Question

Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and s __1.____ a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to give it up．Her father was w __2._ about it．

It was Sunday．Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who t __3.___ math in another school．He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math．The woman came and said, “ You are a clever girl, Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your b _4.____．’’

“ I’m afraid I can’t , Aunt,” said Sally．“ G __5.____ can’t be good at math ．”

“ I don’t think so,” said the woman．“ I was good at it when was a girl．You must do more e _6.____ and try different ways to practice d __7.__ math problems until you work them out or at least understand them better．Here is a math problem．Please think it o ___8.___ and see if you can work it out．”

“ Ok,” said the girl．“ Let me try．”

About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “ I’ve t 9.____ several times and worked out the problem at last!”

“ Well done !” her aunt looked at her answer and said h__10.___, “ Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought．”

Answer 1