Question

[1]If you can’t find your keys , ask a woman．It’s reported that females are better than males at multitasking, particularly if those tasks include searching for lost items, for example , the car keys．

[2]Researchers carried out two experiments, in which men and women have to juggle（同时做）several tasks．Examples of this include working in a busy office or cooking several dishes at once for a meal．In the first battle of the sexes , the volunteers played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention．Both sexes slowed down , but the women slowed less．This suggests that they found multitasking easier．

[3]In the second experiment , volunteers were given 8 minutes to complete a set of sums , search for restaurants on a map and work out the route they would take to search for a set of keys lost in a field．The two sexes did well on all the tasks, but the key hunt — in which the searches planned by the women were judged to be clearly superior．When it is the only thing to be done, both sexes are equally good at it．It showed that men’s ability to plan a search for lost keys breaks down, when put under the pressure of multitasking．The results suggest that women are better at multitasking than men．

[4] Women’s advantage at doing tasks has its roots in evolution．In the Stone Age , men could probably go out and hunt for food , while the women stayed at home and multi-tasked．They were always looking out for their children , as well as doing other things , like gathering fruits and doing mending and making stone tools．Men probably have somewhat more of a one-track mind．

1.What does the text mainly talk about? （no more than 6 words ）

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2.How many experiments did researchers do? （no more than 2 words ）

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3.In the first battle of the sexes, what did the volunteers do ? （no more than 12 words ）

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4.When searching for lost keys is their only task, how do both sexes perform ? （no more than 5 words ）

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5.What work did men mainly do in the Stone Age ? （no more than 8 words ）

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Answer 1

1.Females/ women are better at multitasking ．

2.Two

3.They played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention．

4.They perform equally well．

5.They went out to hunt for food．

【解析】

1.】根据第一段It’s reported that females are better than males at multitasking, 得知本文主要讨论女性比男性更擅长多任务情况。Females/ women are better at multitasking ．

2.2】根据第二段Researchers carried out two experiments,得知本文研究者做了两个实验。Two

3.3】根据In the first battle of the sexes , the volunteers played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention．得知在第一次性别PK中，志愿者们玩了一种需要快速转换注意力的游戏。They played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention．

4.4】根据When it is the only thing to be done, both sexes are equally good at it 得知只有“找钥匙”一件任务时，他们都表现很好。They perform equally well．

5.5】根据In the Stone Age , men could probably go out and hunt for food , 得知石器时代，男性外出寻找食物。They went out to hunt for food．

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