* 本题备选项需点击原文空格处获取,在列表上点选即可。 Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are “male” and “female” brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes. A new study 26_____ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender. In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers 27_____ for sex differences throughout the entire human brain. And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for 28_____ brains as “male” or “female”, research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle. Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based 29_____, many different types of brain can't always be distinguished by gender. While the “average” male and “average” female brains were 30_____ different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small 31_____ of people had “all-male” or “all-female” characteristics. Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist (神经科学家), said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning 32_____ beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same, 33_____ of gender . “There’s a mountain of evidence 34_____ the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function, ” he told The Seattle Times. If anything, he said, the study 35_____ that gender plays a very important role in the brain—“even when we are not clear exactly how”.
* 本题备选项需点击原文空格处获取,在列表上点选即可。 Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are “male” and “female” brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes. A new study 26_____ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender. In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers 27_____ for sex differences throughout the entire human brain. And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for 28_____ brains as “male” or “female”, research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle. Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based 29_____, many different types of brain can't always be distinguished by gender. While the “average” male and “average” female brains were 30_____ different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small 31_____ of people had “all-male” or “all-female” characteristics. Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist (神经科学家), said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning 32_____ beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same, 33_____ of gender . “There’s a mountain of evidence 34_____ the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function, ” he told The Seattle Times. If anything, he said, the study 35_____ that gender plays a very important role in the brain—“even when we are not clear exactly how”.
题目解答
答案
challenges╎searched╎categorizing╎similarities╎slightly╎percentage╎traditional╎regardless╎proving╎suggests
解析
题目描述了一项新的研究,该研究质疑了“男性”和“女性”大脑的概念,认为大脑不能简单地通过性别来区分。研究发现,虽然存在一些基于性别的相似性,但许多不同类型的大脑不能总是通过性别来区分。
步骤 2:分析每个空格的含义
- 第26空:研究对“男性”和“女性”大脑的信念提出了挑战。
- 第27空:研究人员在整个大脑中寻找性别差异。
- 第28空:研究没有提供将大脑分类为“男性”或“女性”的证据。
- 第29空:研究发现存在一些基于性别的相似性。
- 第30空:平均的男性和女性大脑有轻微的差异。
- 第31空:只有少数人具有“全男性”或“全女性”的特征。
- 第32空:研究质疑了关于性别和大脑功能的传统信念。
- 第33空:不能得出所有大脑都相同的结论,无论性别如何。
- 第34空:有大量证据证明性别在大脑功能中的重要性。
- 第35空:研究表明性别在大脑中起着非常重要的作用。
步骤 3:选择合适的单词填入空格
- 第26空:challenges
- 第27空:searched
- 第28空:categorizing
- 第29空:similarities
- 第30空:slightly
- 第31空:percentage
- 第32空:traditional
- 第33空:regardless
- 第34空:proving
- 第35空:suggests