We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but

We all know that everyone becomes a little moreforgetful as they get older, but men’s minds decline more than women’s,according to the results of a worldwide survey.

General differences seem to be natural in male andfemale brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images(useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend toexcel be good at recalling information from their brain’s files. Many studieshave looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental declinepeople experience as they age, but the results have been mixed.

Some studies found more age-related decline in menthan in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at allbetween sex and mental decline.

Those results could be improper because the studiesinvolved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are thesurvivors, “so they’re the ones that may not have shown such cognitive(认知的) decline,” said study team leader Elizabeth of theUniversity of Warwick in England.

Scientists surveyed completed four tasks that testedsex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matchinglines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular categoryas possible in the given time, e.g. “object usually colored gray”, andrecalling the location of objects in a line drawing. The first two were tasksat which men are usually good; the latter are typically dominated by women.Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separatecategories on average. And though performance declined with age for bothgenders, women showed obviously less decline than men overall.

1.According to the passage, which of the following canNOT be typed into the same category?

A．cloud            B．sheep            C．trees             D．goose

2.Which of the following statements is true accordingthe article? _______

A．Men do betterthan women when it comes to learning English.

B．Women standout at remembering people’s names.

C．Women do wellin dealing mathematic problems.

D．Men excel attyping as many words as possible in the given time.

3.One important factor that affects the correctness ofthe results is that ________.

A．women livelonger than men

B．peoplesurveyed are all old

C．the old mentested may not have shown such cognitive decline

D．people takingpart in this test came from all over the world

4.The author aims to tell us that _________.

A．women’s minds perform better than men’s

B．men’s minds decline more with age

C．everyonebecomes a little more forgetful as they get older

D．a survey onhuman’s mind decline was done recently

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了随着年龄的增长，我们越来越健忘，根据调查，男性比女性健忘要快；女性寿命比男性长，男性的记忆随着年龄增长，下降更快

1.推理题，根据本文的主要意思“随着年龄的增长，我们越来越健忘，根据调查，男性比女性健忘要快；女性寿命比男性长”可以推出答案，故选C。

2.细节题，由第二段第三行while womentend to excel be good at recalling information from their brain’s files.可以知道答案，所以选B。

3.细节题，由第四段第二行The men testedare the survivors, “so they’re the ones that may not have shown such cognitive(认知的) decline,可以知道答案，所以选C

4.推理题，根据本文的主要意思“随着年龄的增长，我们越来越健忘，根据调查，男性比女性健忘要快；女性寿命比男性长”可以推出答案，所以选B

考点：本篇是一篇说明文

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