题目

Many people believe that boys and girls should be educated in separate classes because their brains are to learn in different ways. For the past decade parents and teachers have become worried increasingly about boys, who are now routinely outperformed by girls at every level and who show growing levels of self-dissatisfaction and lack of motivation. Dr. Sax, founder of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education in the United States, argues that this gender gap is the result of innately different learning styles of boys and girls, and that most classrooms play to the strength of girls. Boys, for example, do not hear as well as girls. So,a female teacher with a soft voice may believe that a boy who is not paying attention is playing up, when actually he cannot hear her properly. Her reaction may be to discipline him. But Dr. Sax says that she would get better results by speaking louder and moving purposefully around the classroom. Boys'eyes also respond better to movement and direction, while girls'eyes are more affected by color and texture. Asked to draw, five-year- old girls produce flowers, pets and people. Boys will draw a car crash, but may be reproached by teachers for producing something that is“not nice” 2/5 37. What have parents and teachers become more concerned about in the past ten years? A Boys tend not drop out of school as early as girls. B Boys are unable to compete with girls in school. C Boys tend not to be so self-disciplined as girls. D Boys and girls are educated in different classes.

Many people believe that boys and girls should be educated in separate classes because their brains are to learn in different ways. For the past decade parents and teachers have become worried increasingly about boys, who are now routinely outperformed by girls at every level and who show growing levels of self-dissatisfaction and lack of motivation. Dr. Sax, founder of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education in the United States, argues that this gender gap is the result of innately different learning styles of boys and girls, and that most classrooms play to the strength of girls. Boys, for example, do not hear as well as girls. So,a female teacher with a soft voice may believe that a boy who is not paying attention is playing up, when actually he cannot hear her properly. Her reaction may be to discipline him. But Dr. Sax says that she would get better results by speaking louder and moving purposefully around the classroom. Boys'eyes also respond better to movement and direction, while girls'eyes are more affected by color and texture. Asked to draw, five-year- old girls produce flowers, pets and people. Boys will draw a car crash, but may be reproached by teachers for producing something that is“not nice” 2/5 37. What have parents and teachers become more concerned about in the past ten years? A Boys tend not drop out of school as early as girls. B Boys are unable to compete with girls in school. C Boys tend not to be so self-disciplined as girls. D Boys and girls are educated in different classes.

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问题解析

这道题的核心在于理解过去十年中，家长和教师对男孩和女孩在教育方面的担忧。文章提到，男孩在各个教育阶段的表现都落后于女孩，而且男孩表现出越来越多的自我不满和缺乏动力。因此，问题的关键在于找出家长和教师具体担心的是什么。

详细解析

  1. 背景信息：

    • 性别差异：男孩和女孩的大脑学习方式不同。
    • 教育表现：男孩在各个教育阶段的表现都落后于女孩。
    • 心理状态：男孩表现出越来越多的自我不满和缺乏动力。
    • 专家观点：Dr. Sax 认为这种性别差距是由于男孩和女孩有不同的学习方式，而大多数教室的教学方式更有利于女孩。

  2. 选项分析：

    • A. Boys tend not drop out of school as early as girls.
      • 这个选项的意思是“男孩不像女孩那样早辍学”。文章中没有提到男孩和女孩的辍学率，因此这个选项不符合文章内容。
    • B. Boys are unable to compete with girls in school.
      • 这个选项的意思是“男孩无法在学校与女孩竞争”。文章中提到男孩在各个教育阶段的表现都落后于女孩，这与选项B的内容相符。
    • C. Boys tend not to be so self-disciplined as girls.
      • 这个选项的意思是“男孩不像女孩那样自律”。文章中提到男孩表现出越来越多的自我不满和缺乏动力，但没有直接提到自律问题，因此这个选项不完全准确。
    • D. Boys and girls are educated in different classes.
      • 这个选项的意思是“男孩和女孩在不同的班级接受教育”。文章中提到有些人认为男孩和女孩应该在不同的班级接受教育，但没有说家长和教师对此特别担忧，因此这个选项不符合文章内容。

最终答案

根据文章内容，家长和教师在过去十年中越来越担心的是男孩无法在学校与女孩竞争。因此，正确答案是 B. Boys are unable to compete with girls in school.

解析

考查要点：本题考查学生对文章核心信息的提取能力，需要准确理解家长和教师在过去十年中的主要担忧对象及原因。

解题思路：

  1. 锁定关键句：文章首段明确提到“parents and teachers have become worried increasingly about boys”，需结合上下文明确“worried about”的具体内容。
  2. 排除干扰项：需区分“现象”与“原因”，例如文章提到“boys are outperformed by girls”是现象，而选项B直接对应这一现象，而非其他间接表述（如自律问题）。
  3. 选项匹配：通过对比选项与原文的表述一致性，排除与文章内容不直接相关的选项（如辍学率、分班教育等）。

关键信息定位：
文章首段指出，家长和教师对男孩的担忧主要集中在两个方面：

  1. 学业表现：男孩在各个教育阶段被女孩“routinely outperformed”（普遍超越）。
  2. 心理状态：男孩出现“growing levels of self-dissatisfaction and lack of motivation”（日益严重的自我不满和缺乏动力）。

选项分析：

  • A选项：文中未提及男孩和女孩的辍学率对比，属于无关信息。
  • B选项：直接对应“boys are now routinely outperformed by girls at every level”，符合原文核心现象。
  • C选项：文章提到“lack of motivation”，但未明确将此归因于“自律问题”，属于过度推断。
  • D选项：分班教育是文章开头的背景观点，但家长和教师的担忧并非针对分班本身，而是男孩的表现问题。