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1、2022年高考英語 閱讀理解專項特訓(xùn)（5）五、Boys do worse in English when there are girls in their class，researchers will say today，contradicting the widely held belief that girls are always a good influence on boys in school. Boys do best with as few girls as possible in English lessons at primary and secondary school,
2、 Steven Proud from Bristol University has found. But when it es to maths and science, both boys and girls at primary school achieve up to a tenth of a grade more when there is a high proportion of girls in the class, Proud found.Proud tracked boys and girls test results at the ages of 7, 11, 14 and
3、16 in 16000 schools in England between xx and xx for his Ph. D, He analysed the test scores to see whether the proportion of girls in a year group made a difference to the results of both genders in math，science and English. Proud looked at the schools that were in their high or low proportion of gi
4、rls. Boys consistently perform up to a tenth of a grade worse when they study English with high numbers of girls as opposed to few or no girls，Proud found. The more girls there are in an English class，the worse boys perform. This is particularly the case in primary schools，he discovered. Proud will
5、argue that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes.Girls，who outperform boys in English at every stage at school, are unaffected by the number of boys in their English classes. Girls also do better when there are some boys who receive free school meals in their class，Pro
6、ud found. He said, The results imply that boys would benefit at all ages from being taught English with as small a proportian of girls as possible, In maths and science，the results tend to imply that both boys and girls benefit from having more girls in the classroom A mix of the genders in both sci
7、ence and maths is the best choice.”Proud said boys may do worse in English when there is a high proportion of girls in their class because they realize that the girls are better than them. It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more appropriate to girls when there are more girls than boy
8、s in the class. Both genders perform better in maths and science at primary school when there are more girls in the class because boys tend to disrupt the class more，he said.Professor Alan Smithers from the University of Buckingham said girls started school with slightly better verbal skills，while b
9、oys started with a slightly greater ability for maths;“Boys might be discouraged by how well girls are doing in English，”he said，“but that still does not explain why they would do better in maths and science with a higher proportion of girls in their class.”1. Its widely believed that A. boys do wor
10、se in English when there are more girls in their class B. there is a higher proportion of girls in schools C. boys do best with“as few girls as possible in English lessons D. girls are always having a good influence on bays in school2. Fraud is likely to believe that_ A. boys should be taught Englis
11、h in single-sex classes B. boys outperform girls in English at every stage C. some bays who receive .free school meals do better in English D. boys perform better in maths and science at primary school when there are mare girls3. In terms of the reason why boysEnglish grades are up to a tenth worse
12、when high numbers of girls are in the class，Alan Smithers explains thatA. girls started school with Slightly better verbal skills B. boys tend to disrupt the class more C. bays started with a slightly greater aptitude for maths D. teachersteaching styles are more appropriate to girls1.D根據(jù)文章第一段第一句Boy
13、s do worse in English when there are girls in their class，researchers will say today，contradicting the widely held belief that girls are always a good influence on boys in school.可知。2. A根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句Proud will argue that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes.可知。3. A根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句Professor Alan Smithers from the University of Buckingham said girls started school with slightly better verbal skills，while boys started with a slightly greater ability for maths.可知。
2022年高考英語 閱讀理解專項特訓(xùn)（5）
