Imagine being asked to spend 12 or so years of your life in a society which consisted
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中Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children's heads full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.
A coeducational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other and to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and in many of the extra-curricular activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is (to give just a small example) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense coeducation makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girls or vice versa! When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered. In a coeducational school, everything falls into its proper place.
But perhaps the greatest contribution of coeducation is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don5t grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures airy goddesses, more like fairy tale book illustrations, than human beings. Girls don^ grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel illusions of this kind. There are no goddesses with freckles, pigtails, piercing voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobby knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can more easily be overcome in a coeducational environment. Segregated schools sometimes provide the right conditions for sexual deviation. This is hardly possible under a coeducational system. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school,they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.
单选题第1题We can learn from the first paragraph that______.
A.many children prefer to study in segregated schools
B.it is abnormal to go to a coeducational school
C.the author is against segregated schools
D.parents like segregated schools
参考答案：C
答案解析：作者态度。第一段 “a society which consisted only of members of your own sex;
so many parents in the world choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their children”
有两个关键提示，首先说明单一性别社会不是人们乐见的，然后话锋一转，很多家长
强迫子女忍受这样的条件，而该条件是“畸形的（abnormal） ”，因此作者态度很清
楚，反对单一性别学校。
单选题第2题The tone of the author is______.
A.straightforward
B.mild
C.indifferent
D.pessimistic
参考答案：A
答案解析：写作风格。第81题的线索清楚表明，作者写作是直言不讳的，因此A是正确选项。
单选题第3题According to the text, one major goal of education is to______.
A.let students acquire knowledge
B.equip future citizens with technology
C.equip a future citizen with what is required in getting a position in society
D.let students score academic achievements
参考答案：C
答案解析：细节识别。第二段 “One of the chief aims of education is to equip future citizens with
all they require to take their place in adult society ” 清楚说明了教育的主要目标，本句 all
they require 对应选项 C 的 what is required; take their place 对应 getting a position，因此
可以准确判断正确选项为C。
单选题第4题Students from a segregated school may find it______to enter society.
A.interesting
B.shocking
C.easy
D.acceptable
参考答案：B
答案解析：逻辑推理。根据第二段最后一句 “Anyone entering adult society after years of
segregation can only be in for a shock”可知，既然一般隔离造成的结果是任何人进入社
会后都会受到冲击（shock），那么隔离学校毕业的学生当然也不会例外。
单选题第5题What can coeducation provide to children?
A.Skills about getting on well with each other.
B.A true model of the real society.
C.Areal life.
D.A true picture of social conditions.
参考答案：B
答案解析：细节识别。根据第三段第一句 “ A coeducational school offers children nothing less
than a true version of society in miniature”可知，男女合校给孩子们提供的恰恰是真正社
会的缩影。本句的version与选项B的model是近义词，故选B。
单选题第6题Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of coeducation?
A.Learning from each other.
B.Acquiring a better understanding of each other.
C.Playing due roles in performance.
D.Teaching each other academically.
参考答案：D
答案解析：错误排除。题干的关键词是benefit of coeducation，所以需要从原文找到相应表
述。第三段第二句 “Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other and
to learn to live together ... the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls”
开始讲述男女合校的好处，只有选项D没有提到，故可以排除。
单选题第7题The word "rivalry" underlined in Paragraph 3 means______
A.friendliness
B.hatred
C.partnership
D.competition
参考答案：D
答案解析：词义界定。假设rivalry对部分读者是生词，本题也有两种方法界定词义。第一
种根据构词，rivalry=rival+ry构成，rival更常见，其意为是“竞争，对手”，加上后
缀-ry变成了名词“竞争”，与选项D契合。第二种方法是根据语境猜词。根据“What
nonsense coeducation makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girls or vice versa!
When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between
the sexes is fostered”可知，有观点认为男孩子比女孩子聪明，或女孩子比男孩子聪
明，所以不宜合校，这完全是胡说八道。当男女分校后，孩子们觉得彼此非我族类，
从而滋生了性别间的竞争。这样看来，至少不是友好合作关系，即排除了选项A和
C;但也不至于造成性别仇恨（选项B）,于是大致猜得其意为D。
单选题第8题Why do boys and girls in coeducational schools have no illusions about each other?
A.They live together and know each other well.
B.Years of living together at school dismiss such illusions.
C.Coeducation encourages them to show a healthy attitude toward life.
D.They are familiar with each other's weaknesses.
参考答案：B
答案解析：细节识别。根据最后一段 “Years of living together at school dispel illusions of this
kind”可知，是在学校一起生活多年消除了这种错觉，故选B。
单选题第9题The word "unkempt"underlined in the last paragraph refers to______hair.
A.long
B.dirty
C.untidy
D.greasy
参考答案：C
答案解析：词义界定。同样有两种办法得知词义。第一种依然是构词规律：unkempt=un+kempt，kempt本义为“梳理过的，整洁的”，加上否定意义的前缀
un-,意为“乱蓬蓬的，不整洁的”。第二种还是需要依赖语境推导。根据“There are
no romantic heroes with knobby knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair” 可知，一般人想
象中，男生的头发可能是脏兮兮的（选项B），可能是不整洁的（选项C）,甚至是
油腻腻的（选项D）。但是本句重要的语义限定为romantic heroes,既然是浪漫英雄，
自然不宜肮脏油腻，故可以确定答案为C。
单选题第10题It can be inferred from the passage that______.
A.only coeducation can bring harmony to society
B.people begin to realize the importance of coeducation
C.coeducation is superior to segregated education
D.coeducation has many features
参考答案：C
答案解析：语义推理。这类题可通过总结和推导（infer）各段内容得知答案。第一、二段重
点强调男女分校的不合理原因和不利结果；第三、四段侧重男女合校的各种好处，中
间还穿插了分校、合校的利弊得失。由此判断，本文作者认为男女合校优于分校，即
选项C。
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