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  3. Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and

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问题     Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes. A new study【C1】______ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.
    In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers【C2】______ for sex differences throughout the entire human brain.
    And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for【C3】______ brains as "male" or "female," research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.
    Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based【C4】______ , many different types of brain can’t always be distinguished by gender.
    While the "average" male and "average" female brains were【C5】______ different, you couldn’t tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small【C6】______ of people had "all-male" or "all-female" characteristics.
    Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist(神经科学家), said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning【C7】______ beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same,【C8】______ of gender.
    "There’s a mountain of evidence【C9】______ the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function,"he told The Seattle Times.
    If anything, he said, the study【C10】______ that gender plays a very important role in the brain—"even when we are not clear exactly how. "
A)abnormal I)regardless
B)applied J)searched
C)briefly K)similarities
D)categorizing L)slightly
E)challenges M)suggests
F)figure N)tastes
G)percentage O)traditional
H)proving [br] 【C5】
选项
答案 L
解析 副词辨析题。空格前为be动词were，空格后为形容词different，因此空格处需填入副词，修饰形容词different。该句意为：虽然“普通的”男性和“普通的”女性大脑有些不同，但是你不能通过查看个体上的大脑扫描图就下定论。根据句意可以推测，这种区别应该并不显著，而副词slightly恰好意为“轻微地”，故L)为答案。备选项中的副词，briefly意思为“短暂地，简略地”，不适合修饰形容词different，而regardless意为“不管”，与句意不符，故均排除。
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