Question

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.

Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic ac?tivities 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". 

Tony Little,headmaster of Eton,warned that boys were being faded 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 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, and 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 modern genre(類型)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 the traditional idea 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.

(   ) 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 improve speaking and reading skills

D.   naturally strengthen the traditional image of a man in boys

(   ) 2. What does Tony Little say about the British education system?

A.  It fails more boys than girls in knowledge.

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.

(   ) 3. 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

Answer 1

1. B細節理解題。從第一段可以看出，在男校，男孩子被鼓勵去自由表達自己的情感，也有更多機會去參與藝術和舞蹈等課程。

2. C細節理解題。從第三段"Tony Little,headmaster of Eton，warned that boys were being faded 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."可知 

3. A邏輯推理題。從第五段"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"可知。