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Imagine being asked to spend 12 or so years of your life in a society which con

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问题 Imagine being asked to spend  12 or so years of your life in a society which consisted only of members of your own sex. How would you react? Unless there was something definitely wrong with you, you wouldn’t be too happy about it, to say the least. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their children—conditions which they themselves wouldn’t put up with for one minute!
    Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children’s heads full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.
    A coeducational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other and to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and in many of the extra-curricular activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is (to give just a small example) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense coeducation makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girls or vice versa! When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered. In a coeducational school, everything falls into its proper place.
    But perhaps the greatest contribution of coeducation is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don’t grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures—airy goddesses, more like fairy tale book illustrations, than human beings. Girls don’t grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel illusions of this kind. There are no goddesses with freckles, pigtails, piercing voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobby knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can more easily be overcome in a coeducational environment. Segregated schools sometimes provide the right conditions for sexual deviation. This is hardly possible under a coeducational system. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women. [br] Why do boys and girls in coeducational schools have no illusions about each other?
选项 A、They live together and know each other well.
B、Years of living together at school dismiss such illusions.
C、Coeducation encourages them to show a healthy attitude toward life.
D、They are familiar with each other’s weaknesses.
答案 B
解析 由末段第四句“在学校与异性多年相处消除了这些错觉(dispel illusions of this kind)”可知B正确。注意B的dismiss与原文的dispel同义。A“多年相处，很了解对方”不如B确切。C“男女混校鼓励学生对生活保持健康的态度”是男女混合学校的好处，但不是学生对异性没有错觉的原因。D“他们很熟悉对方的缺点”，文中提到的“雀斑、小辫、尖叫、脏手指、膝盖突出、指甲污垢、头发乱”不能完全算作是缺点，只是在说明男女的真实形象并非如幻想的一样，故排除D。
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