Boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music．
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity （陽(yáng)剛）, the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to obey a stereotype （陳規(guī)舊俗）, a US study says.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to obey the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man"．
The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls．
Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls．He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls．
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills．
But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia．
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them．Because boys generally have more acute vision learn best through touch, an are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around; "Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine （女性的） and prefer the modem type in which violence and sexism are major themes, "James wrote．
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to obey a stereotype that men should be "masterful and in charge" in relationships．"In mixed schools boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means," the study reported．
小題1:The author believes that a single-sex school would ____．
A．force boys to hide their emotions to be "real men"
B．encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
C．help to cultivate masculine aggressiveness in boys
D．naturally reinforce in boys the traditional image of a man
小題2:It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys ____．
A．perform relatively better
B．grow up more healthily
C．behave more responsibly
D．receive a better education
小題3:What docs Tony Little say about the British education system?
A．It fails more boys than girls academically．
B．It focuses more on mixed school education．
C．it fails to give boys the attention they need．
D．It places more pressure on boys than on girls．
小題4:According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ____．
A．teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys
B．boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted
C．boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D．teaching can be designed to promote boys' team spirit
小題5:Which of the following is characteristic of boys according to Abigail James' report?
A．They enjoy being in charge．
B．They obey stereotypes．
C．They are violent and sexist．
D．They have sharper vision．

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：文章主要介紹了全是男生學(xué)校對(duì)于男孩子的發(fā)展更為有用，他們能夠更加自由的表達(dá)他們的感情，同時(shí)也介紹了為什么是這樣的原因。
小題1:從文章Boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music．可知，全是男生的學(xué)校有利于他們更加自由地表達(dá)他們的情感，故選B
小題2:從文章The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls．可知普遍認(rèn)為在混合學(xué)校男孩子會(huì)做的更好一些，而其實(shí)不然，故選A
小題3:從文章Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls．可知老師們沒有給男孩應(yīng)該被給與的關(guān)注度，故選C
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。從But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James,可知她認(rèn)為男孩子在這樣的學(xué)校中學(xué)習(xí)老師能夠因材施教，符合他們的個(gè)性來教學(xué)，故選A
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題。從Because boys generally have more acute vision learn best through touch可知男孩子有更為敏銳的觀點(diǎn)和視覺，故選D
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文不難，文章結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)潔，題目設(shè)置很清晰。解答此類說明文的題目，要注意答題的方法。為了在有限的時(shí)間的快速作答，可以先看題目，按照題目所問的問題在文章中的找到對(duì)應(yīng)的段落，或總起句，在這些地方去找答案，作答難度并不大。
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