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      Everyone knows that Asians do well in math,but do you know why? Recently some researchers 1 a book. They try to tell us 2 Asian kids are good at math.

      The 3 reason is how short the spoken digits are. 4 following numbers out： four,eight,five,and six. 5 you speak English,you’ll need more than two seconds. But in Chinese,you’ll need 6 than one. The second 7 is the structure of the number system. In English,we have words 8 fourteen,thirty-four or fifty-seven. The number system in English is irregular. But it isn’t in Chinese,Japanese or Korean. These 9 have a logical counting system. In Chinese,eleven is ten-one. Twelve is ten-two. Twenty-four is two-tens-four,and so on. Above all,Asian kids learn to count faster. It makes them do math 10 than kids in other parts of the world.

() 1. A. read   B. found   C. bought   D. wrote

() 2. A. where   B. what   C. why   D. when

() 3. A. other   B. only   C. last   D. first

() 4. A. Ask   B. Read   C. Work   D. Sing

() 5. A. If   B. Because   C. Until   D. Although

() 6. A. more   B. less   C. much   D. little

() 7. A. way   B. example   C. reason   D. problem

() 8. A. at   B. of   C. in   D. like

() 9. A. languages   B. subjects   C. words   D. sentences

() 10. A. faster   B. better   C. harder   D. worse

Answer 1

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阅读提示：本文介绍了亚洲学生数学好的几个原因。

1. D根据下文可知这本书是他们“写”的。因此选   D.

2. C文章以后的部分谈的是亚洲学生数学好的理由，所以选why。

3. D与下文的the second对应，因此选   D.

4. B上句谈的是读音,这句“读”下面几个数字举例说明。选   B.

5. A据句意应是条件状语从句，故选A.

6. B上句用英语读要花2秒多，而汉语读“不足”1秒。不足用less than。故选   B.

7. C与本段开头的第一个reason相应，故选   C.

8. D用like“像……一样”来举例说明数字在构成方面的不同。

9. C根据句意那些数字的“单词”。选   C.

10. B亚洲的小孩在数学方面学得“更好”。所以选   B.