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The UK government has said that from 2014，  it will ban calculators in math tests for primary school children in England.
All 11 -year-olds have three math tests. Pupils are allowed to use a calculator in the hardest of these.
A sample question is:“Tickets for a school play cost 2.75 each. Dev sold 23 tickets. How much ticket money did Dev collect?”
Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss says children are over-reliant on calculators and that this means     they don't have a good grounding in mental arithmetic or written arithmetic. She wants all children to be confident with other methods of addition，  subtraction，  times tables and division before they start using calculators in secondary        school.
Research shows that 98% of pupils in England use calculators in primary school classes，   compared with an  international average ofjust 46%. At the same time，different research shows that children have become worse at math in the past 30 years. Ms Truss believes that children are dependent on calculators and that's making the problem worse.
Some teaching experts argue there's a plus side to using calculators. They say that it is an important tool for math， which children need to learn to use. Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers，  says the ban “will diminish the skills set for primary pupils” and cause problems when they need to use calculators in secondary school.
Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head Teachers，says the advantage of using calculators is that children can focus on the maths problem itself，rather than the individual calculations needed to solve it.
41. According to the article，  who believes children are over-reliant on calculators? ______
  A.Elizabeth Truss   
B.Evan Peters
C.Russell Hobby   
D.Christine Blower
42. In which exam will calculators be banned? ______
A.Senior high school maths tests.
B.Primary school maths tests.
C.College maths tests.
D.Secondary school maths tests.
43. What can we infer from Christine Blower’s words? ______
A.He believes that this policy will help reduce government spending.
B.He believes that this policy will reduce the difficulty of maths.
C.He doesn’t think calculators will affect learning.
D.He opposes this policy.

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