This is backed up by research in the UK that says girls are out­performing boys at the age of five.So what is the answer？Should girls and boys be educated separately？Or do exams and school curricula need to be changed to better reflect boys’ skills？These are the questions facing educators in many countries.

　　【文章大意】　本文是一篇说明文。研究表明，在学校里，女孩的考试成绩要比男孩好，本文针对这个现象进行了分析。

　　1．What can we learn from the first paragraph?

　　A．Girls outperform boys in exams in most cases.

　　B．Boys do better in school in poorer areas.

　　C．Girls do better if they are socially equal to boys.

　　D．Boys are not working hard enough in exams.

　　解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第一、二句“Around the world，girls do better than boys at school.These are the findings of a recent study that looked at the test results of...”可知，在大多数情况下，在学校里，女孩的考试成绩比男孩好。故选A。

　　2．According to Ian Toone，what might account for the phenomenon?

　　A．Different characters and personalities.

　　B．Different attitudes to learning.

　　C．Different ways of raising children.

　　D．Different methods in exams.

　　解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“According to education expert Ian Toone，this is down to the way girls and boys are brought up.”可知，Ian Toone认为女孩考试成绩比男孩好是因为男孩和女孩被培养的方式不同。故选C。

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