S e c o n d e d I t I o n 1 Reading for the Real World 1

A
Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the 
reading.
 1.
____ Women first outnumbered men on college campuses in the 1980s. 
 2.
____ Sommers wrote a book about boys in high school.
 3.
____ Colleges are offering more courses that focus on women 
and women’s issues.
 4.
____ Men need to go to college to get a job with a good salary.
B
 
Choose the best answer.
 1.
Which is NOT a reason suggested for the decline in the number of men in colleges?
a. Fewer males in society
b. Stereotyping against males in high school
c. Males entering jobs that don’t need high degrees
d. Males lack mentors in high school
 2.
Which is probably true about Sommers’s book?
a. It describes laws related to education.
b. It focuses on boys.
c. It looks at the progress girls have made.
d. It tells about her experience in school.
 3.
Which is true about males in high school?
a. They enjoy studying.
b. They cause less trouble than the females.
c. They get better marks than the females.
d. They get into more trouble than the females.
C
For the next two questions, look for the answers in the passage and 
write them on the lines provided.
 1.
What ways have schools tried to increase male enrollment?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
 2.
Why have some universities had legal problems with their recruiting policies?
______________________________________________________
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