Question

What is it about maths, anyway? Why is it that a 1 who would rather die than 2 they found reading difficult at school will happily say he is brain-dead when it 3 to numbers?
“I was 4 at maths at school,” they say. “still am. Can’t 5 up to save my life. My little girl takes after6. Thinks take-aways are something to do with fish and chips. Ha-ha!” Oh, how we all laugh.
But how many of us remember it being 7 at the time? How many of us remember the blind panic of the Monday morning maths test when the 8 we could hope for was a miracle(奇迹) to make the numbers we 9 without thinking as answers somehow 10 the questions?
On the face of it, today’s children can 11 be considered happier and more satisfied. They have a daily numeracy lesson 12 to improving their maths skills. But if that sounds like hell to you, you may 13 find that your child surprises you by actually quite 14 it.
One of the 15 is that over the last ten years or so, there has been a 16 in the way maths is taught. And many of those who teach it feel it’s been a 17 for the better. There’s generally much more emphasis now on 18 arithmetic, getting children used to doing calculations without forever having a pen in one hand and a calculator in the other. Often the first question a teacher will ask is: can you do this in your19? And if they can, they do.
The whole approach is more20, the goal to get children understanding numbers, not just putting them through the uninteresting process of learning something by repeating it until they remember it.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      teacher
   2. B.
      parent
   3. C.
      pupil
   4. D.
      teenager
2. 2.
   1. A.
      understand
   2. B.
      admit
   3. C.
      observe
   4. D.
      pretend
3. 3.
   1. A.
      add
   2. B.
      relate
   3. C.
      comes
   4. D.
      reject
4. 4.
   1. A.
      good
   2. B.
      expert
   3. C.
      special
   4. D.
      rubbish
5. 5.
   1. A.
      add
   2. B.
      make
   3. C.
      look
   4. D.
      pick
6. 6.
   1. A.
      stranger
   2. B.
      me
   3. C.
      herself
   4. D.
      somebody
7. 7.
   1. A.
      funny
   2. B.
      easy
   3. C.
      attractive
   4. D.
      remote
8. 8.
   1. A.
      worst
   2. B.
      prize
   3. C.
      best
   4. D.
      surprising
9. 9.
   1. A.
      missed
   2. B.
      lost
   3. C.
      found
   4. D.
      chose
10. 10.
    1. A.
       get
    2. B.
       foresee
    3. C.
       fit
    4. D.
       evaluate
11. 11.
    1. A.
       however
    2. B.
       frequently
    3. C.
       mostly
    4. D.
       hardly
12. 12.
    1. A.
       suggested
    2. B.
       devoted
    3. C.
       intended
    4. D.
       adapted
13. 13.
    1. A.
       well
    2. B.
       sometimes
    3. C.
       seldom
    4. D.
       extremely
14. 14.
    1. A.
       enjoying
    2. B.
       hating
    3. C.
       objecting
    4. D.
       mastering
15. 15.
    1. A.
       consequences
    2. B.
       reasons
    3. C.
       findings
    4. D.
       incidents
16. 16.
    1. A.
       mistake
    2. B.
       program
    3. C.
       policy
    4. D.
       revolution
17. 17.
    1. A.
       preparation
    2. B.
       reputation
    3. C.
       requirement
    4. D.
       change
18. 18.
    1. A.
       difficult
    2. B.
       general
    3. C.
       mental
    4. D.
       basic
19. 19.
    1. A.
       class
    2. B.
       head
    3. C.
       textbook
    4. D.
       own
20. 20.
    1. A.
       logical
    2. B.
       unbelievable
    3. C.
       direct
    4. D.
       conservative

Answer 1

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