2017-2018学年湖北省荆州市沙市中学高二下学期第三次双周考(半月考)英语试题(解析版).docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 11 PAGE 10 PAGE 10 第!异常的公式结尾页，共 11 页 2017-2018 学年湖北省荆州市沙市中学高二（下）第三次双周英语试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共 12 小题，共 24.0 分） A As your teacher passes out the math tes，t your palms（手掌） turn sweaty． You notice that your heart has begun to race． Glancing down at the page， you suddenly forget those operations on which you had drilled only a few days earlie．r Do you perform all additions first in a complex calculation？ Oh，you know it-well youre pretty sure，right？ Suddenly，you start to doubt a lot of things that you know． If that sounds familiar，you might suffer from math anxiety．Or maybe not．Even researchers who study this condition note that it can be surprisingly hard to define math anxiety． Its also hard to identify precisely how many people suffer from it． After all， its I not an officially recognized mental disorder in the way that depression is． To diagnose math anxiety， researchers conduct a questionnaire． It asks things like how anxious would you feel about being given a set of division problems to solve on pape．r Those who score high on these surveys about stress over making numerical calculations will be labeled math anxious． In general， people who panic over their math skills tend to do worse in math classes than people who dont mind numbers． But thats not always true． Just because youre math anxious， that doesnt always mean youre bad at math， notes Rose Vukovic Shes an educational psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis． Math anxiety affects people of all ages． It can lead to poor performance in math classe．s And its impacts dont end at graduation． Throughout life， this type of stress can stand in the way of mastering skills or projects in a host of areas that rely on calculations． But the good news is that the problem is manageabl．e cope with this stress． Whats the symptom of math anxiety？ You sweat all over． Your heart beats wildly． You are thrown into mental disorder． You dont mind numbers at all． Researchers are finding ways people can Ho