Do you have any strong opinion on co-educational or single-sex schools? A suppor

    Do you have any strongopinion on co-educational or single-sex schools?

    A supporter ofco-educational schools would probably say that schools should be like thesocieties they belong to .In Hong Kong , men and women mix socially on aday-to-day basis .In many fields men are even likely to have female bosses .Itis ,therefore, desirable that boys and girls grow up together ,go to schooltogether ,and prepare themselves for a society that does not value sexualseparation.

    Some would go on to arguefurther that growing up with members of the opposite sex is important forpersonal development .Regular contact （接触）can remove the strangeideas about the opposite-sex and lead to more natural relationships .Single-sexconditions are seen as leading to more extreme opinions, and possibly even asencouraging homosexuality（同性恋）,though there is no proofthat this is the case.

    Those who are againstcoeducation often also fix their attention on the sexual side. Some parentsfear that close contact with members of the opposite sex is dangerous forteenagers. They want their children to be attentive to their studies. Suchparents feel uncomfortable with modern ways and the free mixing of the sexes.

    A stronger argument comesfrom research into school results .Girls grow up earlier than boys ,tend to bemore orderly and are likely to be better at languages .In a mixed class ,boyswho might do well in a single-sex class become discouraged and take on the ruleof troublemaker .Certainly in the UK this situation has greatly alarmed （惊动）the government for it to be encouraging co-educational schools to havesome single-sex classes.　In the UK the best schools are all single-sex, strongly suggesting that co-education is not thebest answer. This may, however, not be as simple as it looks .It may simply bethat the famous old schools that attract the best students happen to besingle-sex ,　rather than that being single-sex makesthem better schools.

1.In the thirdparagraph ,by saying “though there is no proof that this is the case” ,thewriter means that         .

    A．students in single-sexschools will certainly become homosexual

    B．students in co-educationalschools cannot have extreme opinions

    C．students in co-educationalschools are likely to be homosexual

    D．single-sex schoolconditions may or may not have effects on the students.

2.All the following arguments can be foundin the passage EXCEPT that       .

    A．co-education can produce asociety-like situation

    B．co-educational schools maylead to love affairs between boys and girls

    C．co-education will helpdevelop a better understanding about the opposite sex

    D．co-education can make boysperform well in mixed classes

3.Alarmed by the situation ,the UK government encourages        .

    A．co-education

    B．single-sex education

    C．single-sex classes inco-educational schools

    D．co-educational classes insingle-sex schools

4.At the end of the passage the writersuggests that        .

    A．single-sex schools are thebest schools in the UK

    B．being single-sex does notnecessarily make a school better

    C．co-educational schools arebetter for both sexes in personal development

    D．because boys cannotcompete with girls in study ,they go to single-sex schools

试题答案

【答案】

1.Ｄ

【详解】这是句意理解题。从本句的前面一句可知道答案。答案Ａ说得太绝对，不合适。故选Ｄ。

2.D

【详解】这是细节理解题。除了答案Ｄ其余的都能在文中找到。

3.C

【详解】这是细节理解题。从最后一自然段这个话可得出答案。Certainly in the UKthis situation has greatly alarmed （惊动）the government for it to be encouraging co-educational schools tohave some single-sex classes.。

4.Ｂ

【详解】这是细节推理题。文章最后一句话意思是：吸引了最好学生的名校恰好是男子或女子学校，而不是因为它是男子或女子学校使之成为好学校的。从这句可得出作者是意思是Ｂ。

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