Question

What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I ___1___ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against ___2___ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not ___3___ have scored more than 80. ___4___, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always ___5___ it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man ___6___ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a ___7___. In a world where I have to work with my ___8___ I’d do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man ___9___. He had a habit of telling ___10___. One time he said,

“Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man ___11___ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ___12___ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He ___13___ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk ___14___ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ___15___ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). ___16___ 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 ___17___ and asked for them. I’ve been ___18___ that on all my customers today, but I knew ___19___ I’d catch you.” ”Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very ___20___.”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

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

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

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

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

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

6. A. answered       B. practiced    C. designed     D. tried

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. A. trying   B. proving      C. practicing   D. examining

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

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

Answer 1

1---20      CABDA   CDCAB   DBCAD   BCAAD       

解析:

本文主要讲述了一位曾经当过兵的医生，在部队进行的智商测试得分很高，但后来却被一名普通的汽车修理工所开的一个小玩笑“耍”了一次。

1. C。表示“接受测试”，要用动词 receive。

2. A。an average of 100 意为“平均分为100分”。其前的 against 表示对比。全句意为：平均成绩为100分，而我得到了160分。

3. B。这只是作者的主观看法，故意填 possibly 较合适。

4. D。yet 表转折，意为“然而”。

5. A。比较四个选项的意思同时结合一名汽车修理工的职责，可知只有 fixed(修理)最恰当。

6. C。此句意为：假设由这位汽车修理工来设计一些智力测试题。

7. D。By every one of them 中的介词 by 说明手段或方式，them 指代前面的 questions，全句意为：用汽车修理工所设计的每一个问题，都会证明“我”是一个 fool。

8. C。从上下文可以看出作者是一名智商很高的医生，是脑力劳动者。比较I’d do poorly，可知作者假设用自己的双手工作，会做得很差。

9. A。由于前面两段已提到这位汽车修理工的一些情况，这里再次以他为例，故用 again。

10. B。根据下文的“聋哑人买钉子”和“盲人买剪刀”这两个笑话可知，此处选 B 为合适。

11. D。这位聋哑人之所来到商店，是因为他“需要”(needed)一些钉子。注意不要选 bought，因为“买了一些钉子”是到商店来的结果，不是原因。

12. B。根据常识可知：这个聋哑人要想售货员明白他想买钉子的意图，只有做 hammering movement 较合适。

13. C。售货员根据这个聋哑人的 hammering movement 认为他想要锤子，故拿给他 hammer——这不是聋哑人想的东西，所以他摇了摇头(shook his head)。

14. A。经过聋哑人的进一步“解释”，售货员终于明白了他的意思，于是给他拿来了(brought)钉子。

15. D。前面来一个聋哑人，接着来一个瞎子。用 the next 表示先后顺序。

16. B。how 表示方式，即指这个盲人用什么方式来说明自己的意图。

17. C。盲人虽不能看，但会说话，所以他们买东西时是用自己的话语表达自己意思，即填 voice。

18. A。try 意为“测试”。trying sth on sb 意为“用某事测试某人”，在英国口语中也可理解为“用某事戏弄某人”。

19. A。根据上下文的语气可知答案。for sure 是习语，意为“肯定地”、“有把握地”。

20. D。比较四个选项，同时结合上下文的语境，只有 D 较合适。