When I was in third grade， my parents let me join an advanced preparatory math class， Sigma， despite the fact that I had never displayed a liking for math at school．I stepped into class on the first day thinking that I would spend a year at Sigma before leaving．
On the first day of class， we took an hour long test．I merely did the best I could and tried to figure out how to do the problems I hadn't learned how to do in school．However， what I hadn't expected was to come first! Before that day， I had never believed I was good at math at all．But as the year went on， I consistently got the highest score．
When I was in eighth grade， I joined my school's math team where I was one of the top four students chosen to represent my school at a statewide middle school math competition．By that time， I had created a reputation for myself at school as a math girl．But what drew me to the math team was that it was the first community I felt like I was a real part of．It was a home where I belonged， where everyone was as excited about problemsolving as I was．
I stopped going to Sigma when I was in ninth grade， but I still stayed in the math team．The math team isn't like Sigma - a place to make you believe in yourself， to take endless tests and compete to see where you are placed relative to your classmates．The math team is the community where I have pushed myself to my limits and have seen other people push themselves．And most importantly， the math team is the place where I have met some of the kindest people I know today．Thank you， math team， for giving me friends and people I will care about even after I go off to college in less than a year and a half．Thank you for making me feel loved．



How did the author feel about math when she entered Sigma？ ______

A. It was useful．
B. It was difficult．
C. It was important．
D. It was uninteresting．

What do we know about the first test at Sigma？ ______

A. It was easy for the author．
B. It raised the author's confidence．
C. The result met the author's expectations．
D. The author spent more than an hour on it．

What makes the math team different from Sigma？ ______

A. The community atmosphere．
B. The academic reputation．
C. The unlimited challenge．
D. The teaching approach．

What's the best title for the text？ ______

A. No more tests
B. Not just a math girl
C. How I discovered my talent
D. What the math team means to me