What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I __36  an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against__37  of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not__38 have scored more than 80. __39  , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always__40 it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man  __41  questions for some intelligence tests. By  every one of them I'd prove myself a __42 . In a world where I have to work with my__43   , I'd do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man __44  . He had a habit of telling __45 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-umb(聋哑) man__46  some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made__47  movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He __48  his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk__49   him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the __50  man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). __51   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__52  and asked for them. I've been__53  hat on all my customers today, but I knew __54 I'd catch you.”“Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very __55  .”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

36.  A. failed         B. wrote         C. received      D. chose 

37.  A. an average     B. a total       C. an exam       D. a number 

38.  A. always         B. possibly      C. certainly     D. frequently 

39.  A. Then           B. Thus          C. Therefore     D. Yet 

40.  A. fixed          B. checked       C. drove         D. changed 

41.  A. answered       B. practised     C. designed      D. tried

42.  A. teacher        B. doctor        C. winner        D. fool 

43.  A. brains         B. effort        C. hands         D. attention 

44.  A. again          B. as usual      C. too           D. as well 

45.  A. lies           B. jokes         C. news          D. tales 

46.  A. bought         B. tested        C. found         D. needed 

47.  A. cutting        B. hammering     C. waving        D. circling 

48.  A. nodded         B. raised        C. shook         D. turned 

49.  A. brought        B. packed        C. sent          D. sold 

50.  A. clever         B. other         C. right         D. next 

51.  A. What           B. How           C. Who           D. Which  

52.  A. imagination    B. hand          C. voice         D. information 

53.  A. trying         B. proving       C. practising    D. examining 

54.  A. for sure       B. at once       C. in fact       D. right now 

55.  A. clear          B. silly         C. slow          D. smart 

The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the Pops!

 Top of the Pops is an amazing 34 years old. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV programme. After 1,800 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain. So what’s the secret?

 “We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other shows.”

  Chris starts planning the programme over a week before it goes out. His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands.

 Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show.

 Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practising. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practices too.

 First the bands go to make up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Issy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.

Back in the studio things are happening. The audience are practicing their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long.

31. What make(s) Top of the Pops still the most popular in Britain?

A. The live performances in the studio.

B. The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station.

C. The great fame of the bands.

D. The large numbers of pop fans in Britain.

32. When the bands receive the invitations to the performance, _________.

A. they must decide on the songs

B. they don’t have to decide what songs they will perform

C. the songs that will be performed haven’t been decided on

D. they have no idea what songs they will perform

33.The underlined word “costume”(in Paragraph 7) probably means         .

    A. makeup  B. stage        C. studio       D. clothes

How is a music programme made at the TV station?

Which is the proper title for the passage?

A. More Popular, More Successful

B. A Stage for Pop Stars

C. Go Backstage of Top of the Pops.

D. A Popular Live Band.

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right familyand others believe that success mostly comes down to luck.I’m not going to say lucktalentand circumstances don’t come into play because they do.Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligenceand that’s just the reality of how life is.

Howeverto succeed in lifeone first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.Andin addition to thatin order to get really good at somethingone needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising.To become great at certain thingsit’ll require even more timetime that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love.If you don’t enjoy what you doit is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great successyou know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talentbut thinking that way does you no goodand there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you doif you want to become great at ityou need to work day in and day outalmost to the point of addictionand over a long period of time.If you’re not willing to put in the time and workdon’t expect to receive any rewards.Consistenthard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may wantbut it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about________.

Athe reasons for success

Bthe meaning of success

Cthe standards of success

Dthe importance of success

2.In Paragraph 2the underlined word that refers to________.

Abeing good at something

Bsetting a practical goal

Cputting in more time

Dsucceeding in life

3.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because________.

Awork makes one feel pain

Bone tends to enjoy his work

Cone gives up his work easily

Dit takes a lot of time to succeed

4.What can we infer from Paragraph? 4?

ASuccessful people like to show their great skills.

BPeople sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

CPeople need to achieve success at the cost of life.

DIt helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

5.What is the main theme of the passage?

AHaving a goal is vital to success.

BBeing good is different from being great.

COne cannot succeed without time and practice.

DLucktalent and family help to achieve success.

 

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