Amanentersastoretobuymilk.Hewalksoutofthestorewithmilk.Thatisall—milk.Atthesametimeawomanentersthesamegrocerystorealsotobuymilk.Shebuysit.Butshealsobuyschickenandlemonstomakedinnerthatnight.She
Amanentersastoretobuymilk.Hewalksoutofthestorewithmilk.Thatisall—milk.Atthesametimeawomanentersthesamegrocerystorealsotobuymilk.Shebuysit.Butshealsobuyschickenandlemonstomakedinnerthatnight.Shealsogetsabottleofwinefordrinkswithfriendsandabirthdaycardforherhusband’sniece.Andthatisthedifferencebetweenthefemaleandmalebrainssimplyexplainedinagrocerystore.Generallyspeakingmendoonethingatatime.Womendomany.Doingmanythingsatonetimeisoftencalled“multi-tasking”averypopularwordthesedays.
Nowscientificresearchsupportsthistheoryaboutmaleandfemalebrains.Arecentstudyhasconfirmedwhatwehaveknownallalong—menandwomenthinkdifferently.
ScientistsattheUniversityofPennsylvaniastudiedbrainimagesof949peopleagedfrom8to22yearsold.Theyfoundthatmalebrainshavemoreconnectionsononesideofthebrainorhemisphere.Inthefemalebraintheyfoundmoreactivityandconnectionsbetweentherightandleftsidesofthebrain.Theleftsideofthebrainisknownasthesideof“reason”.Therighthemisphereisknownasthe“creative”side.
ReginaVermaisaprofessorattheUniversityofPennsylvania.Sheco-wrotethereport.Shesayswhenwomenareaskedtodosomethingcomplicatedtheymightusedifferentpartsofthebrain.Butmengenerallyusejustone.
Asaresultmengenerallydealdirectlywithaproblem.Thereisastrongconnectionbetweenthe“understanding”andthe“action”partsoftheirbrains.Womenhowevermightincludeotherpartsofthebrainlikethepartconnectedwith“reason”andthepartconnectedwithsensitivitywhensolvingaproblem.Womentakealessdirectpathtofindasolution.
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28.FromParagraph1wecanlearnthatwomen_____________.
A.aremorehard-workingthanmen B.aremoremulti-taskingthanmen
C.aremorecarefulthanmen D.goshoppingmorethanmen
29.Whenaskedtodosomethingcomplicatedmen__________.
A.onlyusethe“reason”sideofthebrainB.onlyusethe“creative”sideofthebrain
C.usedifferentpartsofthebrain D.useonepartofthebrain
30.Whatcanbeinferredf