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  3. Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about

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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 B) applied C) briefly D) categorizing
   E) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) proving
   I) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightly
   M) suggests N) tastes O) traditional
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答案D
解析 根据介词后面需要搭配名词或动名词的原则，确认该空格应在名词性质的备选项中选择，在根据前后文语义应该填入categorizing，categorize A as B or C，意为“把A分为B或C，代入文中categorize brains as“male”or“female”，意为“把大脑分为男性的或女性的”。故选D。
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