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findings, which suggests to me that the stereotypes are still there.”The researchers looked at the average test scores of all students, the performance of the most gifted children and the ability to solve plex math problems. They found, in every category, that girls did as well as boys. Janet Hyde, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who led the study, said the stereotypes about girls and math, had taken a toll (造成傷害). “The stereotype that boys do better at math is still held widely by teachers and parents,” hyde said. “And teachers and parents guide girls, giving them advice about what courses to take, what careers to pursue. I still hear anecdotes about guidance counselors (顧問)steering (指導(dǎo))girls away from engineering, telling them they won’t be able to do the math.”The study also analyzed the gender gap on the math section of the SAT. Since more girls than boys go to college, about 100, 000 more girls than boys take the test, including lowerachieving girls who bring down the girls’ average score.1. What might be the reason to carry out the study? A. To put Harvard University to shame for its president’s prejudice against girls. B. To find out if there’s any gender gap in science. C. To help girls to earn equal social status as boys. D. To enroll more girls in advanced math courses in the university. 2. Which statement about people’s opinions of girls is NOT true? A. People still find it hard to believe average girls perform in math as well as boys. B. Highly educated people are more likely to accept the fact that girls can do well in math. C. Many teachers and parents advise girls to avoid careers like engineering based on their talent. D. Some guidance counselors think careers related with math are not suitable for girls. 3. We can learn from the text EXCEPT ______. A. girls used to perform worse than boys in math because they didn’t take as many advanced math coursesB. the stereotype about girls and math may lead to misguided choice of future careersC. the average lower scores of girls in SAT math test prove that boys do better in mathD. the public doesn’t accept outspoken prejudice against girls’ talent for math despite the stereotype4. The main purpose of writing the passage is to______. A. report the findings of a research into girls’ math abilityB. criticize those who hold the wrong belief that girls cannot do well in mathC. prove that the stereotype that girls do worse in math is wrongD. help girls regain confidence in learning math well 【參考答案】1—BBCA 【由山東省2014模擬改編】 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。s parents.D. They quickly throw children39。t the use of children or the responses from the smoking adults. It es down to something much simpler than that. Why is it that we worry about other people, forgetting to worry about ourselves?1. According to the text, the antismoking ad is ______.A. unusual B. shocking C. influential D. encouraging2. The underlined word unsuspecting (in Para. 2) probably means ______A. uninformed B. unwilling C. unfortunate D. unacceptable3. What are the adults,reactions to the children asking for a light?A. They pay no attention to children39。s helpB. made more plicated designs before 2013C. introduced paper vehicles in 2011D. will make a great variety of detailed paper flakes3. Herrera is fed up with the job sometimes because ______A. he has to design detailed and different pattern