大学生英语竞赛D类阅读理解专项强化真题试卷17
第三部分
They Just Can\’t Help It
1.Which ability is more related to the \\
The ability to understand other people．
解析：(文章开头就介绍了E型大脑的特点是understand other people，原句为…the female brainis mainly built for empathy，the ability to understand other people 。)
2.Why are some people critical of the theory?
They worry that the theory suggests that one gender is better than the other and a theory like thismay create gender stereotypes．
解析：(人们的担忧作者在最后做了解释，作者并不是要证明哪一种性别更优越，或是制造性别刻板印象，只是研究两性的不同以及造成不同的原因而已。)
3.What evidence suggests that the differences between male and female brains are not influenced by their upbringing?
A study carried out in Cambridge University shows that newborn girls look longer at a face，andnewborn boys look longer at a mechanical mobile，which suggests that certain differences between male and female brains are biological．
解析：(文章第四段主要是解释了男女大脑的不同与成长环境关系不大，而是与生物遗传有关，并举了例子。)
4.
女性更有可能选择与时尚、浪漫故事、美容、咨询服务和养育子女相关的杂志；而男性则更可能选择以计算机、汽车、摄影、体育和户外活动为特色的杂志。
解析：(be likely to do sth．可能干某事。)
5.
还有，据观察，小到12个月的女婴能对他人情绪方面的问题做出更强烈的反应。十多岁的女孩及成年女性会花更多时间安慰遇到麻烦的朋友。女性对面部表情也更敏感。她们更善于察觉他人情感变化的微妙迹象，或者判断一个人的性格。
解析：(respond to对…做出反应。spend time doing sth．花时间干某事。)
Reuters: the Business of News
6.How does Reuters get most of its money?
By promoting financiM information such as currency rates and stock prices to bankers and investors all over the world．
解析：(第一段最后一句话Reuters in fact makes most of its profits through promoting financial information…点明了路透社是通过提供金融信息获取最大利润的。)
7.When and why was Reuters restructured?
In 1941．in order to maintain its independence as a press agency．
解析：(第四段开始说路透社在1941年重组是为了保持它作为一个新闻机构的独立性。原句为…the company was restructured in 1941 in order to maintain its independence as agency。)
8.Which word in the passage means \\
Scoop
解析：(第三段第二句提到这个词，是独家新闻的意思。后面例子是路透社是首先公布林肯总统逝世的消息的。原句为Its reputation also grew with a number of scoops。)
9.
与此同时，面临二战后美国通讯社的竞争，路透社扩大了其金融信息服务。1964年，路透社引入Stockmaster，将来自世界各地的股票信息传送到电脑屏幕上。1973年，路透社显示器的推出创造了一个实时显示外币汇率的外币电子市场。
解析：(in the face of面临…。transmit传输；传送。launch投放市场。electronic marketplace电子市场。in real time实时的。)
10.
今天的路透社仍然基于其信托原则，即该公司的新闻和信息必须是独立的、无偏见的。路透社的记者需提供准确、清晰的事件描述，以便个人、组织和各国政府可依据事实做出自己的决定。
解析：(be based on基于…。Trust Principles信托原则。free from bias无偏见的。so that以便。)
What Makes Sound Beautiful?
(69)Beauty is certainly more than skin-deep. However you might define it, beauty extends far beyond the visual to that which pleases other senses and even the mind. The most important a-mong these other routes for the observation of beauty is the sense of hearing. Music is routinely recognized as beautiful. So are other sounds, like the whispering of wind through pines or the gentle purring of a cat.
11.What adjectives are used to define noise conventionally?
Unwanted，annoying，disorganized，or meaningless
解析：
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