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Women are, on the whole, more verbal than men. They are good at language and verbal reasoning, while
men tend to be skilled at tasks demanding visual-spatial abilities. In fact, along with aggression, these are the
most commonly accepted differences between the sexes.
Words are tools for communicating with other people, especially information about people. They are mainly
social tools. Visual and spatial abilities are good for imagining and manipulating objects and for communicating
information about them. Are these talents programmed into the brain? In some of the newest and most
controversial research in neurophysiology, it has been suggested that when it comes to the brain, males are
specialists while women are generalists.
But no one knows what, if anything, this means in terms of the abilities of the two sexes. Engineering is
both visual and spatial, and it's true that there are relatively few women engineers. But women become just as
skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car, tasks that involve visual-spatial skills. They also do equally
well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial. Women do, however, seem less likely to
fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their
identity. A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle, or computer as a useful tool, but not in itself fascinating.
1. According to the passage, women are usually good at _____.
A. body language
B. logical reasoning
C. tasks demanding for the use of words
D. both A and B
2. The word "accepted" in the last sentence of the first paragraph roughly means _____.
A. believed
B. assumed
C. received
D. refused
3. In the authors' opinion, visual and spatial abilities are good for _____.
A. achieving one's objects
B. mind and body
C. programming talents into the brain
D. imagination and communication
4. All the following tasks involve visual-spatial skills EXCEPT _____.
A. imagining and handling objects
B. providing a computer with a set of instructions
C. shooting a gun and driving an automobile
D. planning and making things as an engineer does
5. Why do women seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves?
A. Because they have no visual-spatial skills.
B. Because they are only good at language and verbal reasoning.
C. Because they are less likely to see their charming or interesting aspects.
D. Because they rarely use machines such as cars, rifles, computers, etc.
