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阅读理解 　　Do you believe that boys learn more from men and girls learn more from women?That’s the result of a study by Thomas Dee, a professor in America． 　　Although some support his idea, many leading education experts don’t agree with his conclusion．But Dee says his research supports his point that gender(性别)matters in learning． 　　However, Dee warns against drawing fast conclusions based on his work．He is not encouraging single-sex education, or any other policy．Rather, he hopes his work will bring more research into gender’s effect． 　　Dee’s study is based on a national investigation of nearly 25,000 eighth-graders that was made by the Education Department．He examined test scores．Dee found that having a female teacher instead of a male teacher raised the achievement of girls and lowered that of boys in science, social studies and English．It is also true the other way around．The study found changing teachers actually could narrow achievement gaps between boys and girls, but one gender would gain at the expense of the other． 　　Dee also thinks that gender influences attitudes．For instance, with a female teacher, boys were more likely to be seen as disruptive, while girls were less likely to be considered inattentive or disorderly．In a class taught by a man, girls were more likely to say the subject was not useful for their future．They were less likely to look forward to the class or to ask questions． 　　“The data, as he presents, is far from convincing．I don’t think there are many parents or students, looking back over their educational careers, who haven’t been inspired by a teacher of the opposite sex．”said Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, which works to advance the progress of women． (1) The passage is most probably taken from ________． [　　] A． a short- story collection B． a personal diary C． a popular science magazine D． a textbook for middle school students (2) The underlined word“disruptive”in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________． [　　] A． active B． disorderly C． silly D． attentive (3) Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? [　　] A． Dee’s idea that teacher’s gender affects learning is widely accepted． B． In Dee’s opinion, a teacher of the opposite gender helps students learn better． C． Marcia agrees that a teacher of the opposite sex discourages students’ learning． D． Dee thinks that a teacher of the same gender improves students’ learning． (4) What can be inferred from the passage? [　　] A． Dee has already proved his study result successfully． B． Teacher’s gender determines student’s school performance． C． More researches need to be done on teacher’s gender effect． D． Marcia thinks the data presented by Dee is far from convincing．

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答案：1．C;2．B;3．D;4．C;