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If gender conflicts continue at their current rate, my partner gloomily observed, men may fade into extinction and women will manage fine without them. What with test-tube babies, cloning, a falling birth-rate, and have-it-all career women prevailing like never before, it seems as if old-fashioned, instinct-driven sexual selection was totally out of fashion. But a study from four British universities suggests it is alive and well, and busy shaping the next generation.
In spite of emancipation, the feminist movement, gender equality, and consistent efforts to avoid gender-stereotyping, men still prefer to marry women who are not too brainy. In the study a high IQ hampered a woman’s chance of getting married, with a 40 percent drop in marital prospects for every 16-point rise. The opposite was true for their male class-mates. Top-earning men were 8 per cent more likely to be married than their low-earning peers.
How interesting that we automatically assume tha
A. control
B. desire
C. intelligence
D. commitment

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If gender conflicts continue at their current rate, my partner gloomily observed, men may fade into extinction and women will manage fine without them. What with test-tube babies, cloning, a falling birth-rate, and have-it-all career women prevailing like never before, it seems as if old-fashioned, instinct-driven sexual selection was totally out of fashion. But a study from four British universities suggests it is alive and well, and busy shaping the next generation.
In spite of emancipation, the feminist movement, gender equality, and consistent efforts to avoid gender-stereotyping, men still prefer to marry women who are not too brainy. In the study a high IQ hampered a woman’s chance of getting married, with a 40 percent drop in marital prospects for every 16-point rise. The opposite was true for their male class-mates. Top-earning men were 8 per cent more likely to be married than their low-earning peers.
How interesting that we automatically assume tha
A. the development of medical technology
B. the radical change of our lifestyle
C. the decreasing birth rate of human society
D. the independence of the female gender

[单项选择]What is the current interest rate in the bank（　）.
A. 2.5 percent.
B. 4 percent.
C. 7 percent.
D. It’s hard to say.

[单项选择]The current rate of annual increase in the world population is about_________.
A. 9 million.
B. 5.7 million.
C. 90 million.
D. 20 million.

[单项选择]The current annual inflation rate, as measured by using the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is best defined as:（）
A. increase in the CPI from a year ago.
B. percentage change in the CPI from its base period.
C. percentage change in the CPI from a year ago.

[简答题]gender difference

[单项选择]Conflicts arose between the United States and the Soviet Union because（　）.
A. their common enemies Nazi Germany and Japan were defeated
B. they had very different concepts of postwar world order
C. the United States wanted cooperation with the Soviet Union but the Soviet Union refused
D. the Soviet Union wanted cooperation with the United States but the United States refused

[填空题]Overall security can be damaged by conflicts between the refugees and the internally displaced which can be resulted in unfair provision of ______ to them.

[简答题]Concerning money or anything else, conflicts between husband and wife usually reflect a power struggle. (Passage 1)