Ⅰ.阅读理解
American schools do not have separate classes for boys and girls. If boys want to cook or to sew, they can learn these things in classes that are no longer just for girls. If girls want to repair cars, they can now learn this in school. Most students like to have boys and girls on the same baseball team.
Many boys and girls dress alike in school. They wear blue jeans and sport shirts. Some have long hair and some have short hair. Sometimes a boy has longer hair than a girl.
Even the language is different. Students learn to say fire fighter instead of fireman, police officer instead of policeman, and letter carrier instead of mailman. A person does not need to be a man to fight a fire or to deliver the mail.Most people think that these changes are great. They give all people an equal chance to be happy and to do what they want to do with their lives. Fathers like to tell their sons that they can grow up to be president. Today, mothers can tell the same things to their daughters.
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了今日美国学校，女生与男生的平等。
1．The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refers to ________.
A．these changes B．American schools
C．most people D．American students
答案：A
解析：推理判断题。上文Most people think that these changes are great.说大多数人认为这些变化是伟大的。由此推断出下文的意思是这些变化使所有人都有平等的机会获得幸福，并在生活中做自己想做的事。“They”指“这些变化”，故选A。
2．What do most people think of the changes in American schools?
A．Surprising. B．Strange.
C．Good. D．Bad.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段Most people think that these changes are great.可知大多数人认为美国学校的变化是好的，故选C。
3．We may infer from the text that in the past in American schools ________.
A．girls only learned how to sew and cook
B．girls could do everything but boys couldn't
C．boys and girls were the same in everything
D．there were many differences between boys and girls
答案：D
解析：推理判断题。文章讲述了今日美国学校，女生与男生的平等，同时也就暗示了过去，在美国的学校，男孩和女孩之间有很多不同。第一段中的“no longer”和最后一段中的“changes”等词也是确定该答案的重要依据，故选D。
