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Language style affects long-term relationship strength and the compatibility of existing and would-be couples, suggests a new st

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问题     Language style affects long-term relationship strength and the compatibility of existing and would-be couples, suggests a new study. Led by researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, the study 【C1】______ our understanding of how language influences【C2】______.
    The group compared people’s use of " function words" which【C3】______ carry any meaning on their own,【C4】______help build context in conversations. Content words, such as nouns, adjectives and verbs, carry an【C5】______ meaning. Function words, on the other hand, vary in their use and help provide reference points in conversations.【C6】______, words like " the," "that" and "of"【C7】______act as function words.
    The researchers conducted two experiments to measure language similarities. One setup【C8】______ 40 speed dating sessions among college students, 【C9】______ the couples’ conversations were recorded and transcribed for【C10】______. The study’s authors found that people who used function words similarly were more【C11】______to express romantic interest in seeing one another in the future. A second experiment measured the use of function words in the online chats of 86 couples over the【C12】______ of 10 days. The researchers found that couples that used function words similarly tended to still be together【C13】______.
    Three months after the data were【C14】______, the team discovered that 76 percent of couples 【C15】______ similar language styles were still together compared to 53 percent of other couples that 【C16】______similar styles of speech.
    The findings suggest that romantic compatibility may not depend【C17】______ on saying the right things but rather whether they’re said in a 【C18】______way. James Pennebaker, a coauthor of the study, comments on the natural【C19】______of these speech styles in a press release: " What’s wonderful【C20】______this is we don’t really make that decision; it just comes out of our mouths.
【C16】
选项 A、resisted
B、avoided
C、neglected
D、lacked
答案D
解析 动词辨析题。句意同上。本句是将语言风格相近以及语言风格不同的情侣进行比较，动词compared之前介绍的是语言风格相近的情侣，而之后的应该是语言风格缺乏相似性的情侣，故lacked“缺乏”为答案。此句是阐述研究发现的客观事实，不涉及情侣们的主观情感态度以及他们的意识，因此resisted“抵制”、avoided“避免”和neglected“忽视”均可排除。
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