【正文】 a man teaches a woman， however， he wants to show that he has more knowledge and power in ” Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is preprogrammed for we are usually taught to speak by women， it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias(偏向 )in its programming； otherwise， male speech patterns would not arise at all. he uses his language to show this. men talk in the same way as women？ ， they say things in a different style. are far more silent than men in public conversations. boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners. women are encouraged to help each other， talking about their doubts. is one job where the differences between men39。 conversations from an early to her study， little girls39。 Do women talk more than men？ __16__According to the latest research from the United States of America， men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to Deborah Tannen， of Geetown University， has noticed differences in the style of boys39。 第二節(jié) (共 5小題；每小題 2分，滿分 10分 ) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。t think he was brave enough to be a hero. 答案： B 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。 of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ A． Duret thought twice before he jumped into the cold water. B． Duret dived into the water before the girl39。by. C． His girlfriend. D． A taxi driver. 答案： A 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的 An ambulance came later for her，said Duret， who was handed dry clothes from caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly ，他迅速離開了現(xiàn)場。根據(jù)第五段的 Duret， an engineer on vacation 可知，他是在度假。m a hero ， ”said Duret.“Anyone would do the same thing.” 文章講述了一位在 紐約度假的法國人英勇救落水女孩的故事。t realize his story of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.“I don39。old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday. He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport handed the girl to her father， David Anderson， who had dived in after him. “I didn39。s Daily News said 29173。old girl in Manhattan said he didn39。 D (NEW YORK)A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two173。 this experience， Jack________. his job in the restaurant friends with the couple longer respected the elderly his way with older people 答案： D 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。s hometown， ________. dislike being called“old” are proud of being old people reach the age of seventy or eighty elderly are the first to get food in restaurants 答案： B 解析： 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中 As soon as I said that， her face showed great displeasure，他們變得不高興了，故選 C。 根據(jù)第二段中 I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the ，故選 B。但是這卻引起了美國人的不高興，因為美國人認為老人意味著要退休了 或者身體不好了，所以他們想方設(shè)法不讓自己看起來那么老，因此有人說他們老他們會不高興的，有了這次經(jīng)歷作者也了解了美國的文化。t respect them any more； I still respect them， but now I don39。aged couple， the wife asked me how the food could be served so told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the soon as I said that， her face showed great manager， who happened to hear what I said， took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive Americans are and how they dislike the description“old” ． I then walked back to the table and apologized to the the couple heard my reason， they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences， so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China， people are proud of being so many people live to be seventy or eighty， and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich ， in the United States， people think“growing old”is a problem since“old”shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging， and women put on makeup， hoping t