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Jane Scott is fourteen. She began to study in a middle school last year. She likes dancing and singing and 1 a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks it’s 2 to learn math. She falls behind her 3 and once failed the math exam. She decided to 4 . Her father is angry 5 her when he finds out about it.
It was a Sunday. Mr Scott gave a call to his 6 who teaches math in another school. He hoped she would come and teach his daughter 7 to stud
y math. The woman came and said, “You are a clever girl, Jane. I’m sure you can do well in math if you work hard at it.”
“I’m afraid I can’t, Aunt,” said Jane. “Girls cannot be good at math.”
“I don’t agree,” said the woman, “I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and practice math problems again and again 8 you master the subject. Remember: Practice makes perfect. Here is a math problem. Think about it and keep working till you get it right.”
“OK,” said the girl. “I will try.”
About an hour later, Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I have done the problem ten 9 .”
“Well done!” her aunt said 10 . “What result did you get?”
“Ten different ones.”
1. A. spends B. costs C. takes D. pays
2. A. easy B. necessary C. difficult D. exciting
3. A. parents B. subjects C. teachers D. classmates
4. A. give away B. give up C.
give out D. give off
5. A. by B. for C. to D. with
6. A. brother B. wife C. sister D. mother
7. A. how B. where C. what D. why
8. A. after B. when C. if D. until
9. A. time B. times C. ways D. minutes
10. A. nervously B. quietly C. happily D. angrily