【正文】 encouraged to do so.” The explanation for the difference， which is very clear during the teenage years， goes as far back as early childhood experiences． From their first days in nursery school， girls are not encouraged to work on their own or to plete tasks， although boys are． For example， boys and not girls， are often asked to‘ help’ with repair work． This encouragement leads to a way of learning how to solve problems later on in life ． Evidence shows that exceptional mathematicians and scientists did not have teachers who supplied answers； they had to find out for themselves． A further report on maths teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than to girls． Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their male students to do better at mathematics and science subjects than their female students． All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects， gives them confidence and makes them believe that they can succeed． Interestingly， both boys and girls tend to regard such‘ male’ subjects like mathematics and science as difficult． Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid mathematics courses， not because they are difficult， but for social reasons． Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects， and therefore， as girls bee teenagers，they are less likely to take them up ． Girls do not seem to want to be in open petition with boys ． Neither do they want to do better than boys because they are afraid to appear less female and so， less attractive． 56． The word“ territory in the second paragraph most probably means“ _____”． A. interest B． area of land C． special field D． district 57． According to scientific studies， _________． A. maths is not fit for girls to learn B． boys have a special sense of maths C． girls are poorer at maths because they are the weaker sex D． girls can learn maths as well as boys if given enough encouragement 58． Those who made extraordinary contribution in mathematics and science_____． A. usually had good teachers to help them B． had the abilities to solve problems by themselves C. usually worked harder than others D． were encouraged to repair things when young 59． What would be the best title for the text? A. Who’ s Afraid of Maths Anyway? B． Are Boys Cleverer than Girls? C. Boys Are Better at Maths than Girls by Birth D． MathsA Difficult Subject B ANXIOUS parents in the areas around Washington， us， acpanied their children to school， or kept them at home， after a middleschool student became victim No ． 8， in a series of shootings in the shootings started on October 2． The 13yearold youth， an eighthgrader， was struck in the chest by a highpowered bullet on October7． He was hit as he was being dropped off in front of his school by his aunt on October 7． “ I can’ t stop going to work， the children can’ t stop going to school，” said Henry Ollie，48． He led his 12yearold son， Charles， to the front door of the school， where the latest shooting Happened. Ordinarily， Charles takes the bus． Some buses arrived at schools carrying fewer students than usual ． And schools where parents usually line up their cars to drop off youngsters had no traffic problems because so many parents had kept their children at home ． The middle school boy is still in bad condition after having about two and a half hours of operation on the night of the shooting ． He is the youngest of the nine victims， including one was shot dead on October 9． All the victims， seven dead and two wounded， were in public place doing ordinary things． They were working at grass， filling a gas tank or walking into a supermarket． All of our victims have been defenseless， but to kill children is one step too far． Our children don39。 the B． 不填；不填 C. the。s attitude toward smoking? A. Favorable． B． Disapproval． C． Neutral． 16． What’ s the man39。 6． Which team does the man think will win the game? A． Brazil． B． Germany． C. Europe. 7． What can we learn from the conversation? A． Ronaldinho is the best player in the world． B． Brazil is the best team in Europe． C． The speakers didn’ t e to an agreement． txjy 聽第 7 段材料，回答第 8~10 題。 1． What do we know about the man? A． He can’ t reach there on time． B． He will try his best to reach there． C． He cannot promise the woman to go there． 2． What will these people do in a month? A． Go to college． B． Begin a new term in a middle school． C． Find a job． 3． How much does the woman pay for the sweater? A． ＄ 96． B． ＄ 48． C． ＄ 69． 4． What are they talking about? A． Travelling． B． Making money ． C． Cashing checks． 5． What was the weather like before the conversation? A． Cold． B． Warm． C． Hot． txjy 第 二節(jié)（共 15小題；每小題 ，滿分 ） 聽下面 5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。湖北黃岡十一月英語(yǔ)檢測(cè)題 本試卷分第 I 卷和第 II 卷兩部分，共 150 分，考試時(shí)間 120 分鐘 第 I 卷（三部分，共 115 分） 第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30分） 第一節(jié)（共 5小題；每小題 ，滿分 ） 聽下面 5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。 txjy 聽第 6段材料，回答第 6~7題。 14． What’ s the topic of the conversation? A. About smoking． B． About rights． C． About health． 15． What’ s the woman39。 21． I’ d_____ his reputation with other farmers and business people in the munity， and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan． A. take into account B． account for C. make up for D． figure out 22． The driver was at_________loss when______word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding． A. a。s uniform and， two years later, the ribbons（絲帶） in her hair were 46 by flowers. This style was then 47 by millions of Japanese school