2009年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT 10

1. The author begins the passage by_____.

1. 作者展开这篇文章一开始_____。

[A] presenting an argumentation

[A] 提出一个论点

[B] explaining a phenomenon

[B] 解释一个现象

[C] raising a question

[C] 提出一个问题

[D] making a comparison

[D] 做了一个比较

2. The ratio of giving birth to a boy is falling in rich countries because_____.

2.在富裕国家中男孩的出生率下降了是因为_____。

[A] the terrorist attacks of September 11^th 2001 exerted huge negative impact

[A] 2001年9月11日恐怖主义袭击带来了巨大的负面影响

[B] women are facing greater pressure than past

[B] 妇女现在面临的压力比以前大

[C] women are under new pressure now which they seldom faced in the past

[C] 妇女现在要面临新的压力，这是她们以前没有遇到过的

[D] male pregnancies are more easily to miscarry

[D] 怀了男孩的女性更加容易流产

3. Which of the following can explain Dr Obel's opinion that the ultimat cause is adaptive rather than pathological?

3.以下那一项可以解释Obel博士认为最根本的原因是适应性的而不是生理性的这个观点？

[A] 47% of children born to women in the top quartile of stress were males while 52% in the bottom quartile.

[A]压力最大的四成妇女47%生育的是男孩，而压力最小的四成妇女52%生育的是男孩。

[B] Women in rich countries are more likely to give birth to boys because they are more stressful

[B]富裕国家的妇女生育男孩的几率更大，因为她们所承受的压力更大。

[C] Women selectively abort boys rather than waste time and resources on bringing them to term for fear of male competition.

[C]妇女因为害怕男性竞争而选择将男婴流产，而不是浪费时间和养料将他们发育完整。

[D] Women who suffer from calamity in conception are more likely to give birth to girls.

[D]受精期经历了灾难的妇女生育女孩的比率更大。

4. Women in the hunter-gatherer societies are more likely to give birth to daughters because_____.

4.在原始狩猎社会中，妇女生育女儿的比率更大是因为_____。

[A] they agree that giving birth to daughters is beneficial in the evolutionary sense

[A] 他们一致认为在进化的意义上，生女儿在有利的。

[B] sons are likely to produce lots of grandchildren with several women

[B] 儿子会和几位女性一起生育许多后代

[C] they think it is a better practice for a daughter to produce grandchildren with only one mate

[C]他们认为女儿只和一个配偶生儿育女是一个更好的做法

[D] they think bringing sons to term is wasting time and resources.

[D]他们认为将男婴养至足月是浪费时间和资源的。

5.From this passage, we may draw a conclusion that_____.

5.从这篇文章我们可以得出一个结论____。

[A] acute stress is more likely to cause women to choose aborting boys than chronic stress.

[A]突发的压力比持续的压力更能导致妇女选择将男婴流产。

[B] stress to a woman at the time of conception, whether acute or chronic, will shift the sex ratio towards girls.

[B]妇女怀孕期间经受压力，无论是突发的还是持续的，都会导致婴儿性别比例偏向女孩。

[C] more girls will be born in the future because today's women, in both rich and poor countries, suffer from increasing pressure.

[C] 未来会有更多的女孩出生，因为现在不论是在富裕国家还是在贫穷国家，女性都面临着越来越大的压力。

[D] chronic stress is more decisive in influencing the women's pregnancies.

[D]在影响女性怀孕方面慢性的压力更具有决定性的作用。