2020年高考英语(外研版)总复习必修7：课时提能练42.docVIP

课时提能练（四十二） I •阅读理解 A （2019 合肥市质量检测 ）In todays society, Ianguage plays a key role in defining gender性^） by vocabulary, and also the nonverbal（非语言的）vocabulary.Each one of these differe nt types of ways of com muni cati ng is obviously differe nt betwee n men and wome n. Many different studies show that men tend to talk much more than women.It has also bee n prove n that wome n tend to speak faster tha n m；nhs is due to the fact that women tend to be interrupted more often than men are, and also have the ability to speak more clearly precisely, and more quickly than men.ln one study it was found that wome n spoke for an average of three minu tes describ ing a pain tin@s opposed to the thirteen-minute average it took men to describe it. Men and women also tend to have a very different non-verbal way of com muni cati ng, which can also make it very hard for one ano ther to un dersta nd what the opposite sex is trying to say.Men s body Ianguage is much more reserved when they are talk ing to wome n.Men tend not to make as much eye con tact and they gen erally stay farther away from wome n whe n talk ing to them.Me n avoid other people s body space while talk ing, and they also tend to sit back whe n talk in g.All of these have give n off the impressi on of dis in terest or boredom.Wome n are by far better listeners and much more enjoyable to talk with and they tend to raise more topics for conv ersatio n. Wome n also make it clearer whether or not the conv ersati on is going somewhere or just stuck in n eutral.After lear ning about our styles of com muni cati ng with each other, I have decided that although men have not quite mastered com muni catinwhat fun would it be if we all spoke the same “ Ianguag8 ”he little games men and wome n play with each other while conversing would be lost.The questi on every one asks himself or herself after talk ing with some one of the opposite sex “I won der if there s someth ing there？ ” would no Ion ger exist. 【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了男性和女性因性别差异而导