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Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom.But a public high school in the small, rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program called the Academy.Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single?sex classes for math, science, English and social studies.
The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart.What they really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve there, so that they"re prepared for college.
Students are invited to enter this program after they finish middle school, and placement in the Academy is voluntary.However, they need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations.They also need to be involved in activities.
Almost 350 students have taken part in the Academy.It began as an experiment in 2010.
Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High for twenty years and directs the Academy.His ninth?grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting.He says that the novels the students are reading now are very manly (男子气概的) novels.These novels deal with the arrogance (傲慢) of man and the pride of man which finally leads to man"s downfall.
One of those books, for example, is The Call of the Wild by Jack London.This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada"s Klondike Gold Rush.
Morgan Fleet, a senior at Boonsboro High, likes being in the Academy.She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom.She believes this difference seems to prevent her from developing herself because she"s more focused on thoughts like “Oh, I wish they would shut up.Oh, what do they think of me？” instead of focusing on “What"s the homework? What"s going on in this class? What"s the lesson？”．
There is one activity that girls and boys in the Academy do together.At the end of the day, many of them stay and help tutor students who are having trouble in school.
( )36.What is the purpose of the Academy program?
A．To offer a special program in high school.
B．To help students concentrate on study.
C．To strengthen sex education for teenagers.
D．To start learning college courses earlier.
( )37.To enter the Academy program, students are NOT required to ________.
A．do well in their study
B．be recommended by teachers
C．take part in some activities
D．have worked as volunteers
( )38.The Call of the Wild is given as an example to show that male students ________.
A．should learn more about literature
B．should have a sense of protecting the wildlife
C．are reading more manly novels
D．are interested in stories on animals
( )39.Which is likely to be Morgan Fleet"s opinion?
A．A girl cares about the boys" opinions of her.
B．Single?sex classes should be stopped.
C．Girls are more focused when studying with boys.
D．Boys and girls act the same in separate classrooms.
( )40.The passage is intended to ________.
A．introduce the single?sex class project
B．explain the differences between boys and girls
C．persuade students to enter the Academy program
D．urge students to work hard in their study
本文对马里兰一所高中男女生分班上课的情况进行了描述。
36．B 细节理解题。由第二段“The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart.”可知。
37．D 细节理解题。由文章第三段可知D项不是参加该项目的要求。
38．C 细节理解题。由文章第五段“He says that the novels the students are reading now are very manly novels.These novels deal with the arrogance of man and the pride of man which finally leads to man"s downfall.”可知选C。
39．A 细节理解题。由倒数第二段“Oh, I wish they would shut up.Oh, what do they think of me？”可知女生更关注男生对自己的看法。
40．A 主旨大意题。由第一段第二句及下文对这一项目的描写可知。
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