How good are you at maths? Some people love algebra or enjoy number    1    (puzzle) such as Sudoko. Maths is around us; try working out how to split the bill after a meal,     2     cafculating your household bills. But many are scared of the moment when they have to deal with numbers and feel a real sense of     3     (confuse). It can seem scary, but this“maths anxieh” is too common to be neglected.

    4     problem starts in childhood at school. So far, researchers     5     (find) that maths teachers    6     are-nervous about teaching the subject can pass on their worry to pupils, and girls may be more likely to be affected. Around 31% of 15 and 16-year-olds across 34 countries said they got very nervous doing maths problems. Shulamit Kahn, from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, told the BBC she believes giving students    7    (especial) girls, good role models     8     (be) important at a young age”.

Writing for BBC Future, David Robson says “It’s not clear why maths arouses (激发) so much fear compared to geqgraphy. But the fact that there’s a right or wrong answer might make you more    9    (worry) about underperforming.” And once we think we’re not a “maths person”, we avoid     10    (solve) things we probably could do.

To ease social distancing and reduce health risks     1     ( link) to in-person learning, school administrators in many places are getting     2     (create) about finding more spaces.

In the United States,     3     number of schools are establishing outdoor classrooms and making use of other empty spaces, like museums. In normal times,     4     (marry) take place at a large convention center in Hesston, Kansas. Businesses hold training programs for workers at the convention center. But the building     5     (use) as a schoolhouse for middle school students during the last months.

Megan Kohlman teaches literature and writing inside one of the rooms, with only a thin piece of plastic     6     (separate) her class from a math teacher’s space. For Kohlman, this class is an improvement from distance learning last spring. “Everyone just     7     ( honest) believes in the power of having kids with us as much as we can, ” Kohlman said.

Some education leaders say they wish more schools would consider different solutions     8     learning. Joseph Allen is an associate professor at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health in Massachusetts,     9     believes that more innovation is needed in how schools work.

“As for schooling, we seem to be stuck in this closed mindset where it is either in schools     10     it is not going to happen, ” Allen said.

Joe, a digital native, is     1    student from London who has been using the computer     2     he was a child. He does his school work on the computer. Besides, he also chats with his friends,     3     (watch) films, plays computer games and does many other interesting things on the net. His parents are worried that he might become too addicted     4    the Internet. They suggest that he should drag     5     (he) away from the online world and keep in more touch with the people in the real world.

Li Ying believes herself to be a go-getter, and sets     6     (goal) for herself at the beginning of each term. She aims     7    (do) well in each subject so as to prepare herself for a university degree. She always listens to the teacher     8    (attentive) in class so that she can have more time to do other things after school. Besides     9    (do) well in her lessons, Li Ying is also active in sports and     10    (volunteer) work. She is so determined that she will try her best to achieve her goals.