【要闻】2010年考研英语二阅览及新题型答案解析(2)

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thisepisodecrystallizestheironythatalthoughamericanmentendtotalkmorethanwomeninpublicsituationstheyoftentalklessathome.andthes

thepatternwasobservedbypoliticalscientistandrewhackerinthelate ' 70s.sociologistcatherinekohlerriessmanreportsinhernewbok ' ' talk " thatmostofthewomensheinterviewed-- butonlyafewofthemen-- gavelackofcommunicationasthereasonfortheirporces.givi on rentdd hatamountstomillionsofcasesintheunitedstateseveryyear---avirtualepidemicoffailedconverase

inmyownresearchcomplaintsfromwomenabouttheirhusbandsmostoftenfocusednotontangibleinequitiessuchashavingggivenupthechanceforcaca ohisordoingfarmorethantheirshareofdailylife-supportworklikecleaningcokingsocialarrangementsanderanaration insteadtheyfocusedone isten tome " " he doesn ' ttalktome." ifoundashackerobservedyearsbeforethamt " theirhusbandstobefirstandforemostconversationalpartnes

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26.whatismostwives ' mainexpectationoftheirhusbands？

a. talking to them. b. trusting them。

c.supportingtheircareers.d.sharing housework。

选择【a】，根据第一段womenfrequentlycomplainthattheirhusbandsdon ' ttalktothem .。

27. judging from the context，the phrase “wreaking havoc” (line 3，PARA.2

a.generatingmotivation.b.exerting influence

c.causing damaged.creating pressure

选择【c】的话，本题是推测问题，从以下第一句话来看，如果夫妇缺乏信息表现，就会对离婚，即婚姻起到破坏性的作用。

28.allofthefollowingaretrueexcept _ _ _ _ _ _ _ u

a.mentendtotalkmoreinpublictanwomen

b.nearly 50 percentofrecentporcesarecausedbyfailedconversation

c.womenattachmuchimportancetocommunicationbetweencouples

afemaletendstobemoretalkativeathomethanherspouse

选择【b】，本题选择了错误的选项，acd都是对的，但b选项错误的理由是偷了50%的比率对象。 复印只是说thecurrentporcerateofnearly 50 percent，现在美国的离婚率是50%，离婚率的50%是因为信息表现不足，b选项的说法是复印前的话mostofthewoment

29.whichofthefollowingcanbestsummarizethemainideaofthistext？

a.themoraldecayingdeservesmoreresearchbysociologists。

b.marriage break-upstemsfromsexinequalities。

c.husbandandwifehavedifferentexpectationsfromtheirmarriage。

d.conversationalpatternsbetweenmanandwifearedifferent。

选择【d】，文案主题强调男女对话的交流模式不同。 ab的moral和inequality不符合原文。 c从无产生有。

30.inthefollowingpartimmediatelyafterthistext，theauthorwillmostprobablyfocuson _ _ _ _ _ _ u

a.avividaccountofthenewbookporcetalk

b.adetaileddescriptionofthestereotypicalcartoon

c.otherpossiblereasonsforahighporcerateintheu.s。

d.abriefintroductiontothepoliticalscientistandrewhacker

选择【b】，以男女交流不同、导致离婚的现象为中心展开，因此具体叙述该图的详细内容，研究该现象。

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资料来源:纽约时报，July 13，2008

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