听力真题

Test 5
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. 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 learn in a different way to girls, (44) _________________________________________________ . And education is not seen as "cool" .
As one contributor to a BBC website put it, "Girls achieve more at school (45) ________________________________________________________________ ."
This is not just a problem in Britain. In a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO, girls out-performed boys at reading at the age of 15 in all 45 countries. The UK ranks ninth out of the 45 countries for reading (46) __________________________________________________________ . Interestingly, the study suggested that British children read for pleasure more often than those in other countries.

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答案解析：
36. scored
解析：此处需填入动词作谓语。单词词尾的/d/音容易漏听，根据so引导的并列句中的谓语were introduced，可知此处也需要过去时态。score作动词时，表示“得分”。
37. measures
解析：此处需填入句子的主语成分，various表明该词为名词复数。measures表示“方法，措施”。
38. single
解析：此空需要填入修饰sex的形容词，与sex和girl-only一起修饰classes。single sex指“单一性别”。
39. reversed
解析：此空需要一个与is一起构成句子谓语的单词，可能是形容词或动词分词。reverse意为“相反”。
40. secondary
解析：此处需要填入形容词，修饰schools。secondary schools意为“中学”。
41. failure
解析：空格前的academic和空格后的of表明此处需要名词。academic failure指“学业未通过”。
42. roots
解析：空格前的has its表明此处需要填入名词。roots指“根”。
43. confidence
解析：空格前的谓语动词lack表明此处需要填入名词，作宾语。confidence意为“信心”。
44. 标准答案：preferring small amounts of work with immediate deadlines rather than large projects stretching into the distance
听音关键：preferring，small amounts，work，deadlines，rather than，large projects，stretching，distance
答案重构：preferring small amounts of work with immediate deadlines rather than long-term large projects
画龙点睛：本句是比较句，将短时间可完成的工作和长时间完成的工作作比较。stretching into the distance可以用long-term替换。
45. 标准答案：because they are watching the future while the boys are watching the girls
听音关键：because，they，watching，future，boys，watching，girls
画龙点睛：本句不建议重构。要求填写的句子比较简单，考生听写时只要能抓住关键词，只要能用自己能够识别的标识速记关键词，本题就没有什么难度。
46. 标准答案：despite the fact that pupils in the UK spend less time reading than in most other countries
听音关键：despite，pupils，UK，spend，less time，than，other countries
答案重构：although/though pupils in the UK spend less time reading than in most other countries
画龙点睛：本句的结构是：介词despite“尽管”后为名词成分the fact that...，其中that之后的内容为the fact的同位语从句。因此本句本以用连词although或though来改写。