“Fast fashion” means clothes that are inexpensive but look like the latest designs. One reason for the success of fast fashion is social networking. A report by the investment research firm Bernstein found that millennials — people born in the 1980s and 90s — wanted to wear a variety of clothes in the photos they posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. As a result, many businesses that offer trend, low - cost clothes are growing.
But the situation is changing now. Maxine Bedat, a woman who is in her early 30s, looks in her closet full of clothes, but she has nothing to wear. She says she hates always shopping for what is in style . Instead, she says, she wants to buy fewer clothes that she can wear over and over. Other people want the same thing, she says.
So Ms. Bedat and a business partner, Soraya Darabi, started a “slow fashion” clothing company calltd Zady. “Slow fashion” means clothes that last a long time. They are often classic colors and shapes, and are made from natural materials that are biodegradable (可生物降解的) over time.
The terms “fast fashion” and “slow fashion” are related to “fast food” and “slow food: fast food is still popular in the US, but many restaurants increasingly offer higher - quality, more expensive and relaxed meals.
Like slow food, slow fashion also aims to use sources that are good for the environment and workers. Maxine Bedat says people in her generation want to know where their clothes come from and who is making them. To answer millennials’demand for information about the products they buy, Ms. Bedat’s company, Zady, includes details about the history of the brands. It also describes the process in which the clothes are made. Ms Bedat says Zady aims to tell shoppers where their clothes come from, where they go, and how they impact the world.
1. What can we know about millennials from Paragraph 1?| A．They tend to buy clothes with lower price. |
| B．They all like to share photos on the Internet. |
| C．They spend money in buying the latest designs |
| D．They show their interests in wearing different clothes. |
| A．She has nothing to wear. |
| B．She likes the classic clothes. |
| C．She longs for “slow fashion” clothes. |
| D．She prefers clothes with natural materials. |
| A．be high - quality and expensive |
| B．be friendly to the environment |
| C．tell the shoppers the history of the brands |
| D．describe the process of making the clothes |
| A．How “fast fashion” becomes popular. |
| B．“Slow fashion” is becoming popular now. |
| C．Many businesses are selling trendy and cheap clothes. |
| D．The differences between “fast fashion” and “slow fashion”. |
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【推荐1】2022 Earthshot Prize Winners
The Earthshot Prize is a 10-year project by Britain government that aims to find solutions to the biggest environmental problems the planet faces. The hope is that those solutions can be shared and repeated around the world. Every year, four prizes are awarded and each prize-winner wins ＄1. 2 million for their efforts.
Protect And Restore Nature
Kheyti won the prize for protecting and restoring nature with its “Greenhouse-in-a-box” idea. The company provides a simple, large greenhouse to small farmers at a low cost. The greenhouses allow farmers to use 90% less water and produce seven times as much food. The company is already working with 1, 000 farmers across India Kheytihopes to get its greenhouses to 50, 000 farmers by 2027. Clean Our Air Charlot Magayi won the prize for cleaning the air. After her daughter was burned by a charcoal-burning stove, Ms. Magayi developed a safer, cleaner stove, called the Mukuru Clean Stove. Ms. Magayi’s stoves use a different fuel that’s cheaper and pollutes far less than charcoal stoves. Currently. over 200, 000 Mukuru Clean Stoves are being used in Kenya. In three years, Ms. Magayi hopes to increase that number to 1 million.
Revive Our Oceans
The Revive Our Oceans prize was won by the Queensland Indigenous Women Rangers Network (QIWRN). Over the last four years, QIWRN has trained 60 indigenous women to help protect the environment. The women learned to use modern tools like drones. They also shared important history of Australia and information that’s been passed down for years among their people.
Build a Waste-Free World
A London-based company called Notpla (for “Not Plastic”) won the prize for building a waste-free world. Their plastic substitute is made from seaweed, and breaks down naturally with no microplastics. In 2022 alone, the company has made one million Notpla take away food boxes, replacing similar plastic-coated boxes. By 2025, the company hopes to increase that number to 25 million.
1. What is the Earthshot Prize meant to do?| A．Encourage new ideas to protect the earth. |
| B．Raise money for environmental protection. |
| C．Collect solutions to endangered creatures. |
| D．Help the world get rid of hunger and poverty. |
| A．Protect And Restore Nature. | B．Clean Our Air. |
| C．Revive Our Oceans. | D．Build a Waste-Free World. |
| A．Kheyti. | B．QIWRN. | C．Charlot Magayi. | D．Notpln. |
【推荐2】It can be hard for one person to protect the environment by himself. If you teenagers want to do something, like stopping pollution or protecting wildlife, you can gather likeminded people in an environmental club.
Choose a cause. Some good ideas might be something like, “Save the whales!” But nothing says you can’t do more than one cause.
Find a clubhouse. Now that you have your club, you must find a place where all the members can get together to discuss your projects.
Decide on jobs. You can work as an activity organizer, a project manager or the president who decides all the meeting times, new members, meeting places, activities and projects. Each person can have a different job.
| A．Name your club. |
| B．Great minds think alike. |
| C．After all, saving the world is a big job. |
| D．Choose members to hold all the meetings. |
| E．Your club could do a different cause every month. |
| F．It could be in the woods, in the park or in the classroom. |
| G．But encourage all members to support each other’s work. |
【推荐3】People asked to imagine how flooding or droughts would affect particular people or places were more likely to engage in environmentally friendly actions．
Many people view climate change as a distant threat． But having them imagine the tangible （有形的） consequences of resulting droughts or floods may help change this idea and encourage proenvironmental behavior， a new study suggests．
Researchers asked 93 college students to read a report on temperature anomalies （异常），floods and other climate change-related events that have affected the island． The scientists then asked 62 of the participants to write down three ways in which such phenomena might impact their future lives． Half the people in that group were instructed to imagine such situations in detail． The remaining 31 students did not complete either the writing or imagining steps， acting as a control group．
All the participants then rated their ideas of climate change risks by responding to questions such as "How likely do you think it is that climate change is having serious impacts on the world？" They used a scale from 1 （"very unlikely"） to 7 （"very likely"）． The average score was higher among subjects who had been asked to envision detailed situations than among those who had not． The results were later confirmed in a second experiment involving 102 participants．
Participants in the first experiment who had imagined the effects of climate change were more likely to say they would use air conditioning in an energy-saving manner． In the second experiment， nearly two thirds of people in the visualizing （想象） group signed up to help clean a beach， compared with 43 percent in the nonvisualizing one． And when offered a choice of a vegetarian （素食主义的）or nonvegetarian lunch box， nearly half the visualizers selected the environmentally friendlier meatless choice-compared with about 28 percent of the nonvisualizers．
The researchers did not track people to see if they behaved differently in their day-to-day lives-something further studies should examine， says study co-author Wen-Bin Chiou． Moreover， the research ''should be done again in other places with other populations，" says Robert Gifford， a professor of psychology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia， who was not involved in the work．
The findings could be applied to raise public concern about climate change， Chiou says． For example， he suggests that news reports about the phenomenon could include vivid descriptions of its effects on people，s lives and ask readers to imagine experiencing such impacts． Having virtual-reality demonstrations （展示）in local science museums of the consequences of climate change would be another way of putting the research into practice， Chiou adds．
1. Which of the following statements about the study is true？ ______| A．Only one experiment was carried out for the study． |
| B．Professor Robert Gifford played a key role in the study． |
| C．The control group only completed the writing step in the experiment． |
| D．Participants asked to imagine detailed effects scored higher than those who weren't． |
| A．it is true of other populations in other places |
| B．more money will be donated to the people affected by climate change-related events |
| C．people choose vegetarian lunch boxes in their daily lives |
| D．climate change will cause people to think about joining in a control group |
| A．the government call on people to live a low-carbon life |
| B．people use air conditioning in an energy-saving manner |
| C．people experience possible effects of climate change through virtual reality facilities |
| D．news reports provide vivid descriptions of the effects of climate change on peoples5lives |
| A．different people may have different reactions to climate change |
| B．different forms of climate change may affect people's ideas in different ways |
| C．people may change their behavior after thinking about the vivid impacts of climate change |
| D．college students show great concern for the people affected by climate change |
【推荐1】For many people, the ring of a cell phone isn't a welcome sign that someone is thinking about them. Instead, it's a moment of fear that signals the beginning of an uncomfortable, and potentially full-of-anxiety exchange．Not surprisingly, psychologists regard some of this newfound social anxiety as a result of the rise in text communication．
Despite our phones being available all the time, we tap out(敲打出) most of our correspondence(通信)．It makes sense: Why worry about seeking the right word, or stuck in an awkward conversation when you could craft, edit, and rewrite the perfect message?
“Anxiety over the possibility of talking on the phone has increased as our culture has moved away from verbal(口头的) communications and in the direction of texting, emailing, social media comments, and other written communications,” says Ellen Hendriksen, a clinical psychologist at Boston University．“Typing as opposed to talking is really different because when you text or email or post a comment, you have time to think and edit．That’s different from face-to-face conversation where it happens in real time and, if you make a mistake,it's out there．”
Hendriksen says that uncertainty is at the root of all anxieties, and phone calls are full of uncertainty．In person, you know the context of what someone is doing before you start a conversation．When you stop by a coworker’s desk to ask them a question, you can quickly see whether they’re busy． When you call someone, you have no idea what they’re doing．With texts or email, you typically don’t expect an immediate response, so the person can reply at their own pace．In comparison, cold calling someone seems as rude as showing up at their house unannounced．
Hendriksen says you may start to associate the phone with feeling incompetent or embarrassed, so you avoid making calls to prevent feeling that way again. The problem is, the more you avoid talking on the phone, the worse your anxiety around it gets．So how can you get it?
1. Why has our culture moved away from verbal to written communications?| A．Because people feel annoyed when a cell phone rings． |
| B．Because typing gives people time to think and avoid mistakes．' |
| C．Because face-to-face conversation is usually a mistake． |
| D．Because making phone calls is not as convenient as texting． |
| A．To call someone with a bad attitude． |
| B．To call someone when they are feeling unwelcome． |
| C．To call someone who has a cold attitude． |
| D．To call someone when they are not prepared． |
| A．The way to overcome the anxiety． | B．The way to avoid making calls． |
| C．The way to reduce uncertainty of calls． | D．The way to make good phone calls． |
| A．The rise in text communication causes new social anxiety． |
| B．The ring of a cell phone isn't always a welcome sign． |
| C．Some people are anxious about talking on the phone． |
| D．Uncertainty is considered to be at the root of all anxiety． |
【推荐2】Obesity is becoming one of the biggest threats to children’s health, a recent nationwide investigation has warned, pointing out that students’ physical indicators are declining because of a lack of enough exercise.
The past five years have witnessed fast growth in the number of fat children -- in some big cities, the number has even doubled, the survey showed.
In Beijing, for example, latest figures from the local education authorities show that the height, weight and chest measurement of young students keep expanding, while physical indices, such as lung capacity, speed and strength, are going down.
The blood pressure of half the secondary school students is above normal; and the number of obese students has increased by 50 percent compared with five years age.
In the urban areas of Beijing and five other economically more developed regions, the average obesity rate of male students in primary schools has reached 12.9 percent.
Nationwide, the obesity rate of children is 8.1 percent and 3.1 percent in urban and rural areas.
“China has entered the era of obesity,” Beijing-based Workers’ Daily quoted Ji Chengye of the Child and Adolescent Health Section of the China Preventive Medicine Association as saying. “Childhood is the first age group affected by obesity, to which society has not paid enough attention,” Ji said. “Obesity in childhood will influence health for life,” the expert added.
The increase in indoor activities such as watching television, surfing the Internet, playing computer games or doing homework, is one of the main reasons for children’s obesity, according to Ji, because it means lack of exercise and little chance for burning calories. Another reason is consumption of excessive junk food. “In the past, children used to drink water. Now they prefer sweet beverages; and some have totally given up water,” Ji said. He also blamed intensive promotions of sweets and junk food, which make it hard for children to resist the temptation.
Also, because of pressure of competition to enter good higher schools, teachers sacrifice students’ physical exercise time for classes.
For instance, about 60 percent of school masters in Beijing admitted that the one hour of outdoor physical exercises per day is not always followed.
“Problems of obesity will not only influence children’s physical and psychological development but also become a ‘time bomb’ for the country’s future economic development and public health system,” said Chen Chunming, head of International Life Sciences Institute Focal Point in China.
1. Problems of obesity will not ________.| A．influence children’s physical and psychological development |
| B．affect the country’s future economic development |
| C．have some effect on the country’s public health system |
| D．harm human history |
| A．height | B．weight | C．chest measurement | D．lung capacity |
| A．being strong | B．being too small | C．being too fat | D．being too tall |
| A．child obesity has become a big problem |
| B．the problem of child obesity is especially serious in Beijing |
| C．China has entered the era of obesity |
| D．lacking enough exercise is the main reason for children’s obesity |
【推荐3】Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in a historic area of a city? In order to answer this question, we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an area. Not all historical buildings are attractive. However, there may be other reasons—for example, economic reasons why they should be preserved. So, let us assume that historical buildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people. What should we do then if a new building is needed?
In my view, new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style. Indeed, there are many examples in my own hometown of Tours, where modern designs have been placed very successfully next to old buildings. As long as the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate (影响) its surroundings too much, it often improves the attractiveness of the area.
It is true that there are examples of new buildings which have spoilt (破坏) the area they are in, but the same can be said of some old buildings too. Yet people still speak against new buildings in historic areas. I think this is simply because people are naturally conservative (保守的) and do not like change.
Although we have to respect people’s feelings as fellow users of the buildings, I believe that it is the duty of the architect and planner to move things forward. If we always reproduced what was there before, we would all still be living in caves. Thus, I would argue against copying previous architectural styles and choose something fresh and different, even though that might be the more risky choice.
1. What can we learn about historical buildings from paragraph 1?| A．All of them are not attractive. |
| B．Most of them are hard to preserve. |
| C．People want to preserve the historic feel. |
| D．They are more pleasing than modern ones. |
| A．the author is doubtful about it. |
| B．the author is unclear about it. |
| C．the author firmly believes that the old have to give way to the new. |
| D．the author is in favor of it. |
| A．Destroy old buildings. |
| B．Put things in a different place. |
| C．Choose new architectural styles. |
| D．Respect people’s feelings for historical buildings. |
| A．To instruct. | B．To argue. | C．To warn. | D．To educate. |
【推荐1】Workplaces once had both official and unofficial uniforms. In traditional offices, those at the top of the pyramid would always be found in a suit; dressing for the job you wanted meant following this style.
The rise of the tech world changed this stereotype (刻板印象). Picture Silicon Valley’s most successful leaders, and the clothes that come to mind are jeans, hoodies and black turtlenecks. In the tech world, success has a different kind of uniform one much more casual (随意的) than the suits of the past. This trend towards informality has spread to other fields.
Then in 2020 the widespread turn to “work from home” upended work dress codes (着装标准) altogether. During the pandemic, people mostly saw co-workers from the shoulders up on video calls-if they saw them at all. From home, people could easily perform a major role in a meeting in a collared shirt, sweatpants and slippers (拖鞋). If cameras were off, they could even be in pajamas (睡衣), working under a blanket.
Now, as workers come back into offices, few companies are asking a return to formal wear.
So, what does this mean for dressing for success? With so many different dress codes across companies, is it still possible to 'dress for the job you want’?
It is no easy to dress for success. Getting the balance wrong by overdressing can send a negative message. About 79% of workplaces in the US now have a casual dress code. Turning up in a suit to show their desire for success could actually have a bad influence on others’ views on you.
The effect of your dressing style depends on who you are. For example, wearing jeans, your boss may seem easy-going while you seemingly careless. Still, dressing can help position you for success-and the key to getting it right is careful observation. The proper dressing might look very different in different workplaces. So understanding the unspoken rules of the dress code could give you an advantage.
1. Which might be the uniform of success in the tech world?| A．Slippers. | B．Pajamas. | C．A formal suit. | D．Casual jeans. |
| A．Improve. | B．Change. | C．Require. | D．Challenge. |
| A．Different companies have different dress codes. |
| B．The trend of dress codes would return to formal wear. |
| C．People follow the same dress code to achieve success. |
| D．Dress codes are clearly written and understood by people. |
| A．Dress as you like. | B．Let's dress like a boss. |
| C．Ready for the new dressing style? | D．Does “dressing for success” still matter? |
【推荐2】Influenced by their families and society, many youths are infatuated with expensive famous brands. But not every youth is as rich as a millionaire and people are getting worried about this.
According to a recent survey, one out of five pupils wears clothes of well-known brands, including a belt worth 560 Yuan, more than an ordinary worker’s salary. Among the 100 middle school students surveyed, as many as 70 own famous-brand clothes, 60 have famous-brand watches and 45 possess famous-brand bicycles. Two of them even wear over 1500 Yuan worth of suits.
Most young people who come from ordinary families will try to steal money to have better food and clothing if their parents don’t satisfy their needs. A boy named Chen even killed another boy simply for 500 Yuan and was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.
People wonder how these teenagers can be independent in the future, while parents are calling for help from schools, governments and the society.
1. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?| A．More than 50 percent of the students surveyed possess things of famous brands. |
| B．An ordinary worker owns less than 560 Yuan each month. |
| C．Suits may cost as much as 1500 Yuan. |
| D．Young people now are as rich as millionaires. |
| A．steal money for better food and clothing |
| B．kill another boy for 500 Yuan |
| C．stay in prison for nine years |
| D．ask his parents to satisfy his needs |
| A．The governments | B．The schools |
| C．The society | D．All the above |
| A．Youths Run After Famous Brands. |
| B．Youths Should Own More Money |
| C．Youths As Rich As Millionaires |
| D．Youths Must Be Taken Good Care of |
【推荐3】If you want to add a bit of attitude to your wardrobe this summer, a slogan T-shirt may be just what you are looking for. Slogan T-shirts, also known as message T-shirts, have long been means of telling the world what we care about.
In the 1980s, slogan T-shirts reached the peak of their popularity after British designer Katharine Hamnett’s “Choose Life” T-shirt was worn by pop band Wham!
Celebrities continue to play a role in popularizing trend today. From Paris Hilton’s “I Love Shoes, Bags and Boys” to Eva Longoria’s “I Want More Privacy”; from Chris Martin’s “Stop Handgun Violence” to Jennifer Hewitt’s “Save the Future”, stars have been letting their T-shirts do the talking.
And 2011 has seen the emergence of a number of new T-shirt slogans. Here are some of the most popular ones:
This is a British royal wedding inspired T-shirt slogan, as the wedding day for William and Kate was made a public holiday in Britain. Even if you don’t care about royal weddings, everybody loves a day off work!
The “I♥NY” T-shirt is still very popular today, but its origin dates back to the mid 1970s when the New York State tourism department needed a slogan to convince people that New York is a good city to visit. Graphic designer Milton Glaser dreamed up the slogan.
1. Which phrase best describes the underlined word “peak” in Paragraph 2?| A．The front part of a cap. | B．The top of a mountain. |
| C．The highest interest. | D．The busiest hour. |
| A．messages on the T-shirts spread people’s feelings and emotions |
| B．21st century witnesses the appearance of the slogan T-shirts |
| C．visitors to New York city have to wear “I♥NY” T-shirt |
| D．slogan T-shirts are favorite of movie stars and celebrities |
| A．To advertise the latest slogan T-shirt. |
| B．To encourage people to design a T-shirt. |
| C．To find the history about a slogan T-shirt. |
| D．To tell the world what the wearers care about. |
| A．Celebrities prefer T-shirts. | B．T-shirts do the talking. |
| C．Slogan T-shirts rises to fame. | D．Stars are popularizing the trend of T-shirt. |
【推荐1】People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from “Stage Fright. ” Stage fright makes a person nervous. In the worst case(情况) it can make one's mind go back and forget what one ought to say, or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts(节目主持人) have suffered from stage fright at one time or another.
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical centre in New York City. She helps actors learn to control themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a fearful experience.
She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths also helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols persuades her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to the perfect. It's all right to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too cautions(谨慎的) while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what advice helped and what did not. As they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to eliminate it completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more cautious, and improves the performance.
1. One who is suffering stage fright may .| A．forget one's part before the audience |
| B．smile all the time on the stage |
| C．make a speech fast than ever |
| D．be cautious to improve his performance |
| A．keep | B．reduce | C．change | D．get rid of |
| A．to smile before going to the stage. |
| B．to take two deep breaths to calm oneself |
| C．to pay less attention to one's mistakes in performance |
| D．to perform less and to watch more |
| A．We can get rid of stage fright completely. |
| B．A little stage fright can make actors perform better. |
| C．We can reduce stage fright as much as one second. |
| D．A little stage fright leads to complete failure. |
【推荐2】George Washington Carver had a goal. This was to help southern farmers who needed good crops. They needed crops that didn’t hurt the soil. Carver went to Simpson College in Iowa, in which he studied for three years. Then he went to Iowa State, where he got two degrees. The college knew he was smart and wanted him to stay. So he joined the team. He was put in charge of a huge greenhouse. There he grew over 20,000 kinds of fungi (真菌)，which made him famous.
Carver had many job offers. Thomas Edison offered $175,000 a year. Henry Ford tried to hire him too. Joseph Stalin invited him to the Soviet Union to help with cotton. But Carver refused all offers. Instead, he took a job at Tuskegee Institute. This was a school for African Americans. Carver was paid only $1,000 a year. But he was happy because he had goals to reach and he knew he could reach them at Tuskegee.
Carver worked at Tuskegee for 47 years. He never asked for a raise in pay. And he never received one. He worked so hard that he died in his office chair on January 4, 1943.
Carver came up with over 300 products from peanuts (花生), all of which could have been patented (申请专利). He could have made millions. But he did not want to. Here is what he said, “Mr. Creator did not charge to grow the peanut. I cannot accept money for my work with it.”
Through his efforts, Carver set up a fund, for he wanted research to continue. He gave his life’s savings to it, which came to $40,000. One honor came after his death. His birthplace was made a national shrine (圣地). How surprised the modest Carver could have been!
1. One job offer which Carver accepted was to work for ______.| A．Thomas Edison | B．Henry Ford |
| C．Joseph Stalin | D．Tuskegee Institute |
| A．$1,000. | B．$20,000. |
| C．$40,000. | D．$175,000. |
| A．Selfless. | B．Stubborn. |
| C．Stupid. | D．Reliable. |
| A．Carver preferred work to money. |
| B．Carver devoted his whole life to achieving his goals. |
| C．Carver refused many job offers that would make him rich. |
| D．Some scientists would rather do good than make much money. |
【推荐3】For many students, math class is the subject of nightmares. Many who enthusiastically show off their counting skills in pre-school years later consider math class the most hated hour of the school day. The problem, according to a Stanford education professor, is a matter of mindset.
Jo Boaler, professor of mathematics education at Stanford, has studied how students learn math, to identify why so many students end up hating or fearing math, and, too often, underachieve. In her new book, Mathematical Mindsets, Boaler describes how society has traditionally valued one type of math learner — one who can memorize well and calculate fast — as opposed to others who have the same potential but may be deeper, slower.
The “testing culture” in American schools is a major problem for math learners, Boaler said, noting that exams and tests are far more pervasive (普遍) in math than other subjects. The combination of frequent testing, procedural teaching and uninteresting questions disconnected from students’ lives causes many students to regard math as a “cold, lifeless subject” without a human connection.
The good news is that any student’s negative perception of math can dramatically change, Boaler said. She works with Stanford psychology Professor Carol Dweck to deliver growth mindset interventions to teachers and students. A “growth mindset” is built around the idea that most basic abilities can be developed and expanded upon through dedication and hard work. By contrast, with a “fixed mindset,” people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits (特征).
“When we open up mathematics and teach broad, visual, creative math, then we teach math as a learning subject instead of as a performance subject,” Boaler said, “The outcome is that the subject becomes deeper and filled with more connections, so students enjoy it more and achieve at higher levels.”
Critics such as Marina Ratner, professor of mathematics at the University of California, express skepticism towards moving away from traditional methods. Math is math; there is no shortcut. They argue that without solid basic skills, students might struggle with subjects like algebra (代数), let alone tackling any other higher-level STEM courses.
1. What problem is presented in the text?| A．Students fear math due to abstract concepts. |
| B．There is a lack of standardized tests in math. |
| C．Math learners focus on advanced concepts too early. |
| D．Traditional math teaching discourages many students. |
| A．Dynamic methods vs. standard methods. | B．Group learning vs. individual learning. |
| C．Improvable abilities vs. inborn abilities. | D．Long-term results vs. short-term results. |
| A．By integrating timed drills. | B．By rewarding quick calculations. |
| C．By encouraging repeated reviews. | D．By employing pictures and models. |
| A．Unclear. | B．Supportive. | C．Doubtful. | D．Critical. |
