【正文】 第一篇：2011年12月英語四級(jí)真題及答案Passage OneBoys39。 schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and are more likely to get involved in activities such as art, dance and music, according to research released from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity in which students either sink or swim, the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype, the US study at single sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had bee too focused on criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they bee discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading in singlesex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys39。 learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to pete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study39。s author, Abigail James, of the University of could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with specifically “boyfocused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “handson” lessons where they are allowed to walk around.“Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine and prefer the modern genre in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to conform to a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships.“In mixed schools, boys feel pelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study author believes that a singlesex school would force boys to hide their emotions to be “real man”B help to cultivate masculine aggressiveness in boysC encourage boys to express their emotions more freelyD naturally reinforce in boys that traditional image of a man is monly believed that in a mixed schools boys perform relatively betterB grow up more healthilyC behave more responsiblyD receive a better education does Tony Little say about the British education system?A It fails more boys than girls academicallyB It focuses more on mixed school educationC It fails to give boys the attention they needD It places more pressure on boys than on girls to Abigail James, one of the advantages of singlesex schools is teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boysB boys can focus on their lessons without being distractedC boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested inD teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit of the following is characteristic of boys according to Abigail James’ report?A They enjoy being in chargeB They conform to stereotypesC They have sharper visionD They are violent and sexistPassage TwoIt39。s an annual we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save say that you only live once and we work hard and what39。s the point if you can39。t go on joy of a recession means no argument next year – we just won39。t money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be many families the recession means more than not booking a YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about 39。s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession – financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to were characterized by intense verbal aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved, and made men, more than women, extremely Stephenson, an occupational psychologist,