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1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（40）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.SianBeilockandSusanLeving,tw
2、opsychologistsattheUniversityofChicago,aretryingtolearnaboutlearning.Inanewstudyaboutthewaykidslearnmathinelementaryschool,BeilockandLevinefoundasurprisingrelationshipbetweenwhatfemaleteachersthinkandwhatfemalestudentslearn:Ifafemaleteacherisuncomfortablewithherownmaths
3、kills,thenherfemalestudentsaremorelikelytobelievethatboysarebetterthangirlsatmath.“Ifthesegirlskeepgettingmath-anxiousfemaleteachersinlatergrades,itmaycreateasnowballeffectontheirmathachievement,”LevinetoldScienceNews.Thestudysuggeststhatifthesegirlsgrowupbelievingthatb
4、oysarebetteratmaththangirlsare,thenthesegirlsmaynotdoaswellastheywouldhaveiftheyweremoreconfident.Justasstudentsfindcertainsubjectstobedifficult,teacherscanfindcertainsubjectstobedifficulttolearn—andteach.Thesubjectofmathcanbeparticularlydifficultforeveryone.Thenewstudy
5、involved65girls,52boysand17first-andsecond-gradeteachersinelementaryschoolsintheMidwest.Thestudentstookmathachievementtestsatthebeginningandendoftheschoolyear,andtheresearcherscomparedthescores.Theresearchersalsogavethestudentsteststotellwhetherthestudentsbelievedamaths
6、uperstarhadtobeaboy.Thentheresearchersturnedtotheteachers:Tofindoutwhichteacherswereanxiousaboutmath,theresearchersaskedtheteachershowtheyfeltattimeswhentheycameacrossmath,suchaswhenreadingasalesreceipt.Ateacherwhogotnervouslookingatthenumbersonasalesreceipt,forexample,
7、wasprobablyanxiousaboutmath.Boys,onaverage,wereunaffectedbyateacher’sanxiety.Onaverage,girlswithmath-anxiousteachersscoredlowerontheend-of-the-yearmathteststhanothergirlsinthestudydid.Plus,onthetestshowingwhethersomeonethoughtamathsuperstarhadtobeaboy,20girlsshowedfeeli
8、ngthatboyswouldbebetteratmath—andallofthesegirlshadbeentaughtbyfemaleteacherswithmathanxiety.Accordingtosurvey
