(26—30題為題組)         Are boys smarter than girls? It is an old question. For a long time, it was generallybelieved that boys were smarter, but a new study of academic results ( 26 ) shown thatmale and female students are quite even in most areas.         The study, by the U.S. Educational Testing Service, looked at test ( 27 ) and othermeasures of achievement from students in the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades. It found that( 28 ) gender was far ahead of the other； only small differences existed. Boys scoredhigher in math and science – by only a little bit – and were better at technical subjects. Girlswere stronger in language skills and other areas. The old idea ( 29 ) boys are smarter thangirls must certainly be reexamined. We must also ask ( 30 ) girls are held back bysociety’s lesser expectations of them or not.
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