Weallknowthateveryonebecomesalittlemoreforgetfulastheygetolder,butmen’smindsdeclinemorethanwomen’s,accordingtotheresultsofaworldwidesurvey.Generaldifferencesseemtobenaturalinmaleandfemalebrains:Menare

　　Weallknowthateveryonebecomesalittlemoreforgetfulastheygetolder,butmen’smindsdeclinemorethanwomen’s,accordingtotheresultsofaworldwidesurvey.

　　Generaldifferencesseemtobenaturalinmaleandfemalebrains:Menarebetteratmaintaininganddealingwithmentalimages(usefulinmathematicalreasoningandspatialskills),whilewomentendtoexcelbegoodatrecallinginformationfromtheirbrain’sfiles.Manystudieshavelookedforaconnectionbetweensexandtheamountofmentaldeclinepeopleexperienceastheyage,buttheresultshavebeenmixed.

　　Somestudiesfoundmoreage-relateddeclineinmenthaninwomen,whileotherssawtheoppositeorevennorelationshipatallbetweensexandmentaldecline.

　　Thoseresultscouldbeimproperbecausethestudiesinvolvedolderpeople,andwomenlivelongerthanmen:Thementestedarethesurvivors,“sothey’retheonesthatmaynothaveshownsuchcognitive(认知的)decline,”saidstudyteamleaderElizabethoftheUniversityofWarwickinEngland.

　　Scientistssurveyedcompletedfourtasksthattestedsex-relatedcognitiveskills:matchinganobjecttoitsrotatedform,matchinglinesshownfromthesameangle,typingasmanywordsinaparticularcategoryaspossibleinthegiventime,e.g.“objectusuallycoloredgray”,andrecallingthelocationofobjectsinalinedrawing.Thefirsttwoweretasksatwhichmenareusuallygood;thelatteraretypicallydominatedbywomen.Withineachagegroupstudied,menandwomenperformedbetterintheirseparatecategoriesonaverage.Andthoughperformancedeclinedwithageforbothgenders,womenshowedobviouslylessdeclinethanmenoverall.

　　小题1:Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingcanNOTbetypedintothesamecategory?A．cloudB．sheepC．treesD．goose小题2:Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingthearticle?_______A．MendobetterthanwomenwhenitcomestolearningEnglish.B．Womenstandoutatrememberingpeople’snames.C．Womendowellindealingmathematicproblems.D．Menexcelattypingasmanywordsaspossibleinthegiventime.小题3:Oneimportan