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Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines
单元测试
Ⅰ阅读理解
People who are had at maths were probably born that way, according
to groundbreaking new research. The study found the ability to work with
numbers may be something that is entirely pre-doomed-you either have it
or you sont. The researchers also say numerical talent does not appear to
be linked to all-round intelligence. The discovery was made by a team of
psychologists
at
John
Hopkins
University
in
Baltimore,
Ameraca,
after
testing pre-school children.
The research, led by Dr Melissa Libertus, focuses for the first time
on
children
too
young
to
have had
lessons
in
maths.
Dr
Libertus
said
:
“
Our study shows the link between
‘
number sense
’
and maths ability is
already
present
before
the
beginning
of
formal
math
instruction.
The
relationship between
‘
number sense
’
and math ability is important and
interesting.
Maths
ability
has
been
thought
to
be
highly
depedent
on
culture
and
lauguge
and
takes
many
years
to
learn.
A
link
between
the
two is surpring and raises many important questions and issues.
”
During the study, 200 four-year-olds went through several tests. To
test number sense the children were asked to view falshing groups of blue
and yellow dots on a computer screen. They were tasked with estinating
which
colour
dot
was
shown
the
most.
The
next
stage
of
the
test
was