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题干：Thetrendtowardsmallerfamiliesmaynotbeasmodernaswethink，either.Althoughwomengathershadfourorfivechildren，onlytwotypicallysurvivedchildhood-thenumberfoundintheaverageAmericanfamilytoday.Evenourstyleofrearingchildrenisstartingtoparallelhunting-gatheringcommunities，inwhichgirlsandboysarepermittedtoplaytogetherfromayoungage，andconsequentlyexperimentatsexearlierandengageintrialmarriages.Clearlywe’vemovedawayfromtheagriculturalcustomofarrangedmarriagesandcloisteringgirlstopreservetheirvirginity.Moreover,thehomeisnolongerthe“placeofproduction”,asitwasinfarmdays.Wedon’tmakeoursoap,growourvegetablesandslaughterourchickenforthedinnertable.Instead,wehuntadgatherinthegrocerystoreandreturntoour“homebase”toconsumethefoodwehavecollected.Nowonderwearesoinlovewithfastfoods.Itprobablyharksbacktoaneatingstrategyourprimitiverelativesadoptedover50millionyearago.There’snomistakingthetrend：humansareonceagainonthemove.Husbandandwifearenolongerboundtoasingleplotoflandfortheirlivelihood.Womenarebackinproductionaswellasreproduction.Asweheadbacktothefuture，there’severyreasontobelievethesexeswillenjoythekindofequalitythatisafunctionofourbirthright.Byequality，Imeanamoreequitabledivisionofpower-notthatourroleswillconverge.Alikemenandwomenhaveneverbeenandneverwillbe.Verysimply,wethinkdifferently,whichisagaintiedtoourlonghunting-gatheringheritage.For2millionyears，womencarriedaroundchildrenandhavebeenthenurturers.That'sprobablywhytestsshowtheyarebothmoreverbalandmoreattunedtonon-verbalcues.Women,ontheotherhand,tendtohavesuperiormathematicalandvisual-spatialskillsbecausetheyroamedlongdistancesfromthecampsite,hadtoschemewaystotrappreyandthenhadtofindtheirwayback.Thatspecializationisreflectedingenuinegenderdifferencesinthebraintoday.Naturenotonlyintendedmenandwomentoputtheirbodiestogether；we’vemeanttoputourheadstogetheraswell.That’swhat'ssothrillingaboutwhat'shappeningnow.Allthosemaleandfemaleskillsarebeginningtoworktogetheragain.Atlonglast,societyismovinginadirectionthatshouldbehighlycompatiblewithourancienthumanspirit.
题目：It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that_____. - A 、the way we bring up children is more closely related to custom in a hunting society than oureating habit is
- B 、people in primitive society also had a passion for fast food
- C 、our eating habit is more closely linked in a hunting society than with custom in an agricultural society
- D 、of the four or five children born into today’s American society，only two will survive
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
推断题。第二段中的the home is no longer… 说明我们的eating habit与农业社会无关，接着instead 一词转人说明 we hunt and gather，最后指出 It probably harks back to an eating strategyour primitive relatives adopted over 50 million years ago. 由此可发现 C 选项是正确的。
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