Text2InDonJuanLordByronwrote,"Sweetisrevenge—especiallytowomen."ButastudyreleasedonWednesday,supportedbymagneticresonanceimaging,suggeststhatmenmaybethemorenaturalavengers.
Inthestudy,whenmalesubjectswitnessedpeopletheyperceivedasbadguysbeingstr okebyamildelectr icalshock,theirM.R.I.scanslitupinprimitivebrainareasassociatedwithreward.Theirbrains'empathycentersremaineddull.Womenwatchingthepunishment,incontr ast,showednoresponseincentersassociatedwithpleasure.Eventhoughtheyalsosaidtheydidnotlikethebadguys,theirempathycentersstillquietlygloved.
Thestudyseemstoshowforthefirsttimeinphysicaltermswhatmanypeopleprobablyassumetheyalreadyknow:thatwomenaregenerallymoreempatheticthanmen,andthatmen,andthatmentakegreatpleasureinseeingrevengeexacted.Men"expressedmoredesireforrevengeandseemedtofeelsatisfactionwhenunfairpeopleweregivenwhattheyperceivedasdeservedphysicalpunishment,"saidDr.TaniaSinger,theleadresearcher,oftheWellcomeDepartmentofImagingNeuroscienceatUniversityCollegeLondon.Butfarfromcondemningthemaleimpulseforretr ibution,Dr.Singersaidithadanimportantsocialfunction:"Thistypeofbehavior.hasprobablybeencrucialintheevolutionofsocietyasthemajorityofpeopleinagrouparemotivatedtopunishthosewhocheatontherest."
Thestudyispartofagrowingbodyofresearchthatisattemptingtobetterunderstandbehavior.andemotionsbyobservingsimultaneousphysiologicalchangesinthebrain,atechniquenowattainablethroughimaging."Imagingisstillinitsearlydaysbutwearetr ansitioningfromadescriptivetoamoremechanistictypeofstudy,"saidDr.KlaasEnnoStephan,aco-authorofthepaper.
Dr.Singer'steamwassimplytr yingtoseeifthestudysubjects'degreeofempathycorrelatedwithhowmuchtheylikedordislikedthepersonbeingpunished.Theyhadnotsetouttolookinto**differences.Tocultivatepersonallikesanddislikesintheir32volunteers,theyaskedthemtoplayacomplexmoneystr ategygame,wherebothmembersofapairwouldprofitifbothbehavedcooperatively.Theranksofvolunteerswereinfiltr atedbyactorstoldtoplayselfishly.Volunteerscamequicklyto"verymuchlike"thepartnerswhowerecooperative,whiledislikingthosewhohidedrewards,Dr.Stephansaid.Effectivelyconditionedtolikeanddisliketheirgame-playingpartners,the32subjectswereplacedinscannersandaskedtowatchthevariouspartnersreceiveelectr icalshocks.Onscans,bothmenandwomenseemedtofeelthepainofpartnerstheyliked.Buttherealsurprisecameduringscanswhenthesubjectsviewedthepartnerstheydislikedbeingshocked."Whenwomensawtheshock,theystillhadanempatheticresponse,eventhoughitwasreduced,"Dr.Stephansaid."Themenhadnoneatall."Furthermore,researchersfoundthatthebrain'spleasurecenterslitupinmaleswhenjustpunishmentwasmetedout.
Theresearcherscautionedthatitwasnotclearifmenandwomenarebornwithdivergentr esponsestorevengeoriftheirsocialexperiencesgeneratetheresponses.Dr.Singersaidlargerstudieswereneededtoseeifdifferingresponseswouldbeseenincasesinvolvingrevengethatd idnotinvolvepain.Still,sheadded,"Thisinvestigationwouldseemtoindicatethereisapredominantr oleformeninmaintainingjusticeandissuingpunishment."
第26题：LordByron'swordsmean______.
A.Womenarecruelerthanmen
B.Revengeonwomenissweeter
C.Womenfeelsweeterwithrevengethanmen
D.Womenlovetorevenge
正确答案：CC推理判断题。这句话字面意思是“复仇是甜蜜的，特别对于女人来说”。而这篇文章讲的是男女对报复的不同反应，因此进一步证明，拜伦的这句话是说复仇更容易令女性有一种快感。A“女性比男性更**”，B“向女生报复特别痛快”，C“相对男性，女性对报复的感觉更好”，D“女性喜欢报复”，其中C最为符合。
