Question

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IS THERE REALLY A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS AT SCHOOL? NEW
RESEARCH SAYS THERE IS.

British girls between the ages of five and eleven have always (1)_______ better at
primary school than boys: (2)_______ now older girls are doing better at secondary
school too. Many people think that boys are better (3)_______ science and
mathematics and that girls do well in foreign languages and art. But more and more
women are going to university, and (4)_______ courses in subjects like law and
engineering. Every year, tens of thousands of British teenagers take their ‘A’ or
Advanced level exams. These are the exams (5)_______ young people need to
(6)_______ if they want to go to university. But in 2000, more boys than girls failed
their ‘A’ levels. Too many young boys leave school with no (7)_______ at all. For young
men like this, it is very difficult to find a good job these days, when big companies are
(8)_______ for the best graduates.

a. grades
b. qualifications
c. abilities

Answer 1

Respuesta:

para el espacio correspondiente.

IS THERE REALLY A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS AT SCHOOL? NEW

RESEARCH SAYS THERE IS.

British girls between the ages of five and eleven have always (1)_______ better at

primary school than boys: (2)_______ now older girls are doing better at secondary

school too. Many people think that boys are better (3)_______ science and

mathematics and that girls do well in foreign languages and art. But more and more

women are going to university, and (4)_______ courses in subjects like law and

engineering. Every year, tens of thousands of British teenagers take their ‘A’ or

Advanced level exams. These are the exams (5)_______ young people need to

(6)_______ if they want to go to university. But in 2000, more boys than girls failed

their ‘A’ levels. Too many young boys leave school with no (7)_______ at all. For young

men like this, it is very difficult to find a good job these days, when big companies are

(8)_______ for the best graduates.

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