2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解专项特训5.doc

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1、2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解专项特训（5）五、BoysdoworseinEnglishwhentherearegirlsintheirclass，researcherswillsaytoday，contradictingthewidelyheldbeliefthatgirlsarealwaysagoodinfluenceonboysinschool.Boysdobestwith"asfewgirlsaspossible"inEnglishlessonsatprimaryandsecondarysc

2、hool,StevenProudfromBristolUniversityhasfound.Butwhenitestomathsandscience,bothboysandgirlsatprimaryschoolachieveuptoatenthofagrademorewhenthereisahighproportionofgirlsintheclass,Proudfound.Proudtrackedboys'andgirls'testresultsattheagesof7,11,14and16in160

3、00schoolsinEnglandbetweenxxandxxforhisPh.D,Heanalysedthetestscorestoseewhethertheproportionofgirlsinayeargroupmadeadifferencetotheresultsofbothgendersinmath，scienceandEnglish.Proudlookedattheschoolsthatwereintheirhighorlowproportionofgirls.Boysconsistentl

4、yperformuptoatenthofagradeworsewhentheystudyEnglishwithhighnumbersofgirlsasopposedtofewornogirls，Proudfound.ThemoregirlsthereareinanEnglishclass，theworseboysperform.Thisisparticularlythecaseinprimaryschools，hediscovered.Proudwillarguethathisresultsshowboy

5、sshouldbetaughtEnglishinsingle-sexclasses.Girls，whooutperformboysinEnglishateverystageatschool,areunaffectedbythenumberofboysintheirEnglishclasses.Girlsalsodobetterwhentherearesomeboyswhoreceivefreeschoolmealsintheirclass，Proudfound.Hesaid,"Theresultsimpl

6、ythatboyswouldbenefitatallagesfrombeingtaughtEnglishwithassmallaproportianofgirlsaspossible,Inmathsandscience，theresultstendtoimplythatbothboysandgirlsbenefitfromhavingmoregirlsintheclassroomAmixofthegendersinbothscienceandmathsisthebestchoice.”Proudsaidb

7、oysmaydoworseinEnglishwhenthereisahighproportionofgirlsintheirclassbecausetheyrealizethatthegirlsarebetterthanthem.Itcouldalsobethatteachersuseteachingstylesmoreappropriatetogirlswhentherearemoregirlsthanboysintheclass.Bothgendersperformbetterinmathsandsc

8、ienceatprimaryschoolwhentherearemoregirlsintheclassbecauseboystendtodisrupttheclassmore，hesaid.ProfessorAlanSmithersfromtheUniversityofBuckinghamsaidgirlsstartedschoolwithslightlybetterverbalskills，whileboysstartedw