TOEFL Sample Question
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Read the following passage. Then fill in the diagram with the information that you read.
Male and Female Conversations
The goal of social conversation is typically the same. Being friendly, showing concern for others, and talking about topics of interest are all typical aims for any conversation. However, when engaged in same-sex conversations, the ways in which women and men achieve these goals are remarkably different.
Men are far more likely to try to make conversation fun. This fact is seen in the high incidence of joking by men is same-sex conversations. Indeed, studies reveal that men are far more likely than women to include joking and innocent teasing in their conversations. The subject of personal feeling is seen as a sign of vulnerability and is therefore broached very infrequently. Further, men do not seem as inclined to call and chat as women do. Forty percent of the men polled in a recent survey said that they never call their same-sex friends “just to talk.”
In contrast, women’s same-sex conversations include more reference to feelings, relationships, and personal problems. Some psychologists have theorized that talk is essential to maintaining and nurturing female relationships. In maintaining their relationships, women tend to engage in more frequent conversations with their same-sex friends. In fact, almost half of the women in a recent survey stated that they called their female friends on a weekly basis just to chat.
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Engaged : busy with a task
Incidence : the rare at which something occurs
Innocent : harmless
Vulnerability : the state of being exposed
Broach : to mention
Nurture : to support
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Q. According to paragraph 1 and 2, all of the following are true of conversation EXCEPT:
(A) Most people converse for very similar reasons.
(B) Men and women converse in different ways.
(C) Men often tease women while talking to them.
(D) Men do not typically like to discuss emotions.
A > (C) Men often tease women while talking to them.