英語四級閱讀關鍵句：232. Boys at single-sex schools were

232. Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man".

譯文

據說，在單一性別學校里的男孩更有可能參與到有助于培養(yǎng)他們情感表達能力的文化和藝術活動中，而不會讓他們覺得必須遵從“男孩法則”，掩飾自己的真性情從而成為“真正的男人”。

點睛

本句的主干是Boys were said to be likely to...。that helped develop their emotional expressiveness為定語從句修飾cultural and artistic activities; rather than作介詞，后接動名詞結構feeling...，同時該結構中的they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man"是feeling的賓語從句。

be said to意為“據說，被認為”。如：

Women are often said to be more emotional than men. 女人常常被認為比男人更易動感情。