Question

In the Harry Potter films, Hermione Granger is better than her male friends and is considered the brightest pupil in her grade. Isn’t it often the same in schools of our real world? A great many boys fall behind their female classmates.

“It’s surprising but true that most of the top students have been girls since primary school. Girls are class leaders, club presidents and the top ones in exams,” said Wang Feixuan, 15, who studies at a Chengdu school. By any measure, Wang herself is a high-achiever. She is a top student, a team leader in her school’s sports club and a winner in national English and IT competitions.

But why do so many girls outperform their male peers（同辈）?

In Sun Yunxiao’s latest book Save Our Boys, he points out that the education system is “more suited to girls, who are good at memorizing and like to sit quietly and read.” Yet he also says that girls have to do so much more when they compete with males for honors, top universities and later good jobs. They can feel great pressure（压力）nearly every day.

This seems to be the same in most countries in the world. Young women in the United States are also reported to feel the same pressure to be perfect.

“Let’s look at what we ask of our teenage girls,” says an American professor Stephen Hinshaw in an interview.

He thinks that it’s no longer enough that a girl does well in school and is a caring friend. On the TV, on the Internet, and everywhere, girls see images of impossible perfection（完美）.

Today’s young women must be good learners, good athletes, and fill their after-school lives with other activities. But they’re also asked to have the styles and looks of popular stars. “Be pretty, sweet and nice. Be athletic, competitive and get straight. Be impossibly perfect.” Stephen Hinshaw sums up.

1.The passage suggests that________.

A. our society asks far too much of teenage girls

B. teenage girls shouldn’t be so perfect at school

C. boys are always lazy ones rather than girls

D. American girls have less pressure than Chinese girls

2.According to the passage, it is true that .

A. boys are less smart than girls throughout school life

B. boys usually don’t have so much pressure as girls do

C. girls are all fond of the Chinese education system

D. girls are better at school because boys don’t work hard

3.The underlined word outperform means_________.

A. mistake B. misunderstand C. ignore D. defeat

4.What’s the best title for the passage_________?

A. Impossibly Perfect Is Possible. B. Why Are Girls So Perfect?

C. Perfect? Pressure Every Day! D. Perfect: Boys or Girls?

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：在当代社会，一种普遍的现象是，无论在学校还是社会上，越来越多的女性表现出了比男性更优秀的成绩。然而，女性在获得成绩的同时，不得不面对巨大的生活和社会压力。

1.They can feel great pressure（压力）nearly every day. ...Young women in the United States are also reported to feel the same pressure to be perfect. ...Let’s look at what we ask of our teenage girls ...girls see images of impossible perfection”可知，当代社会对女性的要求有点苛刻，她们面临很大的压力，故选A。

2.Yet he also says that girls have to do so much more when they compete with males for honors, top universities and later good jobs.”可知，女性通常要比男性付出更多的努力，故选B。

3.A great many boys fall behind their female classmates.”和第二段“most of the top students have been girls since primary school ...Girls are class leaders, club presidents and the top ones in exams”可知，越来越多女生在学习上超过男生，表现出了比男生更优异的才华，男生被女生打败了，故选D。

4.A great many boys fall behind their female classmates. ...Girls are class leaders, club presidents and the top ones in exams ...They can feel great pressure（压力）nearly every day. ...girls see images of impossible perfection”可知，现在，女性比男性表现出了更优秀的能力，同时，女性面临的压力也很大，故选C。

考点：社会类短文阅读