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Like many constructions，it started small. But now thousands of children with autism(自闭症) are making friends and learning social skills by playing a special version of online building game Minecry of.
Stuart Duncan got the idea through a popular blog he ran about his own experiences with autism has well as bringing up a son with autism. Other parents with autistic children started telling him that their kids were crazy about a game that let them explore a randomly generated wilderness. However,despite loving the game，many of the children were being bullied(霸凌) by other players.
So, in 2013, Duncan,a web developer in Canada, setup a server to run a version of Miner ryful only for children with autism and their families. He thought the invite-only server would attract 10 or 20people, but hundreds requested to join in the first few days. Now, almost three years later, running the special version, Aructg/, is his full-time job. The com
munity has nearly 7000 members, along with a team of engineers to help manage its many activities.“Parents see such a benefit for themselves and their children,”says Duncan.
In Mineraf, you use blocks of materials like wood and stone to build whatever you like.“This is a great way for them to play a game they love, but also have a social experience,”says Kate Ringland from the University of California, who has spent 60 hours inside this virtual world, watching how the kids play and chat to one another.“It's giving an alternative way for these kids to express themselves and communicate without the stresses of the physical life stuff.”
Everyday social situations can be challenging for autistic children, who may struggle to pick up on social signals or understand another person's viewpoint. Duncan thinks Minecraf removes the pressures typical of the real world. There is no noisy or unfamiliar environment to distract(使分心)you, no pressure to track the other person's facial expressions or worry about eye contact. Joiping a community like dultcraft could be a good first step to feeling less socially anxious and more engaged.
24. What inspired Duncan to run dutcre/f?
A. Online Bullying.
B. His son's request.
C. Some parents'advice.
D. His blog about autism.
25. What can we learn about Autcraft from Paragraph 3?
A. It has about 7, 000 engineers.
B. It was an unexpected success.
C. It helped parents play with'their kids.
D. It remains accessible to all the people.
26. How does Mineergf help children according to Duncan?
A. By teaching communication skills.
B. By solving their real world problems.
C. By explaining other people's viewpoints.
D. By offering stress-free social experiences.
27. What is the best title, for the text?
A. How Can We Deal With Autism?
B. What Makes Minecraft So Famous?
C. Why Do Online Games Benefit Children?
D. How Does Autcraft Help Autistic Children?
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It is something one half of the population has long suspected and the other half always vocally denied -wonien really do talk more than men. In fact, women talk almost three times as much as men, with the average woman chilking up 20/000 words in a day--13, 000 more than the average man.
Women also speak more quickly, devote more brainpower to chit-chat, and actually enjoy hearing their own voices,a new book suggests. The book-written by a female psychiatrist, Dr. Luan Brizendine -says that inherent(生来就有的) differences between the male and female brain explain why women are naturally more talkative than men.
In The Fenale Mind，Brizendine says the differences can be traced back to the womb(子宫)，where the sex hornone(激素) called testosterone moulds the developing male brain. The areas responsible for generatedcommunication, emotion and memory are all reduced before a baby boy is born.

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