Question

1．As we discussed last week，there have been a lot of reports that boys are in trouble in American education．Some people say efforts to improve education for girls，especially in math and science，have resulted in a crisis for boys．That belief has led to what a new report calls a growth industry of experts advising how to make schools more"boy friendly"．
Yet that report，released this week，suggests that the truth is far different from what people might think．It says American boys in most cases are doing better than ever．"But girls have just improved their performance on some measures even faster，"it says．As a result，girls have narrowed or closed differences with boys in some areas and moved farther ahead of them in others．
The report does agree that some groups of boys are in trouble．It says this is true especially of blacks and those from poor families．But it says closing racial and economic differences would help them more than reducing diff erences between boys and girls．
Another concern is the large number of boys with learning and emotional disabilities．Also，the report says policymakers now recognize the need to reform public high schools，which should help boys as well as girls．But the report questions what it calls"simplistic"proposals to fix problems for boys in American school．One example given is expanding single-sex schooling．Findings on the success of the idea have differed．
The Education Sector report calls for more study into the differences between boys and girls and into the culture of schools．It says the research will help better understand why gains for boys are not rising as fast as for girls．But the report also advises the public not to worry too much，and to be careful not to harm the gains that girls have made．

43．We can read this report most probably in aB．
A．magazine for boys              
B．well-known newspaper   
C．school announcement            
D．school advertisement
44．From Paragraph 1，we learn that in some people's opinionA．
A．efforts for American girls cause boys'trouble
B．American education does no good to boys．
C．American schools are more"girl friendly"
D．American boys are not really in tro uble
45．We can infer from the report thatD．
A．boys should be responsible for their crisis
B．some groups of boys are actually in trouble
C．policymakers disagree to reform public high schools
D．it's probably not good simply to expand single-sex schools．
46．The best title of the passage should beA
A．A report on a Boy Crisis in America         
B．A New Study on American Education．
C．Save American Boys in Trouble．
D．Why Are Girls Far Better Than Boys？

Answer 1

分析 本文主要介绍了一份研究报告，报告分析了美国女孩教育的改善造成了男孩教育的危机并探讨了解决方法．

解答 43．B 细节理解题． 根据最后一段第一句"The Education Sector report calls for more study into the differences between boys and girls and into the culture of schools．"可推知，这份研究报告来自于教育部．结合四个选项可知，这篇报告最有可能出现在一家著名的报纸上．故答案选B．
44．A 细节理解题．根据第一段第二句Some people say efforts to improve education for girls，especially in math and science，have resulted in a crisis for boys．可知，有人认为女孩教育的改善造成了男孩教育的危机．故答案选A．
45．D 推理判断题．根据第四段中的But the report questions what it calls"simplistic"proposals to fix problems for boys in American school．"可知，这份报告质疑扩建男子（或女子）学校的做法．由此可推知，扩建男子（或女子）学校可能不是一个好办法．故答案选D．
46．A 标题归纳题．通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了一份研究报告．报告分析了美国学校的男孩危机并探讨了解决办法．A项概括了文章主旨，适合作文章标题．故答案选A．

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