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 were 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 good. 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 there daughters.
小題1:Students in American schools learn to say police officer instead of policeman because____.
A．boys don’t like to be a policeman
B．girls don’t like to be a policeman
C．police officer sounds better than policeman
D．a(chǎn) police officer can be a policeman or policwoman
小題2: We may infer from the text that in the past in American schools____.
A．there were many differences between boys and girls
B．boys could do everything but girls couldn’t
C．boys and girls were the same in everything
D．girls only learned how to sew and cook
小題3:The underlined word “ They” in the last paragraph refers to ____.
A．American schoolsB．these changesC．most peopleD．American students
小題4:What does “mailman” mean?
A．MilkmanB．PostmanC．WriterD．Reporter
小題5:What do most people think of the changes in American schools?
A．SurprisingB．StrangeC．GoodD．Bad

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:C

小題1:確認(rèn)該題答案的信息為：A person does not need to be a man to fight a fire or to deliver the mail.
小題2:全文論述了今日美國(guó)學(xué)校男生與女生的平等，同時(shí)也就暗示了昔日并非如此。第一段中的 “no longer” 最后一段中的 “changes” 等詞也是確定該答案的重要依據(jù)。
小題3:根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，“They” 指上文中的 “these changes” 。
小題4:根據(jù)前面的 “l(fā)etter carrier”, 可推斷 “mailman” 為“郵遞員”。
小題5:確認(rèn)該題答案的信息為：Most people think that these charges are good.
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