题目内容
8.Despite gains in recent years,women still fall behind men in some areas of math achievement,and the question of why has caused heated argument.Now,a study of first and second graders suggests what may be part of the answer:Female primary school teachers who are concerned about their own skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.Young students tend to model themselves after adults of the same sex,explained Beilock,an associate professor in psychology at the University of Chicago.Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers.Beilock and her colleagues studied 52boys and 65girls in classes taught by 17different teachers.Ninety percent of the US primary school teachers are women,as was all of those in this study.
Students'math ability was not related to teachers'math anxiety at the start of the school year,but at the end of the year,the more anxious teachers were about their own skills,the more likely their female students-but not the boys-were to agree to that"boys are good at math and girls are good at reading".In addition,the girls who answered that way scored lower on math tests than either the classes'boys or the girls who had not developed such a belief,the researchers found.
After seeing the results,the researchers recommended that the math requirements for obtaining a primary education teaching degree should be rethought."If the next generation of teachers,especially primary school teachers,is going to teach their students more effectively,more care needs to be taken to develop both strong math skills and positive math attitudes in these educators,"the researchers wrote.
"Girls who grow up believing females lack math skills wind up avoiding harder math classes.It keeps girls and women out of a lot of careers,particularly in science technology,"Beilock said.
24.We can learn from the first three paragraphs thatA.
A.teachers in US primary schools are mostly females
B.the students involved in the study are starters at primary school
C.young students usually follow example of their female teachers
D.it's true that boys do well in math while girls do well in reading
25.We can we infer from the text?B
A.Beilock's study will bring about a primary education revolution.
B.Girls'lack of confidence in math skills affects their future jobs.
C.The performance of the students changed little during the process of the study.
D.The researchers argued that current primary school education needed improving.
26.What's the suggested solution to the phenomenon mentioned in the text?D
A.Using different approaches to excite students'interest in math.
B.Reducing the number of situations that make teachers anxious.
C.Creating more chances for boys and girls to work together in class.
D.Improving teachers'math skills and changing their math attitudes.
27.What's the main idea of the text?A
A.Girls may learn math anxiety from female teachers.
B.Boys are free from the math anxiety of female teachers.
C.Primary school teachers have a far-reaching influence on students.
D.Students should learn how to hold positive attitudes towards math.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了女生会从女老师那里学习数学焦虑,影响自己未来的工作生活.了
解答 24.A.细节理解题.根据第二段Ninety percent of the US primary school teachers are women,as was all of those in this study可知美国小学教室大多是女性;故选A.
25.B.推理判断题.根据最后一段Girls who grow up believing females lack math skills wind up avoiding harder math classes.It keeps girls and women out of a lot of careers,particularly in science technology可知女孩们对数学缺少自信影响他们未来的工作;故选B.
26.D.细节理解题.根据第四段especially primary school teachers,is going to teach their students more effectively,more care needs to be taken to develop both strong math skills and positive math attitudes in these educators可知要提高他们的数学技能以及改变教师对数学的态度;故选D.
27.A.推理判断题.根据第二段Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers可知文章主要讲女生会从女老师那里学习数学焦虑;故选A.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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