阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。Ifyoustrugg

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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。
If you struggle against figures, maybe you were born that way, research has suggested. Being good at mathematics may be entirely pre-destined—you either have it   16   you don’t.
And those who find   17   difficult to add up the number shouldn’t feel too hopeless—mathematical talent does not appear to be linked to all-round intelligence. Previous research has indicated that "number sense" is    18    (base) to humans. We use it to estimate such things as    19    number of seats in a cinema or crowd sizes.
U.S. psychologists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore made their finding after testing children too young to have been taught mathematics. During the study, 200 four-year-olds   20   (study) in terms of number senses, calculation skills and vocabulary. The verbal test was done for the reason   21   language and maths abilities are thought to be   22   (close) linked through general intelligence.
"Unlike    23    previous studies proved, this one shows that the link   24   number sense and maths ability is already present before the beginning of formal maths instruction. One of the most important questions is whether we can train a child’s number sense   25  
(improve) his future maths ability."

Answer 1

小题1:or
小题2:it
小题3:basic
小题4:the
小题5:were studied  
小题6:that
小题7:closely
小题8:what
小题9:between
小题10:to improve

小题1:考查词组：either…or…,要么…要么…,
小题2:考查句型：find it+adj for sb to do发现某人…,it是形式宾语
小题3:考查形容词：base的形容词是basic
小题4:考查词组：the number of…的数量
小题5:考查动词时态语态：200个四岁的孩子被研究：were studied  
小题6:考查同位语从句：that引导同位语从句，指的是reason的内容
小题7:考查副词：closely修饰be linked
小题8:考查what引导的宾语从句，在宾语从句中what做宾语
小题9:考查词组：between…and…在…和…之间
小题10:考查不定式做目的状语to improve