Question

At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Garneau and Lynne are convinced that separating elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders（性別）．

David Chadwell, South Carolina’s expert of single gender education says, “Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently．We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know．”

Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains．The organization of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction．“Boys understand the world as objects moving through space,” he says．

The male eye is also drawn to cooler colors like silver and black．It’s no accident that boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls do in their class．

The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to warmer colors like red, yellow and orange．To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn’t need to move as much as in boy’s class．Using descriptive phrases and lots of colors in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention．

Boys and girls also hear differently．“When someone speaks in a loud tone, girls understand it as yelling,” Chadwell says．“They think you’re mad and can shut down．” Girls are more sensitive to sounds．He advises girls’ teachers to watch the tone of their voices．Boys’ teachers should sound more forceful, even excited．

A boy’s nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 69 degrees Fahrenheit．Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused．Girls are more focused when seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees Fahrenheit．Girls also respond to stress differently．When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts（腸道）, leaving them feeling nervous or anxious．

These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds．“Single gender programs are about making the best use of the learning．”

1.What is David Chadwell’s attitude toward separating elementary-age boys and girls while learning?

A．Supportive B．Worried

C．Concerned D．Uninterested

2.To engage boy in a class, the teacher ______．

A．must have a moving object in this hand

B．needs to wear clothes in warm color

C．has to speak politely

D．had better move constantly while teaching

3.Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?

（ ?= Paragraph 1 ?= Paragraph 2 ?= Paragraph 3 …．．． ?= Paragraph 8 ）

4.Which of the following students is most likely to be focused?

A．A boy sitting in a warm room

B．A standing boy who is faced with stress

C．A girl standing in a cold room

D．A girl who is facing a lot of pressure

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析: 全文講述男女學生在學習中如何不同

1.1】A 細節理解題。根據第二段提到Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently．We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know和文章最后一句話Single gender programs are about making the best use of the learning．可知David Chadwell是支持男女分班學習的，故選A項。

2.2】D 細節理解題。根據第四段提到It’s no accident that boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls do in their class．不出意外，男孩喜歡假造移動物體的畫而不是畫漂亮家，故選D項。

3.3】A 推斷題。第一二段總論，3，4，5段討論男女學生眼睛構造的不同，第六段講述男女聽覺的差異，第七段討論男女神經系統的差異，最后一段總結全文，故選A項。

4.B 細節理解題。根據倒數第二段提到A boy’s nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving,當他站著移動時，他的緊張系統會讓他更加的謹慎，故選B項。

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