Directions: Read the texts from an article, For five
questions, match each rule (1 to 5) to one of the statements (A to G) given
below. Mark your answer on your ANSWER SHEET.
As any woman can prove, there are some things at which her
gender naturally excels. In the past decade, academic research has offered
insight into the feminine advantage: Part Ⅰ Verbal
superiority may continue from childhood to adulthood. Studies show that women
excel at certain verbal-fluency tests, such as listing multiple words that begin
with the same letter. Some researchers have also found that women are more adept
at learning foreign languages than men are. Part Ⅱ According
to psychologist Doreen Kimura of the University of Western Ontario, women
outperform men on "precision manual tasks." In studies involving quick,
accurate, small movements, and a pegboard test (in which subjects place small
pegs into holes as quickly as they can), women outdo men. Part Ⅲ
In one study of 1955, Richard L. Doty, in the University of Pennsylvania
Smell and Taste Center, asked randomly selected sniffers to identify scents. He
found that, on average, women outperformed men. Women also have lower odor
"thresholds", meaning they can detect fainter odors than men can.
Women do better than men on hearing tests, too. And their hearing
deteriorates less rapidly than men’s over time, according to Mary Anne Baker, a
psychology professor at Indiana University Southeast. Part Ⅳ
Women interrupt less, are more likely to be complimentary, and laugh at
other people’s jokes more. And women even disagree agreeably, as in "That’s a
good point, but —" In numerous studies, women also read
nonverbal cues—facial expressions, body movements, and changes in tone of
voice—more accurately than men do, according to Hall. Women’s faces are
generally more expressive than men’s, too, says Hall. Part Ⅴ
As more women rise to upper management, researchers have examined
differences in how men and women lead. Women tend to share power, encourage
participation, and boost their employees’ sense of self-worth. Many of the women
believe subordinates perform best when they feel good about themselves, and
women tend to foster that feeling. Insignificant contrast, their male
counterparts exercise more formal authority and care more about hierarchy,
Rosenerfound. Now match each of the schools to the appropriate
statement. Note: there are two extra statements. [A] Born to
lead. [B] Super Senses. [C] Handy Women. [D] Social
Communication. [E] Attentive Character. [F] Habit of thrift. [G] The
Language Gap. ( ) Part Ⅳ