问答题Passage 1  Who talks more, women or men? The seemingly contradictory evidence is 1 by the difference what I call public and private speaking. More men feel comfortable doing “public speaking”, 2 more women feel comfortable doing “private” speakin

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Passage 1  Who talks more, women or men? The seemingly contradictory evidence is  1 by the difference what I call public and private speaking. More men feel comfortable doing “public speaking”,  2 more women feel comfortable doing “private” speaking. Another way of capturing these differences is by using the  3 report-talk and rapport (协调关系) -talk.  For most women, the language of conversations is  4 a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships. Emphasis is  5 on displaying similarities and  6 experiences. From childhood, girls criticize peers who try to  7 or appear better than others. People feel their closest connections at home, or  8 setting  9 they feel at home-with one or a few people they feel close  10 and comfortable about-in other words, during private speaking. But  11 the most public situations can be approached like private speaking.  For most men, talk is primarily a means to  12 independence and negotiate and maintain status in a hierarchical social order.  13 is done by exhibiting knowledge and skill, and by  14 center stage through verbal performance such as storytelling, joking, or  15 information. From childhood, men learn to use talking as a way to get and keep  16 .  17 _they are more comfortable speaking in larger groups  18 people they know less well, in the broadest  19 , “public speaking”. But even the most private situations can be approached like public speaking, more like giving a report _20__ establishing rapport.1. A. compromised    B. reckoned     C. reinforced    D. reconciled2. A. when       B. while      C. since      D. if3. A. dictation     B. descriptions   C. terms      D. preface4. A. regularly     B. specifically   C. approximately  D. primarily5. A. placed      B. based      C. positioned    D. founded6. A. communicating   B. contrasting   C. paralleling   D. matching7. A. figure out    B. stand out    C. show around   D. make out8. A. on        B. at        C. under      D. in9. A. what       B. where      C. which      D. that10. A. to        B. by        C. with       D. of11. A. even       B. even       C. though      D. despite12. A. preserve     B. reserve     C. conserve     D. persevere13. A. What       B. This       C. Which      D. How14. A. holding     B. exhibiting    C. standing     D. playing15. A. distinguishing  B. transporting   C. discriminating  D. imparting16. A. attention    B. fascination   C. demonstration  D. status17. A. Still      B. But       C. Yet       D. So18. A. made up of    B. consisted of   C. accommodated by D. formed by19. A. way       B. sense      C. scope      D. range20. A. rather than   B. more than    C. less than    D. than

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