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

完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分,滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55題各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Most people make treehouses using a pile of wood, a hammer, and some nails. Mitchell Joachim, an architect from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has a(n) _36_ vision. He pictures a day when homes will be created from __37__.

Joachim's vision ___38__ an idea called pleaching (編織), where tree branches are grown so that they __39__ weave together. Since the growth patterns of trees are  _40_ by wind and sunlight, it may be __41_ to control the way a tree develops.

These Fabricated Tree House Habitats would use trees grown into shapes as housing. One of the __42_ of these designs is that trees would not have to be cut down __43_.

"A 100 percent treehouse would take _44_ to create," Joachim said．__45_ the climate, a house could take anywhere from 5 to 30 years to grow. Fortunately, there's a way to __46_ the process. Joachim suggests including __47_ materials such as sod (草皮), grasses and living branches in the housing designs. "This material would be able to move __48_ the house grows," Joachim said．

A home would become an actual ecosystem, a community of plants, animals, and bacteria working together. The trees would also give off water vapor that would assist in _49__ the homes. Solar panels and wind would help provide  _50__. The tree homes might even have soil pockets, __51_ plants could grow from the structure itself.

Work has already __52_ on Joachim's first design—a house made from 50 percent recycled and 50 percent living things. Joachim is confident about the __53__ of his work, as he uses natural products _54_ nature.

"The environment and its study are very important. We need to respect nature, don’t _55_," he said．

36．A．similar     B．excellent C．strange     D．different

37．A．living trees      B．small trees       C．living things     D．wild plants.

38．A．a(chǎn)grees with      B．is considered as      C．is based on     D．comes up with

39．A．luckily    B．naturally        C．partly      D．separately

40．A．effected   B．a(chǎn)ffected  C．a(chǎn)ttempted        D．intended

41．A．possible   B．impossible       C．important        D．necessary

42．A．designers        B．purposes C．disadvantages D．a(chǎn)dvantages

43．A．on purpose      B．for wood C．by chance        D．a(chǎn)t ease

44．A．troubles   B．great efforts    C．a(chǎn) few months   D．years

45．A．Depending on B．Judging by      C．Protected from       D．Suffering from

46．A．speed up B．carry on   C．slow down       D．smooth away

47．A．compound       B．chemical C．ecological       D．industrial

48．A．for    B．a(chǎn)s     C．so     D．because

49．A．cleaning   B．heating    C．cooling    D．lighting

50．A．food        B．energy     C．beauty     D．charming

51．A．where      B．which      C．that D．a(chǎn)nd

52．A．stopped    B．completed       C．controlled       D．begun

53．A．pleasure    B．happiness        C．benefit     D．importance

54．A．going against   B．without destroying C．by destroying     D．coming from

55．A．think you are it       B．do it ourselves        C．take it for granted    D．put it like this

Occasions are quite rare       I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

A．who  B．which

C．why  D．when

第一節(jié) 完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21～30各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Recently divorced in my 30s, I had no job and was on my way downtown on a rainy day to go to the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had   21   apart, and I couldn’t afford another one.

I sat down in the streetcar — there against the   22   was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid with gold and bright enamel(琺瑯). I had never seen anything so lovely. I

  23   the handle and saw a name on it. The   24   procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but I decided to take it and find the   25   myself.

I got off the streetcar in a downpour and   26   opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the   27   on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered. Yes, she said in   28  , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present, but it’d been   29   from her locker at school years before.

She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went   30   to her house. She took the umbrella, her eyes filled with tears. I was only too happy to see her get back the lost umbrella, and get a job she offered me.

21．A．taken                      B．torn                        C．broken                    D．fallen

22．A．seat                        B．door                       C．engine                    D．floor

23．A．watched                  B．shook                     C．examined                D．tested

24．A．usual                      B．ordinary                 C．normal                   D．odd

25．A．thief                       B．owner                     C．robber                    D．keeper

26．A．hopefully                B．helpfully                 C．carefully                 D．slowly

27．A．name                      B．number                   C．a(chǎn)ddress                   D．brand

28．A．happiness                B．disappointment        C．laughter                  D．surprise

29．A．robbed                   B．stolen                     C．taken                      D．hidden

30．A．simply                    B．calmly                    C．directly                   D．suddenly

Mr. Smith sold that magnificent cottage of his on the sea _____ 2,000,000 dollars.

A.at         B. for         C. to         D. by

--I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9

    --Yes. __________ news came as __________shock to us.

A.the ; the      B. the ; a      C, / ; /      D. / ; a

--It starts raining outside.

    --Oh, ____________!

A. so it is         B. so does it   C. it does so   D. so it does

Mr. Alcott, headmaster of the school, refused to accept made by the Students' Union.

A. either       B. neither          C. any          D. none

My pain ___________ obvious the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met  asked me pitifully:" Are you feeling all right?"  

A. must be                       B. must have been    

C. could be                      D. could have been

—Do you regret paying 500 dollars for your necklace?

--No, I would gladly pay__________ for it.

A. two times as much                 B. twice as many

C. twice as much                     D. as twice as much