题目内容
第二部分 语言知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)
第一节: 完形填空 (共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I 21 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against an average of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him — and he always __22__ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a 23 . In a world where I have to work with my hands, I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man again. He had a habit of telling 24 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man 25 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 26 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 27 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the next man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his 28 and asked for them. I’ve been 29 that on all my customers today, but I knew for sure I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so god damned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very 30 .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
21. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose
22. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed
23. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool
24. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales
25. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed
26. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling
27. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold
28. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information
29. A. trying B. proving C. practising D. examining
30. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart
21---30 CADBD BACAD