Does solving a math problem give you a headache? Do you feel nervous when you sit a math exam? For most students, math can be tough but scientists have proved that math problems can actually trigger physical pain.

Scientists came to his conclusion with an in-depth experiment, which was published in the Public Library of Science One journal. They began by finding out how much participants fear math. Those involved were asked a series of questions such as how they feel when they receive a math textbook or when they walk into a math lesson.

Based on their answers, participants were divided into groups. One group was made up of people  who  were particularly afraid  of  math  and participants  in  the other  group were  more comfortable with the subject.

Both groups were then given either math tasks or word tasks. When a math task was going to come next, a yellow circle would appear but when a word task was soon to come, a blue square would be shown.

Using a brain-scan machine, scientists noticed that whenever people from Group One saw a yellow circle, their brain would respond in a way similar to when their body is feeling pain. It was like the pain they would fee, for example, if they burnt their hand on a hot stove. But they reacted less strongly when they knew that they would be faced with a word task.

However, scientists saw no strong brain response from people in the second group.

Math can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMA), math is associated with tension, apprehension and fear. “When you are really thinking about the math problems, your mind is racing and you are worrying about all the things that could go wrong,” explained Ian Lyons from University of Chicago, US, leader of the study. “The higher a person’s anxiety of a maths task, the more he activated brain regions associated with threat detection, and the experience of pain.”

More interestingly, the brain activity disappeared when participants actually started dealing with the math tasks. “This means that it’s not that math itself hurts; rather,  the anticipation of math is painful,” Lyons said.

Based on the study, scientists suggested that things could be done to help students worry less and move past their fear of math, which might mean they perform better in tests.

63. In the first stage, scientists ask participants some questions to  _.

A. see whether math hurts     B. find out how much they fear math

C. observe how their brain response     D. test their endurance of pain

64. The underlined word “the anicipation of math” is closest in meaning to     .

A. the attempt of learning math             B. the motivation to work out math problem

C. the effort to understand math             D. the act of thinking about math

65. Which is the best title for the passage?  

A. How to overcome math fear.              B. Physical pain affects math performance.

C. Math pain in your brain.                  D. Unknown truth about pain.

66. What can be concluded from the experiment?

A. The anticipation of math has no relation to students’ confidence in math.

B. Moderate mathematic anxiety promotes students’ academic performance.

C. Effective solutions have been worked out to lower students’ anxiety of math.

D. Physical pain caused by HMA disappears in the process of doing math problem.

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked   36   at me and said, “I love you.” I didn't know what to say.   37   several seconds all I could do was to stand there and    38     down at him . My first thought was that he must need   39  with his homework or he was trying to   40   me for some news.

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The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had   43  .

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The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how   51   it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

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36. A. down              B. away              C. out              D. up

37. A. After              B. For                C. At              D. On

38. A. sit                B. get                C. look             D. knock

39. A. rest               B. time               C. help             D. paper

40. A. report             B. prepare             C. answer           D. excuse

41. A. help              B. tell                 C. ask              D. make

42. A. a matter           B. an experiment        C. a word           D. a sentence

43. A. said               B. reacted             C. done             D. explained

44. A. same              B. different            C. usual             D. common

45. A. suggested          B. agreed              C. allowed           D. planned

46. A. point              B. idea                C. way              D. cause

47. A. body              B. health              C. work              D. study

48. A. have              B. know               C. take              D. need

49. A. bad               B. good               C. late               D. early

50. A. might             B. can                 C. dare              D. should

51. A. easy              B. much               C. often              D. difficult

52. A. more              B. full                 C. exact             D. extra

53. A. before             B. after                C. because           D. if

54. A. day               B. week                C. afternoon         D. night

55. A. answer            B. result                C. reason            D. experiment

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __36__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __37__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __38__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __39__ with his homework or he was trying to __40__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __41__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __42__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __43__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __44__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __45__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __46__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __47__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __48__. It’s something all human beings __49__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __50__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __51__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __52__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __53__ second. And just __54__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __55__.

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A. After        B. For              C. At                    D. On

A. glance                 B. glare            C. stare                 D. watch

A. patience            B. time             C. help                   D. paper

A. report               B. prepare         C. answer                          D. apologize

A. help                B. ask               C. tell                     D. make

A. thing        B. experiment       C. word                   D. sentence

A. search for                 B. search                 C. find out                           D. find

A. said                   B. reacted       C. done                    D. explained

A. same                 B. different        C. usual                    D. ordinary

A. allowed                  B. agreed        C. suggested                        D. planned

A. point        B. idea            C. way                     D. cause

A. body                B. health          C. life                       D. study

A. have        B. know         C. take                       D. require

A. bad                 B. good           C. late                     D. early

A. fit            B. ready         C. nice                      D. able

A. easy          B. much         C. often                     D. difficult

A. a much      B. a full           C. an exact                  D. an extra

A. before              B. after           C. because                          D. if

A. answer              B. key             C. reason                  D experiment

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The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had  43  .

“Basically, most of the fathers had the  44  reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first  45  we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”

“The  46  is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of  47  . It’s something all human beings  48  . What I am trying to tell the children is that it’s too  49  that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be  50  to tell his dad that he loves him.”

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I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole  54 to think of the right  55  .

36. A. down                 B. away                 C. out                   D. up

37. A. glancing              B. glaring               C. staring                     D. watching

38. A. patience                     B. time                  C. help                  D. paper

39. A. report                 B. prepare              C. answer                     D. apologize

40. A. Nothing                     B. OK                   C. Something         D. Love

41. A. help                    B. tell                    C. ask                   D. make

42. A. thing                  B. experiment         C. word                D. sentence

43. A. said                    B. reacted              C. done                 D. explained

44. A. same                  B. different            C. usual                 D. ordinary

45. A. suggested           B. agreed               C. allowed             D. planned

46. A. point                  B. idea                   C. way                  D. cause

47. A. body                  B. health                C. search               D. study

48. A. have                   B. know                C. take                  D. require

49. A. bad                    B. good                 C. late                   D. early

50. A. fit                      B. polite                 C. nice                  D. able

51. A. easy                   B. much                C. often                 D. difficult

52. A. more                  B. full                    C. exact                D. extra

53. A. before                B. after                  C. because             D. if

54. A. day                    B. week                 C. afternoon          D. morning

55. A. answer               B. key                   C. reason               D. experiment

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __36__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __37__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __38__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __39__ with his homework or he was trying to __40__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __41__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __42__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __43__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __44__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __45__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __46__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __47__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __48__. It’s something all human beings __49__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __50__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __51__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __52__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __53__ second. And just __54__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __55__.

1.A. down                 B. away             C. out                   D. up

2.A. After                  B. For              C. At                    D. On

3.A. glance                B. glare            C. stare                 D. watch

4. A. patience             B. time             C. help                   D. paper

5. A. report                B. prepare         C. answer                          D. apologize

6. A. help                 B. ask               C. tell                     D. make

7.A. thing                  B. experiment       C. word                   D. sentence

8. A. search for                  B. search                 C. find out                           D. find

9.A. said                  B. reacted       C. done                    D. explained

10.A. same               B. different        C. usual                    D. ordinary

11.A. allowed                B. agreed        C. suggested                        D. planned

12.A. point               B. idea            C. way                     D. cause

13. A. body               B. health          C. life                       D. study

14.A. have                B. know         C. take                       D. require

15. A. bad                B. good           C. late                     D. early

16.A. fit                  B. ready         C. nice                      D. able

17.A. easy                B. much         C. often                     D. difficult

18.A. a much              B. a full           C. an exact                  D. an extra

19. A. before             B. after           C. because                          D. if

20. A. answer             B. key             C. reason                  D experiment