4. The sixth paragraph tells us that the research findings
A prove a strong link between female teachers math anxiety and their female students math achievements.
B show that male students are less likely to be affected by their math anxiety than female students.
C provide strong evidence that math superstars are more likely to be males than females.
D discover a strong link between teachers math anxiety and their students math achievements.
5. David Geary thinks that
A the study is interesting but it is based on unreliable research process.
B the research results need to be retested based on a larger sample.
C the research results need to be reinterpreted to be meaningful.
D the study is well based and produces significant results.
答案與題解：
1.D 該段告訴我們女教師的想法(what female teachers think)和女學生的學習(what female
students learn)之間有很大的關聯度，也就是說，女教師如果對自己的數學技能沒有自信，她的女學生很可能相信男孩子會在數學方面超過女孩子。
2.B 第三段的大意是，數學對任何人來說都可能有難度(The subject of math can be particularly difficult for everyone)，如同學生，教師也會覺得數學難學和難教，這就是研究者所言的焦慮。所以，可以推斷，作者是要告訴我們，教師會因為數學這門學科的難度而對教授該課程不自信。其他選項都不是該段所要表達的內容。
3.C 第五段第三句"To find out which teachers were anxious about math， the researchers asked the teachers how they felt at times when they came across math，such as when reading a sales receipt"指出了答案。memorizing the numbers;意為"記住數字"；saving the numbers意為"保存數字"；filling in the numbers意為"陸續編入數字"，而且文中沒有提到a sales report;它們均不是答案。
4.A 短文的第六段是對前一段所述調查數據結果的討論，即，男學生較少受對數學有焦慮感的教師影響，而那些數學成績較低的女生都有對數學有焦慮感的教師(girls with math-anxious
teachers scored lower on the end-of-the-year math tests)，而且，所有認為男生數學肯定比女生強的女生，其數學教師都是有數學焦慮感的女教師(all of these girls had been taught by female teachers who had math anxiety. )。D所以不是正確的選擇，因為只提到teachers 和students，而不是female teachers 和female students.
5.B 根據David Geary的說法，實驗結果還是初步的(preliminary)，需要更大的樣本對其進行重復驗證(in need of replication with a larger sample)。他沒有認為該實驗的過程不可靠，所以A不是正確選項；他認為實驗樣本不夠大，所以D也不是正確選項