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D2AR0N

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According to Deborah Tannen, which statement best describes the differences in language between men and women in the United States?
 
  a. Men and women cannot converse productively.
  b. Men engage in rapport talk while women engage in report talk.
  c. Mens talk tends to be more competitive.
  d. When men and women are talking together, women tend to talk more than men and interrupt them more frequently.
  e. Men tend to listen better than women do.

Question 2

In India today, new reproductive technologies are increasingly being used to ____.
 
  a. increase the number of offspring a family can have, including larger numbers of girls.
  b. determine the sex of the fetus and decide whether to terminate the pregnancy if it is a girl
  c. apply genetic surgeries that will allow a family to select the eye and skin color of its children
  d. improve prenatal health so children will be born at higher weights and have better developed brains
  e. establish the status symbol of the family as they genetically engineer their offspring



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b



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