What is Math Anxiety?
Math anxiety or fear of math is actually quite common. Math anxiety is quite    1  to stage-fright. Why does someone suffer   2  ? Fear of something going wrong in front of a crowd? Fear of   3  the lines? Fear of being judged   4  ? Fear of going completely blank? Math anxiety conjures(使現(xiàn)出) up fear of some type. The fear that one won't be able to do the   5  or the fear that it's too hard or the fear of failure which often stems(起因于) from having a lack of   6  . For the most part, math anxiety is the   7  about doing the math right, our minds draw a   8  and we think we'll fail and of course the more frustrated and anxious our minds become, the   9  the chance for drawing blanks. Added pressure of having time limits on math tests and exams also cause the levels of anxiety grow for many students.
Where Does Math Anxiety Come From?
Usually math anxiety stems from    10 experiences in mathematics. Typically math phobias have had math presented in such a fashion that it led to limited understanding. Unfortunately, math anxiety is often  11   poor teaching and poor experiences in math which typically leads to math   12  . Many of the students I've encountered with math anxiety have demonstrated an over reliance on procedures in math as opposed to actually understanding the math. When one tries to memorize procedures, rules and routines without much   13  , the math is quickly forgotten and   14  soon sets in. Think about your experiences with one concept --- the division of fractions(小部分). You probably learned about reciprocals(倒數(shù)) and inverses. In other words, 'It's not yours to reason why, just invert(反轉(zhuǎn)) and multiply'(乘). Well, you memorized the rule and it   15   . Why does it work? Do you really understand why it works? Did anyone every use pizzas or math manipulative(巧妙處理的) to show you why it works? If   16   , you simply memorized the procedure and that was that. Think of math as memorizing all the procedures --   17  if you forget a few? Therefore, with this type of strategy, a good   18  will help, but, what if you don’t have a good memory. Understanding the math is critical. Once students   19  they can do the math, the whole notion of math anxiety can be overcome. Teachers and parents have an important   20  to ensure students understand the math being presented to them.
(    ) 1. A. different           B. similar             C. far                          D. familiar
(    ) 2. A. speech              B. performance     C. threatens                  D. stage-fright
(    ) 3. A. understanding   B. memorizing      C. forgetting                D. reading
(    ) 4. A. poorly              B. crazily              C. well                        D. publicly
(    ) 5. A. Chinese            B. math                C. English                   D. physics
(    ) 6. A. wish                B. conscience        C. determination           D. confidence
(    ) 7. A. fear                 B. joy                   C. pleasure                   D. doubt
(    ) 8. A .failure              B. choice              C. blank                             D. death
(    ) 9. A. further             B. greater             C. less                         D. smaller
(    ) 10. A. unpleasant      B. unfair               C. pleasant                   D. successful
(    ) 11. A. because           B. thanks to          C. resulting in              D. due to
(    ) 12. A. fear                B. anxiety             C. failure                     D. misunderstanding
(    ) 13. A. forgetting       B. use                   C. understanding          D. knowledge
(    ) 14. A. panic             B. excitement        C. disappointment         D. encouragement
(    ) 15. A. opens             B. works               C. starts                       D. runs
(    ) 16. A. so                  B. possible            C. not                          D. any
(    ) 17. A. Where            B. Why                C. When                      D. What
(    ) 18. A. memory         B. method             C. brain                       D. body
(    ) 19. A. fill                 B. realize              C. confirm                   D. recognize
(    ) 20. A. task                B. aim                  C. appointment             D. role
1-20 BDCAB DACBA DBCAB CDABD
本文說明了什么事數(shù)學(xué)焦慮和它是從哪里來的。完成本題要結(jié)合自己學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)的經(jīng)歷。
1. B 數(shù)學(xué)焦慮和舞臺(tái)怯場(chǎng)是相似的(. similar),而非不同(different),距離遠(yuǎn)(far),和熟悉(familiar)。
2. D 前文提過舞臺(tái)怯場(chǎng),當(dāng)然這兒先介紹什么事舞臺(tái)怯場(chǎng)(stage-fright),而不是演講(speech),表演(performance),和威脅(threatens)。
3. C 擔(dān)心忘了(forgetting)臺(tái)詞,而不是理解(understanding),記憶(memorizing),閱讀(reading)臺(tái)詞。
4. A 擔(dān)心受到惡(就是糟糕:poorly)評(píng),而不是瘋狂地(crazily),好地(well),公共地(publicly)受到評(píng)價(jià)。
5. B做不出數(shù)學(xué)(math)題,而非漢語(yǔ)(Chinese)題,英語(yǔ)(English)題,和物理(physics)題。
6. D 這種害怕起因于缺乏自信(confidence),而非愿望(wish),良知(conscience),和毅力(determination)。
7. A 數(shù)學(xué)焦慮就是害怕(fear)做數(shù)學(xué),遠(yuǎn)非高興(joy),樂趣(pleasure),和懷疑(doubt)。
8. C 我們的大腦一片空白(blank),失敗(failure),選擇(choice),死亡(. death)明顯不能使語(yǔ)境通暢。
9. B 我們?cè)绞墙箲],大腦一片空白的幾率就越大(greater),而不是越遠(yuǎn)(further),越少(less),越。╯maller)。
10. A 通常數(shù)學(xué)焦慮來自做數(shù)學(xué)題的不愉快的(unpleasant)經(jīng)歷,不公平(unfair),令人高興(pleasant),成功(successful),明顯不行。
11. D 數(shù)學(xué)焦慮常常是因?yàn)椋╠ue to)糟糕的教學(xué)和糟糕經(jīng)歷。應(yīng)該是介詞短語(yǔ)而不是連詞,因?yàn)楹竺媸敲~故用due to 而不是because,thanks to 通常表示由于好的原因,result in的意思是導(dǎo)致,而非因?yàn)椤?br />12. B 這明顯或?qū)е聰?shù)學(xué)焦慮(anxiety),前文都是用這個(gè)詞,而非害怕(fear),失。╢ailure),和誤解(misunderstanding)。
13. C 當(dāng)一個(gè)人不經(jīng)理解(understanding)而去記憶過程、規(guī)則、和程序時(shí),這些數(shù)學(xué)內(nèi)容很快就會(huì)忘掉,根據(jù)常理,理解而記憶的內(nèi)容不易遺忘,而不是忘記(forgetting),使用(use),和知識(shí)(knowledge)。
14. A 這樣一來,害怕(panic)就會(huì)進(jìn)來。前文就是害怕,絕非興奮(excitement),失望(disappointment),和鼓勵(lì)(encouragement)。
15. B 是的你記住了,這就起作用(works)了,而不是打開了(opens),開始了(starts),和跑了(runs)。
16. C 如果這不(not)起作用的話,你只是記住了過程,而絕不是是這樣(so),可能(possible),和任何(any),這些都不適合這兒的語(yǔ)言環(huán)境和作者的思路。
17. D 你要是忘了一點(diǎn)怎么辦(what if:如果……會(huì)……),這兒不是哪兒(where),為什么(why),何時(shí)(when),what if……是固定句式。
18. A 好的記憶力(memory)是有幫助的,方法(method),大腦(brain),身體(body)顯得與前面的不照應(yīng)。
19. B 一旦學(xué)生認(rèn)識(shí)到(realize)他能學(xué)數(shù)學(xué),整個(gè)擔(dān)心焦慮都會(huì)被克服,遠(yuǎn)非裝填(fill),證實(shí)(confirm),和辨認(rèn)出(recognize)。
20.D 老師和家長(zhǎng)在確保學(xué)生理解數(shù)學(xué)方面有重要作用(role),而非任務(wù)(task),目標(biāo)(aim),和約定(appointment)。
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  Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution (解決辦法) to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important.
  Charles Darwin didn’t settle for (滿足于) just thinking he knew something. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.
  Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight (緊的) little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldn’t be worth anything.
  But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics, ideas that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics.
Scientist sometimes stops to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science.
1. 小題1:The passage tells us that Charles Darwin ____.
A.was a great English scientist
B.a(chǎn)lways liked doing the experiments that others thought difficult
C.thought even the simplest thing was important
D.didn’t get well with others
2.小題2:The phrase “set aside” most probably means____ .
A.throw awayB.store up
C.put to useD.realize
3. 小題3:The author of the passage tries to ________.
A.convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the world
B.draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple things
C.prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speed
D.draw our attention to everyday happenings around us
4小題4:Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Darwin really did fools experiments.
B.According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments.
C.It is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple.
D.Galileo and Newton worked out ancient Greek physics.

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