Cloze: Decide which of the following words would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.A) abnormal B) applied C) briefly D) categorizingE) challenges F) figure G) percentage H) provingI) regardless J) searched K) similarities L) slightlyM) suggests N) tastes O) traditionalMany men and women have long bought into the idea that there are “male” and “female” brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes. A new study ______ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers ______ for sex differences throughout the entire human brain.And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for ______ brains as “male” or “female”, research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right in the middle.Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based ______ , many different types of brain can’t always be distinguished by gender.While the “average” male and “average” female brains were ______ different, you couldn’t tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small ______ of people had “all-male” or “all-female” characteristics.Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist, said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning ______ beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same, ______ of gender.“There’s a mountain of evidence ______ the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function,” he told The Seattle Times. If anything, he said, the study ______ that gender plays a very important role in the brain---"even when we are not clear exactly how"