2008年考研英语阅读理解PartAText1Text1.PDFVIP

新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》 2008 年考研英语阅读理解 Part A Text 1 Text 1 ①While still catching up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. ②“Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men,” according to Dr. Yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New York’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital. ①Studies of both animals and humans have shown that sex hormones somehow affect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions.②In several of the studies, when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries （the female reproductive organs ）removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males. ①Adding to a woman’s increased dose of stress chemicals, are her increased “opportunities” for stress.②“It’s not necessarily that women don’t cope as well. ③It’s just that they have so much more to cope with,” says Dr.Yehuda. ④“Their capacity for tolerating stress may even be greater than men’s,” she observes, “it’s just that they’re dealing with so many more things that they become worn out from it more visibly and sooner.” ①Dr.Yehuda notes another difference between the sexes. ②“I think that the kinds of things that women are exposed to tend to be in more of a chronic or repeated nature. ③Men go to war and are exposed to combat stress. ④Men are exposed to more acts of random physical violence. ⑤The kinds of interpersonal violence that women are exposed to tend to be in domestic situations, by, unfortunately, parents or other family members, and they tend not to be one-shot deals. ⑥The wear-and-tear that comes from these longer relationships can be quite devastating.”