But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the studys author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

　　Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with specifically boy-focused approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given hands-on lessons where they are allowed to walk around. Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine and prefer the modern genre in which violence and sexism are major themes, James wrote.

　　Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to conform to a stereotype that men should be masterful and in charge in relationships. In mixed schools, boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, the study reported.

　　57. The author believes that a single-sex school would _____________________.

　　A force boys to hide their emotions to be real man

　　B help to cultivate masculine aggressiveness in boys

　　C encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

　　D naturally reinforce in boys that traditional image of a man

　　58. It is commonly believed that in a mixed schools boys ____________________.

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