Question

When men get together, they seldom talk about their feelings or inner thoughts. However, they talk about a lot, like their newest computer, how to repair their car, or even business.

Talk might move to the best place to find fish or women, jump to computer games, then continue to the sport of the season. They also like to tell jokes each other and spend a fair amount of time playing one-up and boasting (吹牛). Men seldom call each other to chat.

When man meets woman, he usually wants to make a good impression. Many single man try hard to carry on amusing, fun, and pleasant conversations. They use conversation to discover her interests and feelings in order to learn how to be attractive to her.

Some men, either out of nervousness or ignorance, spend most of the time talking about themselves, often appearing to brag about their achievements or talk endlessly about their problems or work. Even the quietest man talks to his woman when love is new.

When women get together, they talk about feelings and relationships, their work, and their family. They enjoy talking but also want the give and take of talk, then listen. Women often call each other to chat. Conversation is an important part of most women’s lives.

As relationship progress, however, many turns on the television and forgets how to talk. This raises anger and cry from his woman partner who says,“You never talk to me any more.”Some man start talking. Many, however, mainly discuss their own achievements and problems.

When the woman starts talking about her favorite subjects: feelings, family, relationships, friends and her work, many men lose interest or bring the conversation back to themselves, pretty soon, the man is back to starting at the television each night, wondering where his relationship has gone. The woman is talking to her friends, mom, sister or neighbor, often about that very relationship and how she is hurting.

1.What can we know about men from the first two paragraphs?

A. They like to talk about practical matters.

B. They are willing to expose their inner thoughts.

C. They prefer to take adventurous travels.

D. They often call each other to chat about work.

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined part“brag about”in Paragraph 4?

A. Show off.               B. Dream about.

C. Put forward.           D. Care for.

3.What is the same topic in both men’s and women’s talk?

A. Family.  B. Work.  C. Friends.  D. Jokes.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A. How a man makes a good impression to a woman

B. Good relationship between men and women

C. Talking, the women’s main tool in communication

D. Men talk; women talk; do they talk together?

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析： 本文主要讲述了男性和女性谈话的内容是不一样的，并且告诉我们很多情况下，男性和女性很难有共同的话题。

1. 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句However, they talk about a lot, like their newest computer, how to repair their car, or even business.可知，男性在一起谈论的话题是电脑，如何修车或生意上的事情，都是一些很实用的事情。故选A。

2. 词义猜测题。根据本句....often appearing to brag about their achievements or talk endlessly about their problems or work中their achievements可知，男性在谈话的时候很喜欢谈论他们的个人成就，使用该词意为“炫耀”，故A正确。

3. 细节理解题。根据第四段...talk endlessly about their problems or work.和第五段When women get together, they talk about feelings and relationships, their work and their family.可知，男性和女性都很喜欢谈论自己的工作。故B正确。

4. 主旨大意题。本文主要告诉我们男性和女性谈话的话题和内容是完全不一样的，很多情况下男性和女性是说不到一起的。AC项属于文章的部分内容，B项与文章内容关系不大。只有D项与文章在中心思想一致。

【名师点睛】

本文小题4属于主题归纳题，这类题涉及文章主题、标题、作者写作目的、短文的学科分类及读者对象等。要求考生在阅读短文后，通过概括，找出短文个要点间的内在联系和共性，从而归纳出短文的主题。主题的确定可通过寻找主题句的方法实现。主题句大多出现在句首、第一段的段尾或短文第一、二句后由转折词（but/however等）句子中，但相当一部分阅读短文的主题句并不出现，这时更有效的方法是结合前面提到的归纳技能，从以下两方面概括：1.本文论述的对象是什么（何人、何事、何物、何种观点等）；2.本文论述该对象的什么方面（干什么、怎么样等）。

常见干扰项：

1.覆盖面太大、太笼统，大大超出了短文论述的范围；

2.覆盖面偏窄，在内容上只涉及短文的某一部分或若干要点，本文A/C项均属于文章中的部分内容；

3.仅为短文的某一要点甚至某一细节；

4.与短文内容“擦边”，但偏离文章主题，本文小题4B项与文章内容关系不大，偏离主题。

考点：考查社会现象类阅读