of brains, which means that some percentage of men and women no matter how small it seems, are partially programmed to the behavior and way of thinking of the opposite gender.
“Okay, I understand the problem” you are saying to yourself, but “what’s the solution”? That depends on whether you are a woman or a man.

1.This passage mainly describes the differences between men and women in_________.

2.When a woman narrates her problems to a man, she wants_________.

3.Which of the following may reflect the Chinese saying “女人心，海底针”？

4.We can infer from the passage that___________.

5.When a man has a sharper natural ability of intuition than other men, we would say that he__________.

6.When we say “women think locally” it means that_________.