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題干：Thetrendtowardsmallerfamiliesmaynotbeasmodernaswethink，either.Althoughwomengathershadfourorfivechildren，onlytwotypicallysurvivedchildhood-thenumberfoundintheaverageAmericanfamilytoday.Evenourstyleofrearingchildrenisstartingtoparallelhunting-gatheringcommunities，inwhichgirlsandboysarepermittedtoplaytogetherfromayoungage，andconsequentlyexperimentatsexearlierandengageintrialmarriages.Clearlywe’vemovedawayfromtheagriculturalcustomofarrangedmarriagesandcloisteringgirlstopreservetheirvirginity.Moreover,thehomeisnolongerthe“placeofproduction”,asitwasinfarmdays.Wedon’tmakeoursoap,growourvegetablesandslaughterourchickenforthedinnertable.Instead,wehuntadgatherinthegrocerystoreandreturntoour“homebase”toconsumethefoodwehavecollected.Nowonderwearesoinlovewithfastfoods.Itprobablyharksbacktoaneatingstrategyourprimitiverelativesadoptedover50millionyearago.There’snomistakingthetrend：humansareonceagainonthemove.Husbandandwifearenolongerboundtoasingleplotoflandfortheirlivelihood.Womenarebackinproductionaswellasreproduction.Asweheadbacktothefuture，there’severyreasontobelievethesexeswillenjoythekindofequalitythatisafunctionofourbirthright.Byequality，Imeanamoreequitabledivisionofpower-notthatourroleswillconverge.Alikemenandwomenhaveneverbeenandneverwillbe.Verysimply,wethinkdifferently,whichisagaintiedtoourlonghunting-gatheringheritage.For2millionyears，womencarriedaroundchildrenandhavebeenthenurturers.That'sprobablywhytestsshowtheyarebothmoreverbalandmoreattunedtonon-verbalcues.Women,ontheotherhand,tendtohavesuperiormathematicalandvisual-spatialskillsbecausetheyroamedlongdistancesfromthecampsite,hadtoschemewaystotrappreyandthenhadtofindtheirwayback.Thatspecializationisreflectedingenuinegenderdifferencesinthebraintoday.Naturenotonlyintendedmenandwomentoputtheirbodiestogether；we’vemeanttoputourheadstogetheraswell.That’swhat'ssothrillingaboutwhat'shappeningnow.Allthosemaleandfemaleskillsarebeginningtoworktogetheragain.Atlonglast,societyismovinginadirectionthatshouldbehighlycompatiblewithourancienthumanspirit.
題目：Judging from the skills women specialize in they might be suitable to be a/an_____. - A 、engineer
- B 、worker
- C 、nurse
- D 、long-distance runner
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
推斷題。文中說婦女所擁有的verbal, mathematical skills及她們have been the nurturers的事實, 使她們可擔當護士的工作。而engineer，worker, long-distance runner并非她們所能擔當?shù)穆殬I(yè)。故只有C選項正確。
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