1. The author begins the passage by_____.

1. 作者展開這篇文章一開始_____。

[A] presenting an argumentation

[A] 提出一個論點

[B] explaining a phenomenon

[B] 解釋一個現象

[C] raising a question

[C] 提出一個問題

[D] making a comparison

[D] 做了一個比較

2. The ratio of giving birth to a boy is falling in rich countries because_____.

2.在富裕國家中男孩的出生率下降了是因為_____。

[A] the terrorist attacks of September 11^th 2001 exerted huge negative impact

[A] 2001年9月11日恐怖主義襲擊帶來了巨大的負面影響

[B] women are facing greater pressure than past

[B] 婦女現在面臨的壓力比以前大

[C] women are under new pressure now which they seldom faced in the past

[C] 婦女現在要面臨新的壓力，這是她們以前沒有遇到過的

[D] male pregnancies are more easily to miscarry

[D] 懷了男孩的女性更加容易流產

3. Which of the following can explain Dr Obel's opinion that the ultimat cause is adaptive rather than pathological?

3.以下那一項可以解釋Obel博士認為最根本的原因是適應性的而不是生理性的這個觀點？

[A] 47% of children born to women in the top quartile of stress were males while 52% in the bottom quartile.

[A]壓力最大的四成婦女47%生育的是男孩，而壓力最小的四成婦女52%生育的是男孩。

[B] Women in rich countries are more likely to give birth to boys because they are more stressful

[B]富裕國家的婦女生育男孩的幾率更大，因為她們所承受的壓力更大。

[C] Women selectively abort boys rather than waste time and resources on bringing them to term for fear of male competition.

[C]婦女因為害怕男性競爭而選擇將男嬰流產，而不是浪費時間和養料將他們發育完整。

[D] Women who suffer from calamity in conception are more likely to give birth to girls.

[D]受精期經歷了災難的婦女生育女孩的比率更大。

4. Women in the hunter-gatherer societies are more likely to give birth to daughters because_____.

4.在原始狩獵社會中，婦女生育女兒的比率更大是因為_____。

[A] they agree that giving birth to daughters is beneficial in the evolutionary sense

[A] 他們一致認為在進化的意義上，生女兒在有利的。

[B] sons are likely to produce lots of grandchildren with several women

[B] 兒子會和幾位女性一起生育許多后代

[C] they think it is a better practice for a daughter to produce grandchildren with only one mate

[C]他們認為女兒只和一個配偶生兒育女是一個更好的做法

[D] they think bringing sons to term is wasting time and resources.

[D]他們認為將男嬰養至足月是浪費時間和資源的。

5.From this passage, we may draw a conclusion that_____.

5.從這篇文章我們可以得出一個結論____。

[A] acute stress is more likely to cause women to choose aborting boys than chronic stress.

[A]突發的壓力比持續的壓力更能導致婦女選擇將男嬰流產。

[B] stress to a woman at the time of conception, whether acute or chronic, will shift the sex ratio towards girls.

[B]婦女懷孕期間經受壓力，無論是突發的還是持續的，都會導致嬰兒性別比例偏向女孩。

[C] more girls will be born in the future because today's women, in both rich and poor countries, suffer from increasing pressure.

[C] 未來會有更多的女孩出生，因為現在不論是在富裕國家還是在貧窮國家，女性都面臨著越來越大的壓力。

[D] chronic stress is more decisive in influencing the women's pregnancies.

[D]在影響女性懷孕方面慢性的壓力更具有決定性的作用。