Questions are based on the following passage．For centuries， boys were top of the class．Bu

Questions are based on the following passage．

For centuries， boys were top of the class．But these days， that"s no longer the（36）A new study by the OECD， examined how 15-year-old boys and girls performed at reading，mathematics and science．Boys still score somewhat better at maths， and in science the genders are（37）equal．But when it comes to the students who really（38）， the difference is obvious: boys are50% more likely than girls to fall（39）of basic standards in all three areas．Why are girls performing better at school than their male classmates？First， girls read more than boys．Reading（40）is the basis upon which all other learning is built．When boys don"t do well at reading， their performance in other school subjects（41）too．Second， girls spend more time on homework．Researchers suggest that doing homework（42）byteachers is linked to better performance in maths， reading and science．Boys， it（43）， spend more oftheir free tinle in the virtual world; they are 17% more likely to play online games than girls every day．

They also use the Internet more．Third， peer pressure plays a（44）．A lot of boys decide early on that they are just too cool forschool which means they"re more likely to be（45）in class．Teachers mark them down for this．Inanonymous （匿名的） tests， boys perform. better．In fact， the gender gap in reading drops by a third

when teachers don"t know the gender of the pupil they are marking．ing．

A．appears

B．case

C．distinguishes

D．dramatically

E．engaged

F．experience

G．lazy

H．Noisy

I．Proficiency

J．Role

K．Roughly

L．Set

M．Short

N．Straggle

O．suffers

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