Question

 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 firefighter 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 their daughters.

(   ) 31. 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 police officer can be a policeman or policewoman

(   ) 32. We may infer from the passage that in the past in American schools .

   A. there were many differences be?tween boys and girls

   B. boys could do everything but girls couldn't

   C. boys and girls were the same in every?thing

   D. girls only learned how to sew and cook

(   ) 33. The underlined word "They" in the last paragraph refers to .

   A. American schools

   B. these changes

   C. most people

   D. American students

(   ) 34. What does "mailman" mean?

   A. Milkman.

   B. Postman.

   C. Writer.

   D. Reporter.

(   ) 35. What do most people think of the changes in American schools?

   A. Surprising.

   B. Strange.

   C. Good.

   D. Bad.

Answer 1

31. D 

32. A全文论述了今日美国学校男生与女生的平等，同时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"等词也是确定该答案的重要依据。

33. B根据语境，"They"指上文中的"these changes"。 

34. B根据前面的"letter carrier"可推断， "mailman"意为"由P递员"。 

35. C