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1、昆明市2014高考英语（阅读理解）一轮训练题（9）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AGoingtoschoolmeanslearningnewskillsandfactsindifferentsubjects.Teachersteachandstudentslearn,andmanyscientistsareinterestedinfindingwaystoimprovebothteachingandlearningprocesses.SianBeilockandSusanLev
2、ing,twopsychologistsattheUniversityofChicago,aretryingtolearnaboutlearning.Inanewstudyaboutthewaykidslearnmathinelementaryschool,BeilockandLevinefoundasurprisingrelationshipbetweenwhatfemaleteachersthinkandwhatfemalestudentslearn:Ifafemaleteacherisuncomfortablewit
3、hherownmathskills,thenherfemalestudentsaremorelikelytobelievethatboysarebetterthangirlsatmath.“Ifthesegirlskeepgettingmath-anxiousfemaleteachersinlatergrades,itmaycreateasnowballeffectontheirmathachievement,”LevinetoldScienceNews.Thestudysuggeststhatifthesegirlsgr
4、owupbelievingthatboysarebetteratmaththangirlsare,thenthesegirlsmaynotdoaswellastheywouldhaveiftheyweremoreconfident.Justasstudentsfindcertainsubjectstobedifficult,teacherscanfindcertainsubjectstobedifficulttolearn—andteach.Thesubjectofmathcanbeparticularlydifficul
5、tforeveryone.Thenewstudyinvolved65girls,52boysand17first-andsecond-gradeteachersinelementaryschoolsintheMidwest.Thestudentstookmathachievementtestsatthebeginningandendoftheschoolyear,andtheresearcherscomparedthescoresTheresearchersalsogavethestudentsteststotellwhe
6、therthestudentsbelievedamathsuperstarhadtobeaboy.Thentheresearchersturnedtotheteachers:Tofindoutwhichteacherswereanxiousaboutmath,theresearchersaskedtheteachershowtheyfeltattimeswhentheycameacrossmath,suchaswhenreadingasalesreceipt.Ateacherwhogotnervouslookingatth
7、enumbersonasalesreceipt,forexample,wasprobablyanxiousaboutmath.Boys,onaverage,wereunaffectedbyateacher’sanxiety.Onaverage,girlswithmath-anxiousteachersscoredlowerontheend-of-the-yearmathteststhanothergirlsinthestudydid.Plus,onthetestshowingwhethersomeonethoughtama
8、thsuperstarhadtobeaboy,20girlsshowedfeelingthatboyswouldbebetteratmath—andallofthesegirlshadbeentaughtbyfemaleteacherswithmathanxiety.Accordingtosurveys
