Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Recently, educators and parents become concerned about the poor performance of boys in school. The so-called “boy crisis” in education refers 【1】 both their academic performance and their behavior. In both areas boys’ results are much 【2】(bad) than girls’.

USA data shows that boys rank behind girls in almost all areas of schooling. They earn lower 【3】 (grade) overall in primary school and high school. They are behind girls in reading and writing, and 30 percent of them are in bottom quarter of standardized tests, 【4】(compare) with 19 percent of girls.

Although the causes of the “boy crisis” are not 【5】(full) understood, some experts believed that the same-sex classrooms and schools may help solve the problem. The idea is【6】(remove) some of the distractions(分心) caused by the opposite sex, in order to improve students’ concentration and hopefully their grades. The first Chinese school to experiment with this idea 【7】(be) Shanghai No.8 Middle School, 【8】began “boys-only” classes in September, 2012. Although it is too early to tell if the reform has made 【9】difference, its supporters argue that the results are 【10】 (promise).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to

【2】worse

【3】grades

【4】compared

【5】fully

【6】to remove

【7】is

【8】which

【9】a

【10】promising

【解析】

文章讲述了学校里出现的男孩危机现象，分析了其出现的原因，并举出了一些解决办法。

【1】考查动词短语。表示“涉及，指的是”是refer to，此处指所谓的教育上的男孩危机涉及到学习成绩和行为举止两方面。故填to.

【2】考查形容词比较级。根据句中than girls’可知含比较的意思，用比较级。且由much修饰表程度，故填worse.

【3】考查名词。根据主语They是复数可知此处的名词也用复数，指分数。故填grades.

【4】考查过去分词。句中主语they和动词compare是被动关系，用过去分词表被动。故填compared.

【5】考查副词。此处修饰动词understood用副词，指充分地理解。故填fully.

【6】考查动词不定式。此处指这个主意就是消除由异性造成的分心，表目的用动词不定式。故填to remove.

【7】考查主谓一致。句中主语The first Chinese school是单数，谓语动词与之一致也用单数。故填is.

【8】考查定语从句。句中包含非限制性定语从句，先行词是Shanghai No.8 Middle School指物，在定语从句中做主语，用关系代词which引导。故填which.

【9】考查冠词。句意：虽然现在说改革是否起到了作用还为时过早。表示“起作用，有影响”是make a difference，是固定短语。故填a.

【10】考查形容词。此处指这种结果是有希望的，用形容词作表语。故填promising.