2.In spite of sex discrimination of keeping women down,new research finds another aspect of women's characters:girls are more likely to talk about school successes than boys.
    Researchers from Hanover College and the University of Louisville came to this conclusion.After all,girls are usually taught to be modest,instead of bragging.
    Basically,girls share more because they believe that success in school is good and that they'll be socially rewarded for it.Girls think that talking about their academic successes will build friendships.Boys seem to share less,because on average,they think it's uncool to be good at school,and would prefer to become the class clown or something even if they really are smart.Because the trend starts as early as mid-childhood,there's a long time for these differences to affect motivation and actual school performance.
This trend continues all the way through college.Girls tend to be better at self-regulation than boys,which allows them to set academic goals,and achieve them.Girls find academic environments easier to control while boys'higher energy levels and impulsiveness(易沖動)cause behavioral problems possibly contributing to the lower grades.
    Some aspects of the gender schooling gap are troubling.Especially as success depends more on educational attainment and qualifications and less on physical strength,boys who can't or won't do schoolwork put themselves at a disadvantage for life.On the other hand,there are new problems for adult females,though,and normal pride in girls turns into arrogance(傲慢)and bossy behavior in adult women.If women seem less proud of their accomplishments than they were as girls,it might just be a reasonable response to standards in the workplace.Women get worse performance reviews than men,like that you're"bossy"if you're over confident etc.
    I would suggest that you channel your inner schoolgirl.In the workplace you can't stop obvious sex discrimination on your own,but you can learn to be proud of your accomplishments in a mature way.Whether others respond properly to that or not,you'll feel better about yourself at the end of the day.

51.What does the underlined word"bragging"in the first paragraph refer to?A
A.Talking too proudly     
B.Speaking highly of
C.Paying more attention     
D.Expressing dishonestly
52.What can we know about girls?B
A.Girls don't like mentioning their academic success.
B.Girls consider their success beneficial to their friendship.
C.Girls would like to act like a clown in class to be really cool.
D.Girls find it much harder to control themselves than boys.
53.What can we learn from Paragraph 5?C
A.Male's success has no relation to their educational background.
B.Male's success relies on physical strength and less on education.
C.Females'normal pride maybe has a bad effect on themselves.
D.Females'pride easily makes them get better performance reviews.
54.What is the author's suggestion to adult females?B
A.Listen to what other schoolgirls around them are saying.
B.Keep a normal attitude to their achievements in work.
C.Be proud of their achievements as they were young.
D.Try to feel better about themselves at any place.
55.What is the main idea of the passage?D
A.Sex discrimination is not good for women.
B.Educational attainment is not to boys'advantage.
C.Boys like to act as a class clown leading to bad grades.
D.Girls pay more attention to academic successes than boys.

分析 本文為社會文化類說明文,主要講述了了女孩子無論在學(xué)校還是在工作上都比男孩子更容易談?wù)摮删停?/p>

解答 ABCBD
51.A  猜測詞意題.根據(jù)第一段girls are more likely to talk about school successes than boys.可知,女孩子比男孩子更有可能談?wù)搶W(xué)校成功的一些事情,故bragging指的是Talking too proudly,故答案為A.
52.B 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題.根據(jù)第二段Girls think that talking about their academic successes will build friendships.可知,女孩子認(rèn)為談?wù)搶W(xué)習(xí)上的成就可以建立友誼,故答案為B.
53.C 主旨大意題.通過第五段內(nèi)容可知,這句話normal pride in girls turns into arrogance(傲慢)and bossy behavior in adult women.可以當(dāng)做主旨句,即女孩子身上的驕傲?xí)兂砂谅,故答案為C.
54.B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題.根據(jù)這句話 would suggest that you channel your inner schoolgirl得知,作者建議成年女性要有正確的心態(tài),故答案為B.
55.D 主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段以及最后一段的介紹可知,主要講述了女孩子無論在學(xué)校還是在工作上都比男孩子更容易談?wù)摮删,故答案為D.

點評 閱讀這類文章時,也應(yīng)該在整體把握文章結(jié)構(gòu)的前提下,主要注意細(xì)節(jié)信息.細(xì)節(jié)題題干都是相應(yīng)原文的變形(如同義改寫、詞性轉(zhuǎn)換等),因此要找到答案一定要找到題干在原文中的出處,再把原文和選項相比較.做題時,根據(jù)所提問題用尋讀、跳讀的方法可達(dá)到事半功倍的效果.

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