【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。【1】You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying.【2】A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what happens to your time.Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, mobile phones, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.Make good use of your time in class.【3】Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material.【4】If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer.Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.【5】You will probably discover them after you have tried these.
A. There are other methods that might help you with your studying. |
B. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. |
C. Take advantage of class time to listen to what the teacher says. |
D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard. |
E. Maybe you are a common student. |
F. Make full use of class time to take notes of everything the teacher says in class. |
G. This will help you understand the next class. |
【题目】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 ___【5】____. |
When the number of girls _【4】____. | 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. |