2016年12月四级第1套选词填空原文翻译及答案解析

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 __26__ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.

许多男性和女性长期以来都接受这样一种观点，即存在“男性”和“女性”大脑，认为这解释了性别之间的几乎所有差异。一项新研究挑战了这一观点，质疑大脑是否真的可以通过性别来区分。

In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers _27 for sex differences throughout the entire human brain. And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for __28__ brains as "male" or "female," research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.

在这项研究中，特拉维夫大学的研究者搜索了整个大脑的性别差异。他们发现了什么？并不多。研究没有提供将大脑归类为“男性”或“女性”的证据，反而表明大脑存在广泛差异，大多数人正好处于中间位置。

Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based — __29__ , many different types of brain can't always be distinguished by gender.

领导这项研究的达芙娜·乔尔说，她的研究发现，虽然存在一些基于性别的相似之处，但许多不同类型的大脑并不总是能通过性别来区分。

While the "average" male and "average" female brains were __30__ different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small __31__ of people had "all-male" or "all-female" characteristics.

虽然“平均”男性和“平均”女性大脑略有不同，但通过查看个别大脑扫描图像，你无法辨别出来。只有一小部分人具有“全男性”或“全女性”特征。

Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist (神经科学家), said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning __32__ beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same, __33__ of gender.

美国神经科学家拉里·卡希尔说，这项研究是对质疑性别和大脑功能传统观念的一系列研究的重要补充。但他警告不要从这项研究中得出所有大脑都相同、不分性别的结论。

"There's a mountain of evidence __34__ the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function," he told The Seattle Times.

他告诉《西雅图时报》：“有大量证据证明性别影响在大脑功能各个层面的重要性。”

If anything, he said, the study __35__ that gender plays a very important role in the brain—"even when we are not clear exactly how."

他说，如果有什么不同的话，这项研究表明性别在大脑中扮演着非常重要的角色——“即使我们不清楚具体方式如何。”