M: In England today, our schools mixed or single sexed. ,F: Well. There are both. 50 years ago, all schools used to be single sexed. I mean boys only or girls only. Then in the nineteen seventies, many schools changed and became mixed. ,M: Do parents still prefer mixed schools? ,F: No, things have changed. Today, many parents, especially parents of girls think that their children get a better education in single sex schools. ,M: Why do girls do better in single sex schools? ,F: Because girls learn to be more self confident and less worried about their appearance. ,M: What about boys? ,F: Well today, many parents of boys want to send them to mixed schools, they think that the girls will be a positive influence on boys. ,M: So a generally speaking, who does better in mixed schools? ,F: Oh, the girls. They get better exam results than boys.
(A) M: That is the truth. In a mixed school, girls have better performance in tests than boys. (B) M: You are right. Chinese students perform better in tests than Japanese students. (C) M: I agree with you. Usually girls have better behavior in classroom in a single school. (D) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?
A