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.
小题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 police officer can be a policeman or policwoman |
小题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 |
小题3:The underlined word “ They” in the last paragraph refers to ____.
| A．American schools | B．these changes | C．most people | D．American students |
小题4:What does “mailman” mean?
| A．Milkman | B．Postman | C．Writer | D．Reporter |
小题5:What do most people think of the changes in American schools?
| A．Surprising | B．Strange | C．Good | D．Bad |
