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（使现出） 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（倒数） and inverses. In other words, 'It's not yours to reason why, just invert（反转） 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（巧妙处理的） 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
— I’ve been told that you are not content with your present job.
— Yeah. I am looking for a job _____ I can put my talent to good use.
A．which B．where C．when D．why
IV.完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.“What will __21___ be like in the year 2050 ?” asked Tom . “I don’t know ,” said Fred . “What do you think ?” “Well , no one knows . But it is ___22___ to guess ,” said Tom . “In the year 2050 everybody will ___23___ a pocket computer.The computer will give people the __24___ to all their problems . We shall all have telephones in our pockets , ___25___ . And we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world . Perhaps we’ll be able to __26___ them at the same time . Machines will do ___27___ work , and people will have more ____28____ , perhaps they will work only two or three days a week . They will be able to fly t
o the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there .”
“I’m very ___29___ to hear that . I hope to fly to the moon . And I hope I’ll be able to live ___30___ ,” said Fred . “Won’t that be interesting ? Just like a fish .”
21. A.our home B.the traffic C.a factory D.the world
22. A.pleased B.no use C.interesting D.unusual
23. A.carry B.bringC.give D.send
24. A.news B.ways C.things D.answers
25. A.eitherB.again C.too D.also
26. A.call B.see C.look D.listen
27. A.more B.many C.lot D.every
28. A.work B.duty C.holidays D.times
29. A.sorry B.glad C.sure D.afraid
30. A.in the sea B.on land C.on the mountain D.under the ground
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___36___ anger may help you ____37___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____38___ responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___39____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____40___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____41____ the researchers were ____42____ them.
Lerner used a ____43____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____44____ during the test. The researchers ____45____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.
People whose faces showed more ____46____ during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____47____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____48____. “ Having that sense of anger ____49____ people to actually feel some power in what ____50____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____51____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____52____ with those who were frightened during the event.
So in maddening ____53____, anger is not a ____54____ thing to have. It’s a ____55____ response than fear.
36. A. shows B. suggests C. expresses D. insists
37. A. drop B. reduce C. lose D. throw
38. A. mistake B. sadness C. stress D. anger
39. A. read B. write C. speak D. count
40. A. mistakes B. decisions C. changes D. losses
41. A. unless B. because C. if D. until
42. A. watching B. stopping C. interrupting D. recording
43. A. rented B. stolen C. borrowed D. hidden
44. A. spots B. points C. expressions D. smiles
45. A. chose B. regarded C. treated D. described
46. A fear B. anger C. regret D. happiness
47. A. decrease B. increaseC. climb D. spread
48. A. plan B. method C. study D. project
49. A. hopes B. leads C. lets D. drives
50. A. actually B. really C. otherwise D. luckily
51. A. pain B. joy C. sorrow D. anger
52. A. compared B. comparing C. satisfied D. connected
53. A. situations B. conditions C. positions D. persons
54. A bad B. good C. proper D. wonderful
55. A. shorter B. bigger C. faster D. healthier
第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）
阅读下面短文,从36至55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。
Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She loved John very much. In her 36 he couldn’t do anything 37. Every morning she would give him breakfast 38 bed and bring him the papers to read. It isn’t really true that he was too 39 to work—in fact he had tried a few 40. First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he 41 a bus conductor and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares （车费）collected. He 42 lost his job as a postman 43 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses. It seemed that there was 44suitable work for him. So he 45 to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so 46 about this that she told the 47to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier”, she said. “He is going to be the best soldier there 48 was, I can tell you!”
Then the great day came 49 he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). His 50 mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 51 in the crowd.
The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his52 came in sight, some of the people watching 53 laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along.
But Ella Fant, who was filled with 54, shouted at the top of her voice: “Look at them! They’re all out of 55 except my John! Isn’t he the best?!”
36. A. hope B. eyesC. head D. beliefs
37. A. wrong B. great C. good D. strange
38. A. to B. atC. inD. by
39. A. lazy B. young C. weak D. shy
40. A. ones B. years C. tasksD. jobs
41. A. followedB. met C. becameD. found
42. A.
thusB. evenC. once D. only
43. A. even ifB. so that C. because D. though
44. A. someB. such C. less D. no
45. A. began B. promised C. managed D. decided
46. A. excited B. worried C. anxiousD. curious
47. A. incident B. change C. news D. matter
48. A. yet B. ever C. never D. just
49. A. where B. since C. when D. till
50. A. proud B. kind C. strict D. lucky
51. A. time B. position C. experience D. impression
52. A. neighbours B. army officerC. mother D. fellow soldiers
53. A. couldn’t help B. kept C. stopped D. shouldn’t burst out
54. A. sadnessB. happiness C. surprise D. regret
55. A. sightB. order C. mind D. step
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.
I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the 36 in search of it. I was very excited and 37 as if I were going on the stage (舞台). I found the 38 easily and ran breathlessly through a door into a(n) 39 .
The woman in the office looked carefully at me 40 through her glasses, and then 41 me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather 42 . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of 43 . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be 44 to get a job without 45 . I wondered whether I ought to leave 46 the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her 47 : “As a matter of fact, I’ve got someone in the office at this 48 moment who might 49 .” She wrote down a 
50 , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a 51 immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner fo
r ten people.”
“Oh yes,” said I —— 52 having cooked for more than four in my life. I 53 her again and again, and rushed out to the 54 telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently (有信心地) that I was just what she was looking for.
I spent the next few hours 55 cook books.
36. A. bed B. house C. agency D. office
37. A. proud B. pleased C. nervous D. worried
38. A. family B. door C. place D. stage
39. A. office B. roo
m C. hall D. house
40. A. as usual B. for a while C. in a minute D. once again
41. A. advised B. examined C. informed D. questioned
42. A. encouraged B. interesting C. hopeless D. pleased
43. A. place B. job C. advice D. help
44. A. difficult B. helpless C. possible D. unusual
45. A. ability B. experience C. knowledge D. study
46. A. after B. since C. until D. when
47. A. whisper B. say C. shout D. cry
48. A. late B. early C. very D. important
49. A. hire B. accept C. suit D. offer
50. A. letter B. name C. note D. number
51. A. cook B. help C. teacher D. secretary
52. A. almost B. never C. nearly D. really
53. A. answered B. promised C. thanked D. told
54. A. outside B. local C. farthest D. nearest
55. A. borrowing B. buying C. reading D. writing