2011年12月大学英语四级真题及答案2011年12月大学英语四级真题及答案(仔细阅读部分).docVIP

2011年12月大学英语四级真题及答案（仔细阅读部分） 　　仔细阅读： 　　Passage One： 　　Absence of girls removes pressure to conform to masculine stereotype， claims US researcher 　　美国研究者认为，男女分校有利于帮男生消除男性形象的压力 　　Rachel Williams The Guardian， Wednesday 20 January 2010 　　Boys schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and are more likely to get involved in activities such as art， dance and music， according to research released today． 　　据今日发布的研究表示，男校是教育年轻男性表达情感最佳的地点，也更有可能让他们进行艺术、跳舞和音乐等活动。 　　Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity in which students either sink or swim， the absence of girlsgives boys the chance to develop without pressure toconform to a stereotype， the US study says． 　　这项美国研究说明，与传统文化形象强调的凡事靠自己、进取向上的男性特征不同，学校里没有女生，给了男生在没有典型形象压力下自主发展的机会。 　　Boys at single sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness， rather than feeling they had to conform to the boy code of hiding their emotions to be a real man． 　　在男校里，男生们可以有更多的机会参与文化和艺术活动，帮助他们发展情感表现力。他们不用强迫自己遵守“男生代码”，隐藏内心的感情表现得像个“真正的男人”。 　　The report， presented at a conference of the International Boys Schools Coalition in London attended by the heads of private and state schools， goes against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls． 　　该研究报告发表于在伦敦举行的国际男校联盟会议上，众多私立学校和公立学校的主管领导与会。报告驳斥了认为男生跟女生一起能学得更好的传统常识。 　　The headmaster of Eton， Tony Little， warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls． He criticised teachers for failing to recognise that boys are actually more emotional than girls， despite the fact that girls turn on the waterworks． 　　伊顿公学的校长Tony Little警告说，现在的英国教育体系太过关注女生，可能会造成男生的教育失败。他批评教师们没有意识到，虽然女生很容易哭泣，但男生其实比女生情感更丰富。 　　The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become demoralised when their female counterparts do better earlier in verbal skills and reading， because the l