[填空题]Some twenty years ago, the performance of girls and boys in class was compared. Boys (36) better in exams, so various (37) were introduced to improve the performance of girls, including having (38) sex girl-only classes. Now, the situation is (39) , with girls consistently out-performing boys.
So, what has gone wrong with boys, and what can be done about it John Dunsford, leader of the association of head teachers of (40) schools, says that that the academic (41) of boys is a problem which has its (42) in society rather than the classroom. Girls, ,more than boys; see education .as a passport to a good job. On the other hand, according to Penny Lewis, a head teacher, young men lack (43) , which they hide with a show of bravado (虚张声势). They’re uncertain about their place in society. Some boys grow up in families where there is no male role model to follow.
Moreover, boys may lear

[填空题]Some twenty years ago, the performance of girls and boys in class was compared. Boys (36) better in exams, so various (37) were introduced to improve the performance of girls, including having (38) sex girl-only classes. Now, the situation is (39) , with girls consistently out-performing boys.
So, what has gone wrong with boys, and what can be done about it John Dunsford, leader of the association of head teachers of (40) schools, says that that the academic (41) of boys is a problem which has its (42) in society rather than the classroom. Girls, ,more than boys; see education .as a passport to a good job. On the other hand, according to Penny Lewis, a head teacher, young men lack (43) , which they hide with a show of bravado (虚张声势). They’re uncertain about their place in society. Some boys grow up in families where there is no male role model to follow.
Moreover, boys may lear

[单项选择]Passage One
Just 30 years ago some 700 million people lived in cities. Today the number stands at 1,800 million, and by the end of the century it will be up to 3,000 million-more than half the world’s estimated population. By the year 2000 an estimated 650 million people will crowd into 60 cities of five million or more-three quarters of them in the developing world. Only a single First World city-metropolitan Tokyo, which will have 24 million people-is expected to be among the global top five; London, ranked second in 1950 with ten million people, will not even make 2000’s top 25. In places where rates of natural population increase exceed three percent annually-meaning much of the Third World-that alone is enough to double a city’s population within 20 years. But equally powerful are the streams of hopeful migrants from the countryside.
What faces and confuses urban planners is the huge scale of these trends. There have never been cities of 30 million p
A. the biggest cities will still be in First World countries
B. its development speed will be greater than that of London
C. most of the biggest cities will be in the Third World countries
D. Japanese will keep control of the growth of big cities such as Tokyo

[单项选择]Just 30 years ago some 700 million people lived in cities. Today the number (1) at 1,800 million, and by the end of the century it will be up to 3,000 million—more than half the world’s (2) population. By the year 2000, it is said 650 million people will (3) into 60 cities of five million or more—three quarters of them in the (4) world. Only a single First World city—metropolitan Tokyo, which will have 24 million people—is (5) to be among the global top five; London, (6) second in 1950 with ten million people, will not (7) make 2000’s top 25. In places (8) rates of natural population increase (9) three percent annually—meaning much of the Third World—that (10) is enough to double a city’s population within 20 years. But (11) powerful are the streams of hopeful (12) from the countryside.
What faces and confuses urban planners is the huge scale of these (13) . Ther
A. particularly
B. commonly
C. obviously
D. specially