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HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) ― Lauren Panos was surprised when she walked into her ninth-grade English class in the fall and saw there were no boys.

Her parents had not told her they had enrolled her in a new all-girls class at Arrowhead High School in Hartland. Panos still isn't sold on the idea.

"All the girls there, they can talk out of turn," the 14-year-old said. "We are bored of tasks and it's really upsetting."

More public school systems are looking at separating boys and girls, whether for certain classes or by total schools, after the federal government opened the door last fall. Supporters say separating students by sex helps them learn better and allows boys and girls to explore subjects they may not otherwise take.

"Boys just make a bigger trouble in the class," Panos' classmate, Alyson Douglas, 15, said “I likes not worrying about boys causing disruptions.”

Presently, nationwide, at least 253 public schools offer single-sex classes and 51 schools are entirely single sex, according to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education. In1995, just three public schools offered single-sex classes.

Critics of same-sex classrooms argue that proven methods of improving education should be carried out instead of one that divides boys and girls.

"Too many schools feel they can carry out a social experiment with students' education with really the weakest of theories," said Emily Martin, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project.

Single-sex schools are an "illusionary(錯覺的) silver bullet," said Lisa Maatz, director of public policy and government relations for the American Association of University Women. They distract(分散) from real problems and do not offer proven solutions such as lower class sizes and enough funding, she said.

"I would suggest that for many of our kids and families, especially in Milwaukee, it's a question of choice," Spence said. "We have a series of choices in Milwaukee and I just think this should be one additional choice."

64. From what Panos said we can learn that ______.

A. Panos thinks that the idea is very good for they can talk freely.

B. Panos doesn’t accept the fact that girls in her class have to finish many tasks.

C. Panos doesn’t like the idea that boys and girls are in separate classes.

D. Panos prefers to study in a class in which there are only boys.

65. The underlined word “disruptions” in the fifth paragraph most probably means ______.

A. trouble   B. danger   C. interest    D. happiness

66. Critics don’t support the idea of single-sex schooling mainly because_______.

    A. boys will cause more trouble and girls will hate studying.

    B. single-sex schooling that is not a proven idea can leave out key problems

    C. it doesn’t help students develop fully and healthily

    D. it can excite students to explore the unknown

67. The passage is probably taken from_________.

    A. a newspaper   B. a magazine    C. a book of education      D. a TV programme

Answer 1

64.C 推理判斷題。根據文章第三段Panos提到 “All the girls there, they can talk out of turn,”  the 14-year-old said. “We are bored of tasks and it’s really annoying.”可推測，她不喜歡男女分班制，故選C。

65.A細節理解題。根據文章第5段Boys just make a bigger trouble in the class可知，Alyson Douglas不喜歡男同學制造麻煩，擾亂班級，故選A。

66.B細節理解題。第七段、第八段和第九段談到, 這種制度還沒有得到進一步驗證，往往會使人們忽略真正的問題。故答案為B。

67.A判斷文章出處題。根據文章第一段的開頭HARTLAND, Wis. (AP)，可知本文是一篇新聞報道，當然最先刊登在報紙上。其中AP意思為“美聯社（Associated Press）”，全稱為美國聯合通訊社,美國第一大通訊社。