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Are you bad at math? If you answer yes, consider this question: Are you bad at math because you didn’t study hard enough to learn the material or because you lack the ability to be good at it ?

As it turns out, many children believe that they don’t do well on math tests because they’re intellectually incapable (无能的) of understanding the material. They have no reason to try harder, thus trapping them in a state of being bad at math.

Educators Miles Kimball and Noah Smith argue that this is a big problem,“Math is the great mental subject of an unconfident America. If we can convince you that anyone can learn math, it should be a short step to convincing you that you can learn just about anything, if you work hard enough.”

Psychologist Carol Dweck took on the task of convincing a group of students that if they worked hard they could become smarter. The truly remarkable part of that study was not that the kids improved and earned higher grades; it was that Dweck noted that a few of the tough boys in the group were brought to tears, learning that the level of intelligence they could reach was limitless — it was entirely up to them .

Of course, not all of us will become genius mathematicians, but the majority of us can become skilled and maybe even good at math. As Mashable points out, while dyscalculia (计算障碍) , a math disability, is a real thing, only 6 percent of the population is likely to have it. For the rest of us, it’s a confidence problem, or a lack of belief that with hard work, we’ll improve. Thankfully, we now know better, and we can pass on that information to the next generation.

28. Many people don’t work hard at math because they think that                   .

       A. it’s useless to put in the effort          B. they have understood the material

C. their intelligence is high                   D. math is not worth learning

29. According to Miles Kimball and Noah Smith,                      .

       A. math is an important subject at school

B. math is a big problem to deal with

C. most Americans don’t like math at all

D. one can learn anything as long as he works hard

30. In Carol Dweck’s study, the students                   .

       A. know their intelligence depends on themselves

B. became good at math soon

C. passed the tests easily

D. didn’t get higher grades in the test

31. What does the underlined part“that information”refer to?

       A. Confidence is important in one’s life.       B. Math disability doesn’t really exist.

C. Everyone is likely to learn math well.       D. Math cannot be ignored at any time.

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