Where have all the boys gone？You may be able to find them in the gym, at work or hanging o

Where have all the boys gone？You may be able to find them in the gym, at work or hanging out, but there’s one important place where boys are under­represented, and the problem seems to be getting worse. These days, at high school graduation ceremonies, there are a lot more girls than boys.
In fact, every year, 10 percent more girls graduate from high school than boys. “I think that there’s a tendency to focus on boys as problems at this point, rather than recognize that boys have problems,” says Joanne Max, PhD. Experts say the problems start in grade school, where there’s often an emphasis on sports instead of reading, for example. “I think that with boys there’s some idea that it’s not masculine(男子汉的)to read,” says Rob Jenkins, an English professor.
There’s also a shortage of male teachers as role models. “I think boys need role models, so if you’re a boy and you don’t have a dad in your home and then you have one male teacher and it’s your athletic coach then I don’t think you have a message that education is very important,” says Carol Carter, another expert. In addition, classrooms often have too little activity and too much passive listening, which is not conducive(有益的)to boys’ learning.
Experts say parents can fight back in many ways. Read to your sons early and often; show by your actions that you value their education. Ask them about their schoolwork, offer help, drop by their classroom and finally, appeal to their petitive spirit: challenge them to do better and help them understand that their future depends on it.
【小题1】The underlined part “one important place” in Paragraph 1 refers to “    ”.A．classroomsB．factoriesC．high school graduation ceremoniesD．gyms【小题2】According to the passage，boys have the problem that they think     .A．reading is more important than sportsB．it is shameful for boys to readC．boys should not work as a teacherD．boys lack the gift for reading【小题3】Carol Carter’s words implied that     .A．parents play an important role in educationB．athletic coaches contribute a lot to educationC．lack of male teachers affects boys’ attitudes to school workD．classrooms lack enough activities that are suitable for boys【小题4】According to experts，parents should do the following except     .A．often read to their sons when they are youngB．keep an eye on their sons’ studies at schoolC．encourage their sons to pete with othersD．prevent their sons from taking part in sportsC