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共用题干 Teaching Math,Teaching AnxietyIn a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what f

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共用题干
Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers compared the scores.
The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example,was probably anxious about math.
Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
“This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

The sixth paragraph tells us that the research findings______.
A:prove a strong link between female teachers'math anxiety and their female students' math achievements
B: show that male students are less likely to be affected by their math anxiety than female students
C: provide strong evidence that math superstars are more likely to be males than females
D: discover a strong link between teachers'math anxiety and their students'math achievements

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1.Schools in the U.S. generally do not have a specific teaching plan for teachers to follow, and they certainly don’t have a set of textbooks that are taught by all school districts throughout the country. That’s why textbooks vary greatly from school to school, and from teacher to teacher even though they are all teaching the same subject in the same grade. Some schools provide books to use, but teachers do not strictly follow them. They only use them as a reference, and enjoy pointing out mistakes and wrong information given in the books. They often share their own points of view with their students. Teaching like this has many advantages. Teachers can bring out their expertise, fully elaborating their most familiar areas. Students are more interested in what they are studying. Also this flexible teaching style. benefits students in the development of critical thinking skills and the ability to apply them. On the other hand teaching like this also has many drawbacks. It causes uneven study levels. It is even more so among different schools and districts. Students in the same grade do not usually have a thorough understanding of a subject taught in the same school year. The teacher for the following year would have to spend a lot of time finding out what the students already know or do not know in the subject before starting his/her own teaching plan. Some parts may be repeated, resulting in waste of time; and other parts may not be covered at all.Exams in American schools are much less rigid than those in China. Teaching is flexible, so are exams. Even if you memorized the whole textbook, it might not be of much help in the exams. My Chinese friend envied me for nothaving to worry about the competition for attending the best schools by takingendless exams.(1) What are advantages of the flexible teaching style?A、It benefits students in the development of critical thinking skills.B、Teachers can bring out their expertise.C、Students may have freedom in study.D、Both A and B.(2) The flexible teaching style. ______.A、may cause troubles to the teacher for the following year.B、usually helps students to have a thorough understanding of a subjectC、makes the exam easy.D、may save teachers’time(3) The word drawbacks (paragraph 2) means______.A、mistakesB、difficultiesC、disadvantagesD、troubles(4) From the passage we are told American teachers______.A、have to follow a specific teaching plan.B、dislike pointing out mistakes and wrong information given in the books.C、teaching the same subject may use different textbooks.D、strictly follow books provided by schools.(5) This article is mainly about ______.A、the advantages and disadvantages of the flexible teaching styleB、American schoolsC、American teachersD、teaching methods in American schools

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  • 第1题:

    根据下面资料,回答
    That year, in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child that anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty comers, etc.
    Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
    Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff: sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn′t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
    However, little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him.
    It was the new teacher!
    The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
    What does the passage imply?

    A.The stupid student was not good at math.
    B.The stupid student was by no means slow in math.
    C.The stupid student had no gift for math and was slow in math.
    D.The stupid student disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons.

    答案:B
    解析:
    推断题。根据最后一段最后一句“Following from a distance,Lewis could hear they were talking about math."可推出这个所谓的“愚蠢”的学生其实并非数学不好,即B项正确,by no means意为“绝不,并没有”。

  • 第2题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers compared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example,was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    What is the result of the research at the University of Chicago,according to the first paragraph?
    A:Girls comfortable with their own math skills are better than boys at math.
    B: Girls uncomfortable with their own math skills are not as good as boys at math.
    C: Female teachers'math skills have influence over girl students'math skills.
    D: Female teachers'confidence in their math skills is related to girls'math skills.

    答案:D
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语result of the research, University of Chicago, girls, math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生对自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此 只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, difficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词 在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word”anxiety“ to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科的难度而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑 感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales receipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt.A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数 字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。

  • 第3题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers compared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example,was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    What is implied in the third paragraph?
    A: Math teachers,like math learners,do not like the subject due to its difficulty.
    B: A difficult subject like math may affect teachers'confidence in teaching the subject.
    C: Teachers are more anxious teaching math than their students learning math.
    D: Math is so difficult that no teachers like to teach it.

    答案:B
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语result of the research, University of Chicago, girls, math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生对自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此 只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, difficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词 在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word”anxiety“ to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科的难度而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑 感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales receipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt.A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数 字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship be-tween what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is un-comfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up be-lieving that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for every-one. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influ-
    ence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers com-pared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out
    which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example, was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study
    did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    David Geary thinks that______.
    A: the study is interesting but it is based on unreliable research process
    B: the research results need to be retested based on a larger sample
    C: the research results need to be reinterpreted to be meaningful
    D: the study is well based and produces significant results

    答案:B
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语 result of the research , University of Chicago , girls , math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psy-chologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising rela- tionship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生时自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, dif-ficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particular-ly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings: anxie-ty is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科难而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师 对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales re-ceipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the research-ers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the research-ers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。
    题干意为“第六段告诉我们研究结果……”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语research findings,strong link,female teachers' math anxiety,female students' math achievements , math anxiety , strong evidence , math superstars , males , females作为定位线索,在第六段中找到相关句:Boys , on average , were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On aver-age,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math su- perstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety(与female teachers' math anxiety呼应).定位线索词集中出现在第六段最后一句中,因此重点关注这个句子。该 句意为“在关于是否认为数学高手应该是男孩的测试中,有20个女孩认为男孩数学比女孩好,这20个女孩的老师都是女性,而且都对数学有焦虑感”。这说明女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心。该句的前一句提到“一般来说,教女孩子的教师对数学有焦虑感,那么女孩子们在学年结束时测试得分会比其他的女孩要低”。结合这两个句子的意思可以得出这样的结论:女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心,并最终影响女学生的数学成绩,因此该题答案为A项“证明在女教师对数学的焦虑感和女学生的数学成绩之间有密切的联系”。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship be-tween what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is un-comfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up be-lieving that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for every-one. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influ-
    ence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers com-pared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out
    which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example, was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study
    did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    What is implied in the third paragraph?
    A: Math teachers,like math learners,do not like the subject due to its difficulty.
    B: A difficult subject like math may affect teachers'confidence in teaching the subject.
    C: Teachers are more anxious teaching math than their students learning math.
    D: Math is so difficult that no teachers like to teach it.

    答案:B
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语 result of the research , University of Chicago , girls , math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psy-chologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising rela- tionship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生时自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, dif-ficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particular-ly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings: anxie-ty is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科难而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师 对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales re-ceipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the research-ers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the research-ers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。
    题干意为“第六段告诉我们研究结果……”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语research findings,strong link,female teachers' math anxiety,female students' math achievements , math anxiety , strong evidence , math superstars , males , females作为定位线索,在第六段中找到相关句:Boys , on average , were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On aver-age,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math su- perstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety(与female teachers' math anxiety呼应).定位线索词集中出现在第六段最后一句中,因此重点关注这个句子。该 句意为“在关于是否认为数学高手应该是男孩的测试中,有20个女孩认为男孩数学比女孩好,这20个女孩的老师都是女性,而且都对数学有焦虑感”。这说明女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心。该句的前一句提到“一般来说,教女孩子的教师对数学有焦虑感,那么女孩子们在学年结束时测试得分会比其他的女孩要低”。结合这两个句子的意思可以得出这样的结论:女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心,并最终影响女学生的数学成绩,因此该题答案为A项“证明在女教师对数学的焦虑感和女学生的数学成绩之间有密切的联系”。

  • 第6题:

    资料:Did your child's brain shrink last summer? Probably not, but it may have shifted into reverse, according to a study by Dr. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The study found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning.
    The decline is more detrimental for math than it is for reading. "All students lose math skills," says Cooper. It may be because community and home environments give kids more opportunities to practice reading than math. The study also found that income has an impact on how much a student loses or gains in reading. Middle-class children actually gained in reading over the summer, while lower-income students experienced losses. Cooper attributes this to the enrichment activities that many middle-class kids participate in over the summer, such as camp and trips.
    Your kids don't have to spend the summer stuck in reverse. "Parents can help their kids retain educational skills," says Cooper. He suggests the following five tips to kick off a learning-filled summer.
    1. Keep lots of books around and make regular trips to the library. Most libraries schedule special summer events for kids. Sign up your family!
    2. Think about what your kids may be learning next year when you plan the family vacation. Talk with teachers to find out what they'll be covering in class. If it's a unit on the civil war for example, you may want to schedule a visit to Gettysburg. If it's geology, visit a national park.
    3. Keep math in mind. Since kids lose more math skills than anything else over the summer, try to do some special planning to find math-related activities. For example, if you can't decide whether to sign your child up for "Shakespeare's Theater" or "Math Magic" at the local community center, go with the math.
    4. Consider summer school or tutoring. Struggling kids can get a lot of different kinds of help from these programs. Summer school can also enrich and accelerate learning in areas where kids show a special interest.
    5. Call the curriculum coordinator in your child's school district, visit the school board office, or contact the schools of education at local colleges and universities to find out what educational programs will be offered in your area over the summer.
    Remember to keep it fun! You don't want to sour your kids on learning during the summer break.

    Why is decline worse for math than it is for reading?( )

    A.Because the community have the libraries
    B.Because at home the parents will make kids reading more
    C.Because in summer vacation kids have more time in reading
    D.Because community and home give kids more opportunities to read

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】decline;math decline worse for math than; reading
    【主题句】第2自然段The decline is more detrimental for math than it is for reading. "All students lose math skills," says Cooper. It may be because community and home environments give kids more opportunities to practice reading than math. 数学的退步比阅读更严重。库珀说:“所有学生的数学技能都倒退了。这也许是因为社会和家庭环境给孩子们更多的机会练习阅读而不是数学。”
    【解析】本题的问题是“为什么数学的退步比阅读更严重?”。根据主题句可知,这是由于社会和家庭给了孩子更多的机会阅读,故D选项正确。

  • 第7题:

    资料:Did your child's brain shrink last summer? Probably not, but it may have shifted into reverse, according to a study by Dr. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The study found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning.
    The decline is more detrimental for math than it is for reading. "All students lose math skills," says Cooper. It may be because community and home environments give kids more opportunities to practice reading than math. The study also found that income has an impact on how much a student loses or gains in reading. Middle-class children actually gained in reading over the summer, while lower-income students experienced losses. Cooper attributes this to the enrichment activities that many middle-class kids participate in over the summer, such as camp and trips.
    Your kids don't have to spend the summer stuck in reverse. "Parents can help their kids retain educational skills," says Cooper. He suggests the following five tips to kick off a learning-filled summer.
    1. Keep lots of books around and make regular trips to the library. Most libraries schedule special summer events for kids. Sign up your family!
    2. Think about what your kids may be learning next year when you plan the family vacation. Talk with teachers to find out what they'll be covering in class. If it's a unit on the civil war for example, you may want to schedule a visit to Gettysburg. If it's geology, visit a national park.
    3. Keep math in mind. Since kids lose more math skills than anything else over the summer, try to do some special planning to find math-related activities. For example, if you can't decide whether to sign your child up for "Shakespeare's Theater" or "Math Magic" at the local community center, go with the math.
    4. Consider summer school or tutoring. Struggling kids can get a lot of different kinds of help from these programs. Summer school can also enrich and accelerate learning in areas where kids show a special interest.
    5. Call the curriculum coordinator in your child's school district, visit the school board office, or contact the schools of education at local colleges and universities to find out what educational programs will be offered in your area over the summer.
    Remember to keep it fun! You don't want to sour your kids on learning during the summer break.

    How to keep kids from losing more math skills, according to Dr. Harris Cooper? ( )

    A.Doing some special planning to have math-related activities
    B.Signing up for programs like “Shakespeare’s Theater”
    C.Having less reading activities over the summer
    D.Going to the libraries more often

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】keep kids from losing more math skills
    【主题句】第6自然段Since kids lose more math skills than anything else over the summer, try to do some special planning to find math-related activities. 既然与其他方面相比,孩子在暑假期间丢失更多的数学技能,因此可以试着制定特别的计划,来找一些和数学有关的活动。
    【解析】本题的问题是“哈里斯?库克博士认为,如何使孩子们避免丢失更多的数学技能?”。根据主题句可知,可以制定特别的计划,找一些和数学有关的活动,故A选项正确。

  • 第8题:

    资料:Did your child's brain shrink last summer? Probably not, but it may have shifted into reverse, according to a study by Dr. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The study found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning.
    The decline is more detrimental for math than it is for reading. "All students lose math skills," says Cooper. It may be because community and home environments give kids more opportunities to practice reading than math. The study also found that income has an impact on how much a student loses or gains in reading. Middle-class children actually gained in reading over the summer, while lower-income students experienced losses. Cooper attributes this to the enrichment activities that many middle-class kids participate in over the summer, such as camp and trips.
    Your kids don't have to spend the summer stuck in reverse. "Parents can help their kids retain educational skills," says Cooper. He suggests the following five tips to kick off a learning-filled summer.
    1. Keep lots of books around and make regular trips to the library. Most libraries schedule special summer events for kids. Sign up your family!
    2. Think about what your kids may be learning next year when you plan the family vacation. Talk with teachers to find out what they'll be covering in class. If it's a unit on the civil war for example, you may want to schedule a visit to Gettysburg. If it's geology, visit a national park.
    3. Keep math in mind. Since kids lose more math skills than anything else over the summer, try to do some special planning to find math-related activities. For example, if you can't decide whether to sign your child up for "Shakespeare's Theater" or "Math Magic" at the local community center, go with the math.
    4. Consider summer school or tutoring. Struggling kids can get a lot of different kinds of help from these programs. Summer school can also enrich and accelerate learning in areas where kids show a special interest.
    5. Call the curriculum coordinator in your child's school district, visit the school board office, or contact the schools of education at local colleges and universities to find out what educational programs will be offered in your area over the summer.
    Remember to keep it fun! You don't want to sour your kids on learning during the summer break.

    What makes Lower-income children lose in learning, according to Dr. Harris Cooper? ( )

    A.Less outdoor activities over the summer
    B.More housework over the summer
    C.Less money gained over the summer
    D.More part-time work over the summer

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】lower-income;lose
    【主题句】第2自然段Cooper attributes this to the enrichment activities that many middle-class kids participate in over the summer, such as camp and trips.库珀将此归功于许多中产阶级孩子在暑假期间参加的充实活动,如露营和旅行。
    【解析】本题的问题是“根据哈里斯?库克博士的说法,是什么让低收入家庭的学生在学习失利?”。根据主题句可知,中产阶级孩子在暑假期间参加了充实的户外活动,而低收入孩子缺少了这些活动,故A选项正确。

  • 第9题:

    问答题
    ◆Topic 9: Primary Functions of University Education  Questions for Reference:  1. Most people think that teachers should teach students how to judge right and wrong and how to behave well. Please discuss this view.  2. Why do you think lots of teachers pay much more attention to teaching students academic subjects than other aspects?  3. What’s your opinion of the primary functions of university education? Why do you think so?

    正确答案: 【参考答案】
    There is no doubt that helping students find a job is one of the primary functions of university education, but universities do exist for other purposes such as improving students’ analytical skills and raising students’ moral standards.
    A university education can be seen as a process of improving students’ analytical thinking. The variety of courses offered at university inspires students in various ways, therefore improving their analytical ability. For example, science courses such as math and biology help students develop a rational way of thinking whereas arts courses such as literature let students ponder over issues from a logical, multi-dimensional perspective; and courses in social sciences force students to recognize the ideas that have been traditionally assumed to be acceptable and unproblematic. With the development of these types of analytical thinking, graduates can face future challenges with more confidence and enthusiasm.
    Also, university education is expected to improve students’ moral standards. This is rooted in universities? Belief that students’ awareness of responsibility towards their community and their country is of high importance. In this ever-degrading society and civilization, students are encouraged actively participate in improving the local community. A university that provides care and facilities for physically disadvantaged students may inspire the graduates to better handle situations in the future where they may have to interact with the disabled community. A successful university education is supposed to produce morally sound graduates, therefore increasing their employability.
    In conclusion, university education not only helps students locate a decent job but will also develop other qualities such as enhancing their analytical skills and cultivating their hunger and spirit for life.
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    Teachers constantly reflect on what they do as a teacher and how their learners learn as learners . With systematic reflections and research, they improve their teaching and their learners' learning . Here the teacher is playing the role of a (an) ______ .
    A

    controller

    B

    assessor

    C

    researcher

    D

    participant


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    Teachers constantly reflect on what they do as a teacher and how their learners learn as learners. With systematic reflections and research, they 'improve their teaching and their learners 'learning. Here the teacher is playing the role of a(an) ___.
    A

    controller

    B

    assessor

    C

    researcher

    D

    participant


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    Practice 1  You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.  Write about the following topic:  Some teachers think it is effective for students to study in a group while others think it is better to study alone. What are the benefits of each study method and which one do you think is more effective?  You should write at least 250 words.

    正确答案: 【参考范文】
    As for choosing a better way of learning, some people believe that group learning is efficient in many aspects, while, others, on the contrary, think that individual learning can be give big harvests. Personally, both sides of the issue should be taken into consideration as follows.
    The benefits of teamwork can be illustrated from two aspects: For one thing, the solidarity and power of a team can not be compared with by only an individual, which makes it possible the accomplishment of more advanced and tougher missions And at the same time, one can learn the good points which they do not have from their partners. For the other thing, it is also significant for people to improve their communicative skills in learning and social activities. Apparently, interpersonal relationships are among the most important ones in people's daily activities. At the same time, group learning means more people are sharing the fees, which can lower the ecomic burden of students. Anyhow, abtaining an equal chance to pursue education is of fundamental importance.
    When it comes to learning individually, however, also two main benefits should be manifested: Firstly, it cultivates one's independence step by step. In other words, one tries to explore what he wants to learn through learning and thinking individually. Moreover, if one has to accomplish a project all by himself, it will be definitely necessary for him to devote himself to studying without any disruptions. With preoccupation, he may discover something new, besides discovering knowledge already existing, which is superior to group learning.
    To sum up, both group and individual learning are essential to students. The ways vary from person to person based on one’s own demands and desires of learning. To solve this problem more efficiently and effectively, governments and experts should consider over this issue more insightfully and prudently.
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers compared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example,was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    David Geary thinks that______.
    A: the study is interesting but it is based on unreliable research process
    B: the research results need to be retested based on a larger sample
    C: the research results need to be reinterpreted to be meaningful
    D: the study is well based and produces significant results

    答案:B
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语result of the research, University of Chicago, girls, math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生对自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此 只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, difficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词 在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word”anxiety“ to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科的难度而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑 感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales receipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt.A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数 字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。

  • 第14题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up believing that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers compared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example,was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    According to the experiment,those teachers were probably anxious about math when they felt______.
    A:nervous memorizing the numbers of a sales receipt
    B: helpless saving the numbers of a sales receipt
    C: uneasy reading the numbers of a sales receipt
    D: hopeless filling in the numbers of a sales report

    答案:C
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语result of the research, University of Chicago, girls, math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生对自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此 只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, difficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词 在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word”anxiety“ to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科的难度而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑 感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales receipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt.A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数 字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship be-tween what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is un-comfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up be-lieving that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for every-one. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influ-
    ence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers com-pared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out
    which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example, was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study
    did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    What is the result of the research at the University of Chicago,according to the firstparagraph?
    A: Girls comfortable with their own math skills are better than boys at math.
    B: Girls uncomfortable with their own math skills are not as good as boys at math.
    C: Female teachers'math skills have influence over girl students'math skills.
    D: Female teachers'confidence in their math skills is related to girls'math skills.

    答案:D
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语 result of the research , University of Chicago , girls , math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psy-chologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising rela- tionship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生时自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, dif-ficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particular-ly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings: anxie-ty is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科难而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师 对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales re-ceipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the research-ers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the research-ers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。
    题干意为“第六段告诉我们研究结果……”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语research findings,strong link,female teachers' math anxiety,female students' math achievements , math anxiety , strong evidence , math superstars , males , females作为定位线索,在第六段中找到相关句:Boys , on average , were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On aver-age,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math su- perstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety(与female teachers' math anxiety呼应).定位线索词集中出现在第六段最后一句中,因此重点关注这个句子。该 句意为“在关于是否认为数学高手应该是男孩的测试中,有20个女孩认为男孩数学比女孩好,这20个女孩的老师都是女性,而且都对数学有焦虑感”。这说明女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心。该句的前一句提到“一般来说,教女孩子的教师对数学有焦虑感,那么女孩子们在学年结束时测试得分会比其他的女孩要低”。结合这两个句子的意思可以得出这样的结论:女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心,并最终影响女学生的数学成绩,因此该题答案为A项“证明在女教师对数学的焦虑感和女学生的数学成绩之间有密切的联系”。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship be-tween what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is un-comfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up be-lieving that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for every-one. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influ-
    ence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers com-pared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out
    which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example, was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study
    did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    According to the experiment,those teachers were probably anxious about math when they felt______.
    A: nervous memorizing the numbers of a sales receipt
    B: helpless saving the numbers of a sales receipt
    C: uneasy reading the numbers of a sales receipt
    D: hopeless filling in the numbers of a sales report

    答案:C
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语 result of the research , University of Chicago , girls , math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psy-chologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising rela- tionship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生时自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, dif-ficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particular-ly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings: anxie-ty is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科难而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师 对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales re-ceipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the research-ers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the research-ers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。
    题干意为“第六段告诉我们研究结果……”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语research findings,strong link,female teachers' math anxiety,female students' math achievements , math anxiety , strong evidence , math superstars , males , females作为定位线索,在第六段中找到相关句:Boys , on average , were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On aver-age,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math su- perstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety(与female teachers' math anxiety呼应).定位线索词集中出现在第六段最后一句中,因此重点关注这个句子。该 句意为“在关于是否认为数学高手应该是男孩的测试中,有20个女孩认为男孩数学比女孩好,这20个女孩的老师都是女性,而且都对数学有焦虑感”。这说明女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心。该句的前一句提到“一般来说,教女孩子的教师对数学有焦虑感,那么女孩子们在学年结束时测试得分会比其他的女孩要低”。结合这两个句子的意思可以得出这样的结论:女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心,并最终影响女学生的数学成绩,因此该题答案为A项“证明在女教师对数学的焦虑感和女学生的数学成绩之间有密切的联系”。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    Teaching Math,Teaching Anxiety
    In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school,the psychologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising relationship be-tween what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is un-comfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.
    If these girls keep getting math-anxious female teachers in later grades,it may create a snowball effect on their math achievement said Levine. In other words,girls may end up learning math anxiety from their teachers. The study suggests that if these girls grow up be-lieving that boys are better at math than girls are,then these girls may not do as well as they would have if they were more confident.
    Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult,teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particularly difficult for every-one. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings:anxiety is uneasiness or worry.
    The new study found that when a teacher has anxiety about math,that feeling can influ-
    ence how her female students feel about math. The study involved 65 girls,52 boys and 17 first-and second-grade teachers in elementary schools in the Midwest. The students took math achievement tests at the beginning and end of the school year,and the researchers com-pared the scores.
    The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the researchers turned to the teachers:To find out
    which teachers were anxious about math,the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt,for example, was probably anxious about math.
    Boys,on average,were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On average,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study
    did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math superstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety.
    “This is an interesting study,but the results need to be interpreted as preliminary and in need of replication with a larger sample,”said David Geary,a psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

    The sixth paragraph tells us that the research findings______.
    A: prove a strong link between female teachers'math anxiety and their female students' math achievements
    B: show that male students are less likely to be affected by their math anxiety than fe-male students
    C: provide strong evidence that math superstars are more likely to be males than females
    D: discover a strong link between teachers'math anxiety and their students'math achievements

    答案:A
    解析:
    题干意为“依据第一段的内容来看,芝加哥大学的研究结果是什么?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语 result of the research , University of Chicago , girls , math skills,boys,female teachers' math skills,girl students' math skills作为定位线索,在第一段中寻找到相关句:In a new study about the way kids learn math in elementary school, the psy-chologists at the University of Chicago Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found a surprising rela- tionship between what female teachers think and what female students learn:If a female teacher is uncomfortable with her own math skills,then her female students are more likely to believe that boys are better than girls at math.第一段是一个独立成段句,该句意为“在最 近一项关于小学生学数学的研究中,芝加哥大学的心理学家Sian Beilock和Susan Levine发现,女教师的想法和女学生的学习之间有着惊人的联系:如果女教师对自己的数学能力感到焦虑,她的女学生很可能会认为男孩学数学比女孩学得更好”。由此可知女教师对自己数学能力的自信会影响女生时自己数学能力的信心,从而最终会影响到女生的数学能力,因此答案为D项“女教师对自己数学能力的自信与女生的数学能力相关”。
    题干意为“第三段暗示了什么?”题干中没有任何细节信息词可以利用,因此只能利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语math teachers,math learners, subject,difficulty, dif-ficult subject,teachers' confidence, teaching math, students learning math,利用这些线索词在第三段中找到相关句:Just as students find certain subjects to be difficult, teachers can find certain subjects to be difficult to learn一and teach. The subject of math can be particular-ly difficult for everyone. Researchers use the word“anxiety”to describe such feelings: anxie-ty is uneasiness or worry.第三段第一句提到“如同学生会认为某些科目很难学那样,老师也会认为某些学科既难学也难教”。最后一句提到“这就是研究者所言的‘焦虑’:不自在或担心”。依据这两个句子可以推断出作者想要告诉读者,教师会因为数学这门学科难而对教授该课程产生焦虑,也就是不自信,因此答案为B项“像数学这样难学的科目可能会影响教师 对教授该学科的自信”。
    题干意为“根据实验来看,当那些老师感到……时可能会对数学产生焦虑感”。利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experiment , teachers , numbers of a sales re-ceipt作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:The researchers also gave the students tests to tell whether the students believed that a math superstar had to be a boy. Then the research-ers turned to the teachers:To find out which teachers were anxious about math,the research-ers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math,such as when reading a sales receipt. A teacher who got nervous looking at the numbers on a sales receipt, for example,was probably anxious about math.定位线索词集中出现在第五段第二句和第三句中,因此重点关注这两个句子。这两个句子提到“然后研究者们对教师进行测试,试图找出哪些教师对数学感到焦虑,研究者们问教师们当遇到数学问题诸如阅读销售清单时的感受,如果一位教师一看到销售清单的数字就感到紧张,那么她可能会对数学存在焦虑”。由此可知选项C项“一看销售清单上的数字就感到紧张”是答案。saving the numbers意为“保存数字”,filling in the numbers意为“数字排序”,memorizing the numbers意为“数字记忆”。
    题干意为“第六段告诉我们研究结果……”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语research findings,strong link,female teachers' math anxiety,female students' math achievements , math anxiety , strong evidence , math superstars , males , females作为定位线索,在第六段中找到相关句:Boys , on average , were unaffected by a teacher's anxiety. On aver-age,girls with math-anxious teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests than other girls in the study did. Plus,on the test showing whether someone thought a math su- perstar had to be a boy,20 girls showed feeling that boys would be better at math一and all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety(与female teachers' math anxiety呼应).定位线索词集中出现在第六段最后一句中,因此重点关注这个句子。该 句意为“在关于是否认为数学高手应该是男孩的测试中,有20个女孩认为男孩数学比女孩好,这20个女孩的老师都是女性,而且都对数学有焦虑感”。这说明女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心。该句的前一句提到“一般来说,教女孩子的教师对数学有焦虑感,那么女孩子们在学年结束时测试得分会比其他的女孩要低”。结合这两个句子的意思可以得出这样的结论:女教师对数学的焦虑感会影响女学生对自己数学能力的信心,并最终影响女学生的数学成绩,因此该题答案为A项“证明在女教师对数学的焦虑感和女学生的数学成绩之间有密切的联系”。

  • 第18题:

    资料:Did your child's brain shrink last summer? Probably not, but it may have shifted into reverse, according to a study by Dr. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The study found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning.
    The decline is more detrimental for math than it is for reading. "All students lose math skills," says Cooper. It may be because community and home environments give kids more opportunities to practice reading than math. The study also found that income has an impact on how much a student loses or gains in reading. Middle-class children actually gained in reading over the summer, while lower-income students experienced losses. Cooper attributes this to the enrichment activities that many middle-class kids participate in over the summer, such as camp and trips.
    Your kids don't have to spend the summer stuck in reverse. "Parents can help their kids retain educational skills," says Cooper. He suggests the following five tips to kick off a learning-filled summer.
    1. Keep lots of books around and make regular trips to the library. Most libraries schedule special summer events for kids. Sign up your family!
    2. Think about what your kids may be learning next year when you plan the family vacation. Talk with teachers to find out what they'll be covering in class. If it's a unit on the civil war for example, you may want to schedule a visit to Gettysburg. If it's geology, visit a national park.
    3. Keep math in mind. Since kids lose more math skills than anything else over the summer, try to do some special planning to find math-related activities. For example, if you can't decide whether to sign your child up for "Shakespeare's Theater" or "Math Magic" at the local community center, go with the math.
    4. Consider summer school or tutoring. Struggling kids can get a lot of different kinds of help from these programs. Summer school can also enrich and accelerate learning in areas where kids show a special interest.
    5. Call the curriculum coordinator in your child's school district, visit the school board office, or contact the schools of education at local colleges and universities to find out what educational programs will be offered in your area over the summer.
    Remember to keep it fun! You don't want to sour your kids on learning during the summer break.

    How dose income affect a student’s loses or gains in summer learning? ( )

    A.Lower-income children experienced lose in math over the summer
    B.Middle-class children gained in learning over the summer
    C.Lower-income children gained in math over the summer
    D.Middle-class children suffered lose in math over the summer

    答案:B
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】income affect;loses or gains; summer learning
    【主题句】第2自然段Middle-class children actually gained in reading over the summer, while lower-income students experienced losses.中产阶级的孩子在暑假期间的阅读能力事实上得到提高,而低收入家庭的学生阅读能力下降。
    【解析】本题的问题是“在暑期学习中,收入如何影响学生的得与失?”。根据主题句可知,中产阶级的孩子在暑假期间的阅读能力得到提高,而低收入家庭的学生阅读能力下降。故B选项正确。

  • 第19题:

    资料:Did your child's brain shrink last summer? Probably not, but it may have shifted into reverse, according to a study by Dr. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The study found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning.
    The decline is more detrimental for math than it is for reading. "All students lose math skills," says Cooper. It may be because community and home environments give kids more opportunities to practice reading than math. The study also found that income has an impact on how much a student loses or gains in reading. Middle-class children actually gained in reading over the summer, while lower-income students experienced losses. Cooper attributes this to the enrichment activities that many middle-class kids participate in over the summer, such as camp and trips.
    Your kids don't have to spend the summer stuck in reverse. "Parents can help their kids retain educational skills," says Cooper. He suggests the following five tips to kick off a learning-filled summer.
    1. Keep lots of books around and make regular trips to the library. Most libraries schedule special summer events for kids. Sign up your family!
    2. Think about what your kids may be learning next year when you plan the family vacation. Talk with teachers to find out what they'll be covering in class. If it's a unit on the civil war for example, you may want to schedule a visit to Gettysburg. If it's geology, visit a national park.
    3. Keep math in mind. Since kids lose more math skills than anything else over the summer, try to do some special planning to find math-related activities. For example, if you can't decide whether to sign your child up for "Shakespeare's Theater" or "Math Magic" at the local community center, go with the math.
    4. Consider summer school or tutoring. Struggling kids can get a lot of different kinds of help from these programs. Summer school can also enrich and accelerate learning in areas where kids show a special interest.
    5. Call the curriculum coordinator in your child's school district, visit the school board office, or contact the schools of education at local colleges and universities to find out what educational programs will be offered in your area over the summer.
    Remember to keep it fun! You don't want to sour your kids on learning during the summer break.

    What dose Dr. Harris Cooper’s research find?( )

    A.After summer vocation kids will lose one to three months worth of learning
    B.After summer vocation kids will lose learning capability in reading
    C.Summer vocation makes kids lose learning skills in math
    D.Summer vocation brings kids psychological problems

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】Dr.Harris Cooper’s research;find
    【主题句】第1自然段The study found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning.研究发现,学生度过漫长的暑假回到学校后,他们已经失去了相当于一到三个月的学习。
    【解析】本题的问题是“哈里斯?库珀博士的研究有何发现?”。根据主题句可知,暑假过后学生失去了相当于一到三个月的学习,故A选项正确。

  • 第20题:

    Directions: Some people think that all university students should study whatever they like. Others believe that they should only be allowed to study subjects that will be useful in the future, such as those related to science and technology. What′s your view about what subject university students should study? You are required to write a composition within 180 words, but no less than 150 words.


    答案:
    解析:
    People have different views about what subject university students should study, whether the one they like or only the one that will be useful in the future. People who believe students should only study subjects that will be useful in the future list several reasons. First, university courses like medicine, engineering and information technology can provide more job opportunities, career progression, better salaries, and therefore an improved quality of life for students who take them. Second, those subjects play the major role in new inventions, economic growth, and the society' s greater future prosperity. As far as I am concerned, university students should be free to choose their preferred subjects. In my opinion, students can study well if the learning content caters to their interest. Besides, the creative thinking patterns behind some theoretical subjects have potential value. In this sense, more students of art, history and philosophy are needed. In conclusion, although it might seem sensible for students to focus only on the most useful subjects, I personally assert that they have the right to study whatever they like.

  • 第21题:

    填空题
    When the kids help Kerri Paquette cook, they learn math and science at the same time.____

    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由题干中“Kerri Paquette cook”定位至C段。本段讲到孩子们在帮助Kerri做饭的过程中,学习数学、测量和科学(math, measuring and science),故匹配段落为C段。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    When teaching ____ , teachers should not only focus on words or grammar, but also foster the ability to understand the relationship between sound,grammar and lexis, as well as a capacity to infer and determine relationships between sentences.
    A

    listening

    B

    speaking

    C

    reading

    D

    writing


    正确答案: B
    解析:

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    There are certainly many teachers in a university, and different teachers teach in different ways. Now there is a growing, trend among students to expect teachers to make their teaching enjoyable, adding some jokes in the process of teaching, for example. Do you think this expectation is reasonable? Write a composition of about 400 words on this topic, and you should supply a title for your composition.  In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.  Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

    正确答案:
    Enjoyable Teaching is Necessary Like the saying goes, there are no two peas that are exactly the same. Similarly, there cannot be two teachers who are exactly the same. They may possess different amount of knowledge, hold different attitudes to students, and more importantly, exhibit different teaching manners. We have suffered some classes where the teacher only talks about textbooks and pays little attention to students' feeling; we have also enjoyed some classes where the teacher encourages understanding and participation. I strongly believe that teachers should make their teaching more enjoyable.
    The first benefit from enjoyable teaching is that students can remember better. University courses are usually about complex and abstract topics, so students usually find it hard to remember the teaching contents. If teachers can try to make their teaching enjoyable, what they teach can become easy to remember. A course about classical art in Europe which I took last year can be a good example. As the course covered many artists in different countries, it was very difficult to remember the key ideas. But rather than give dry talks, the teacher used slides, video clips, and several games in his class. Most of the students said that they had never expected this course to be so easy.
    Besides, enjoyable teaching can also help students avoid various distractions. University students are a curious group, they are energetic and willing to try everything they are interested in. Nowadays, university is no longer an isolated garden, and students are faced with various attractions, such as computer games, internet chatting, making money, and the opposite sex. These may keep students from focusing their mind on study. But if the teaching is attractive, the teacher can attract students' interest, thus preventing them from engaging in other harmful activities. A recent research also indicates that in universities that encourage enjoyable teaching method, students tend to pay more attention to study and academic achievements.
    Thirdly, enjoyable teaching can help establish a good teacher-student relationship. University students should not only acquire knowledge, but also learn to grow up to be a person, and therefore university should also be a place where teachers and students learn to be friends. If a teacher just talks about knowledge in class and pays no attention to students' interests and feelings, they cannot become friends. If a teacher tries to make his teaching enjoyable, however, he can surely encourage students to participate in class, and in this process, there will be more interaction between them, thus making the foundation for them to become friends.
    From the above discussion, we can safely conclude that enjoyable teaching can bring many benefits. It can not only help students remember the teaching contents and focus better on their study, but also help students and teachers to become friends. Therefore, it can be predicted that if all teachers learn to teach in enjoyable ways, students will not only become better learners, but also better persons. When this comes true, our society is sure to see a much brighter future.
    解析:
    本文要求讨论的是enjoyable teaching好不好的问题。作者从帮助学生记住授课内容、专注于学习以及建立良好的师生关系三个方面说明了Enjoyable teaching的好处,完全可以满足文章对内容的要求。三个正文段的论据以逻辑推理为主,同时也有个人经历和专家证言,这使文章内容更加充分。本文引言段开头使用谚语有助于吸引读者注意。正文段使用first,besides,和thirdly,说明这三点同样重要。结论段的总结部分用了两句话,最终评论使用了对将来的预测,使文章结尾自然而有力。