河北省武邑中学2015-2016学年高二上学期英语寒假作业7 含答案_1.docVIP

第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共1 5小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A Around the world, girls do better than boys at school. These are the findings of a recent study that looked at the test results of l.5 million 15-year-olds in 74 regions across the globe．The level of gender equality in those regions made no difference to the results．Other factors, such as the income level of the region also had little impact on the findings．1n only three regions - Colombia, Costa Rica and the Indian state Hunches Pradesh．- was the trend reversed with boys doing better． So what are the causes of girls stronger performance? In the UK, girls outperform boys m exams that are taken at the age of 1 5 or 16, called Gases．According to education expert Ian Tone, this is down to the way girls and boys are brought up．Boys are encouraged to be more active from an early gap, wile the restless movements of’ baby geris are pacified… Therefore, girls develop the skill of sitting still for longer periods of time, which is user for academic pursuits like studying for GCSEs． He goes on to say that boys often cluster together in larger groups than girls．Because of this they are more likely to be influenced by per pressure and develop a gang mentality．He says that GCSEs require a lot of solo work and are not viewed as cool’ ill a baldish culture． This is backed up by research in the UK that says girls are out-performing boys at the age of five．So what is the answer: I Should girls and boys be educated separately? Or do exams and school! curricula need to be changed to better reflect boys’ skills? These are the questions facing educators many countries. 2l．What can we learn from the first paragraph? A．Girls outperform boys in exams in most cases． B．Boys do better in scallop in poorer areas． C．Girls do better if they are social-lee equal to boys D．Boys are not working hay’s enough exams, 22．Accordion．g to Ian Tone, vat might account for the phenomenon? A．Different characters and personalities．