[单项选择]In the past men generally preferred that their wives（）in the home.
A. worked
B. work
C. would work
D. were working

[单项选择]In the past men generally preferred that their wives （　） in the home.
A. worked
B. would work
C. work
D. were working

[单项选择]Contrary（）what people generally believe, men, not women, need encouragement more.
A. upon
B. beside
C. to
D. at

[填空题]Men generally see the world as a competitive place while on the other hand women often view themselves primarily in connecting with other people.

[单项选择]Men are generally better than women on tests of spatial ability, such as mentally rotating an object through three dimensions or finding their way around in a new environment. But a new study suggests that under some circumstances a woman’s way of navigating is probably more efficient.
Luis Pacheco-Cobos of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and his colleagues discovered this by following mushroom gatherers from a village in the state of Tlaxcala for two rainy seasons. Two researchers, each fitted with GPS navigation devices and heart-rate monitors, followed different gatherers on different days. They recorded the weight of the mushrooms each gatherer collected and where they visited. The GPS data allowed a map to be made of the routes taken and the heart-rate measurements provided an estimate of the amount of energy expended during their travels.
The results, to be published in Evolution and Human Behavior, show that the men and women collected on average about the
A. men are generally better than women on tests of spatial ability
B. in certain circumstances women have some special abilities
C. men tend to do more hunting
D. women tend to do more gathering

[单项选择]In the past, most foresters have been men, but today, the number of women______ this field is climbing.
A. engaging
B. devoting
C. registering
D. pursuing

[简答题]Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean and which cycle each member of the family has.