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31. of bipedalism, the trait that distinguishes ancient humans from other apes, are evident in the oldest known species of Australopithecus, which lived in Africa roughly four millions years ago. Bipedal apes are more evolutionarily advantaged than quadrupedal ones. C/ Bipedalism is the main trait that distinguishes ancient humans from Australopithecus. F Australopithecus is as closely related to ancient man as to the chimpanzee. F A new computer program can tell whether a book was written by a man or a woman. The simple scan of key words and syntax is about 80% accurate on both fiction and non-fiction. The program’s success seems to confirm the stereotypical perception of differences in male and female language use. Crudely put, men talk more about objects and women more about relationships. Female writers use more pronouns (I, you, she, myself), whilst males prefer words that identify or determine nouns (a, the, that) and words that quantify them (one, two, more). These differing styles have previously been called “involved” and “informational”, respectively. The algorithm within the program was initially trained on a few test cases to identify the most prevalent fingerprints of gender and of fiction and non-fiction. The algorithm can now be focused on new bodies of text. Strikingly, the distinctions between male and female writers are much the same as those that, even more clearly, differentiate non fiction-and fiction. The program can tell these two genres apart with 98% accuracy. Stereotypes are generally based on fact. C Women are more likely than men to adopt an “informational” style of written communication. F The program is more accurate at identifying the gender of the writer then the fiction or non-fiction content of the passage. F Sandford Group’s first end of year announcement since the takeover of SPX Inc placed much
emphasis on the period of extreme transformation and development undergone by the company. Emphasis was placed on the admirable way that its employees had steered the company through a turbulent six months, and subsequent benefits that were being reaped,
such as a steady growth of the Sandford brands in the marketplace. Whilst recognizing that the takeover had been undertaken as a way of increasing market share, rather than
improving efficiency, the announcement made much of the substantial yet somewhat unintended cost reductions that had taken place. This was explained by the swift
introduction of SPX’s computer systems which permitted a Group headcount cut and also the subletting of surplus office space. The time since takeover has not always been easy for Sandford. T (six months) The takeover achieved more for the company than was initially planned. T The performance of the Sandford brands was poor prior to the takeover（在takeover之前
市场表现差） . C