Detective Keeling took his client—a good?looking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. They crossed the room to a locked door.

Mr. Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr. Keeling did not follow her.

The detective went quickly to the policeman’s house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr. Keeling, “I don’t understand. You told me, ‘Robbins took a young woman to a restaurant.’ Where is she?”

“There she is!” said Mr. Keeling. He pointed through the window.

“Do you know the lady with Robbins?” asked the policeman.

“That’s his secret friend,” said Mr. Keeling.

“No! You’re wrong! That’s Robbins’ wife,” said the policeman. “I’ve known her for fifteen years.”

“What?” the detective shouted. His face became pale. “Who is under the table in the store?” He started to kick the door of the jewellery store. Mr. Robbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the store.

“Look under that table!” shouted the detective. “Be quick!”

The policeman lifted the cloth and put his arm under the table. He pulled out a black dress, a black veil and a woman’s wig(假发).

“Is this young lady your wife?” Mr. Keeling asked the jeweller. He pointed at the woman.

“Yes! She is my wife!” said Mr. Robbins angrily. “Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table?”

“Please check all the jewellery in your store, Mr. Robbins,” the policeman said. “Is anything missing?”

Some diamond rings and some expensive necklaces were missing. The missing jewellery was worth $800. Later that night, Mr. Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detective's office. Suddenly, Mr. Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.

The next morning, Mr. Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.

1.At the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because ______.

A. she went to the back yard and found the way

B. she was the owner of the store and had the key

C. two men helped her together to enter the store

D. Mr. Keeling unlocked the back door to the store

2.The young lady who stayed with Mr. Robbins in the jewellery store was actually ______.

A. Mr. Robbins’ sister B. Mr. Robbins’ secret friend

C. Mr. Robbins’ wife D. a clever thief

3.It can be inferred from the passage that Mr. Keeling cooperated with his client ______.

A. so that he could get some jewellery from the store

B. because he thought he was helping the lady

C. because he wanted to play a joke on Mr. Robbins

D. so that he could get a job as a policeman

4.The missing jewellery worth$800 was in fact taken away by ______.

A. a young woman B. a young man

C. a detective D. a policeman

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(男子气概),the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype(传统观念),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 abilities to express their emotions,rather than feeling they had to obey the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.

The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

Tony Little,headmaster of Eton,warned that boys were being ignored 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 adjust 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 sharper 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 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 give in to a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships.“In mixed schools boys feel pressed 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.help to form masculine aggressiveness in boys

C.encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

D.naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys

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

3.What does 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.

4.According to Abigail James,one of the advantages of single-sex schools is

A. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit

B.boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded

C.boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

D. teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys

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