段2：①This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home. ②And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.
段3：①The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. ②Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talkthat most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. ③Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.
27.Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc” (Para. 2) most probably means .
[A] generating motivation
[B] exerting influence
[C] causing damage
[D] creating pressure
答案：C
问：根据上下文，原文中对婚姻进行wreaking havoc的this pattern具体指的是下列哪项？
A : men tend to talk more than women in public situations
B : lack of communication
C : the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent
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