Question

请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

Boys are not so good at English when there are girls in their class, a research student said．This finding disagrees with the widely held belief that girls always have a good influence on boys in school.

Boys do best with as few girls as possible in English lessons at primary and secondary schools, Steven Proud, a research student at Bristol University, told the Royal Economic Society’s conference.

But when it comes to math and science, both boys and girls at primary schools achieve up to a tenth of a grade higher when there is a greater percentage of girls in the class, Proud found.

Proud kept a record of boys’ and girls’ test results at the ages of 7, 11, and 16 in 16,000 schools in England．He studied the test scores to see whether the percentage of girls made a difference to the results of both boys and girls in math, science and English.

Boys always perform worse when the number of girls they study English with increases, which is especially the case at primary schools．Proud also found that girls are unaffected by the number of boys in their English class.

Proud said boys may do worse in English when there is high proportion(比例) of girls in their class because they think that the girls are better than them．It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more appropriate(适合) to girls when there are more girls than boys in the class.

Proud argues that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes.

However, Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said, “Boys may be discouraged by how well girls are doing in English, but you can’t say that it means boys and girls should be separated．It has very little practical importance to schools.”

Theme	Boys may do __1.___ in English in a class with a higher percentage of girls.
Widely held 2._____	Girls always have a good influence on boys in school.
Proud’s ___3.___	When there are more girls	both boys and girls at primary schools perform better in math and ____4._____.
When the number of girls ___5.___.	boys perform worse in English
When the number of boys changes	girls aren’t __6.___ in an English class.
Possible ____7.___.	Boys think that the girls are better than them. Teachers use ____8.___ styles more appropriate to girls.
Proud’s suggestion	Boys and girls should be taught English in __9.____ classes.
Alan’s opinion	Don’t ___10.____ the boys and girls.

Answer

1.worse

2.belief

3.findings

4.science

5.increases

6.affected

7.causes/reasons

8.teaching

9.single-sex

10.separate

【解析】

试题分析：本文中作者通过试验告诉我们女孩子多的教室中男生在语言方面通常表现不好，作者分析了具体原因。

1.worse 原词再现。根据第五段第一句Boys always perform worse when the number of girls they study English with increases, which is especially the case at primary schools.可知在女孩多的班级里男孩的表现更糟糕。

2. belief 原词再现。根据第一段第二句This finding disagrees with the widely held belief that girls always have a good influence on boys in school.可知原来广泛认同的观点是女孩子对男孩总是有好影响。

3.findings 总结归纳。接下来的4、5、6三题都是Proud所进行的试验的结果和新发现。

4.science 原词再现。根据第三段But when it comes to math and science, both boys and girls at primary schools achieve up to a tenth of a grade higher when there is a greater percentage of girls in the class, Proud found.可知在数学和科学方面，无论女孩多与少，男女孩都可以获得很好的分数。

5.increases 原词再现。根据第五段Boys always perform worse when the number of girls they study English with increases可知当女孩数量增加的时候，男孩在英语方面表现变糟糕。

6.affected 同义句转换。根据第五段最后一句Proud also found that girls are unaffected by the number of boys in their English class.可知女孩子不受男孩数量的影响。

7.causes/reasons 总结归纳。根据第六段第一句Proud said boys may do worse in English when there is high proportion(比例) of girls in their class because they think that the girls are better than them.可知男孩表现变糟糕也许是因为他们认为女孩比他们更优秀。

8.teaching 原词再现。根据第六段最后一句 It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more appropriate(适合) to girls when there are more girls than boys in the class.可知也许是因为老师的教学方法更适合女生。

9.single-sex 原词再现。根据文章第七段Proud argues that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes．可知Proud建议男女孩应该被分开教育，应该在同一性别的教室里接受教育。

10.separate 词形变化。根据文章倒数第二句Boys may be discouraged by how well girls are doing in English, but you can’t say that it means boys and girls should be separated.可知Alan Smithers认为男孩和女孩不应该被分开。原文是被动语态，表格里应该使用主动语态。

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