题目内容
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 word where I have to work with my 8 , I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto repairman 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 &nbsEp; 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
解析:
这篇文章是关于智力问题的。文章脉络是博士受教育多,但动手能力差,在回答汽车修理工设计的智力测验题时,被思维定势所缚。汽车修理工的智商不高,却手脚伶俐,巧舌如簧。他认为博士中了他的圈套是受教育过多所致。
第1题,答案是C,作者接受了一个智力测试,并没有表明其他的意识。 第2题,答案是A。深层信息是“100之数”不明确,没着落,而博士的智商一定高于常人,高于智商测试的平均分,选A.an average才是最佳答案。 第3题,答案是B,可能。 第4题,答案是D。汽车修理工智商低,只有80,低于平均值。然而博士的车一有毛病他就一筹莫展,修理工却能手到病除。所以副词不是“那么”、“因此”而是“然而”,表示转折才合理。 第5题,选项干扰性较强。B项checked似乎对,但仅检查,不修理,意义不到位。D项“改变这种情况”也不明确。改好了,还是改坏了?改变修理地点,还是改换修理的汽车?A.fixed“修好”最贴切。 第6题,答案是C,根据上下文,应该是“设计”问题。 第7题,答案是D。从上文的信息得知博士的智商很高,似乎“他会赢”,可选C。其实B、C都错。隐含信息是博士智商虽高,但动手不如动脑。修理工智商低下,可他设计的智力题却使博士脸红。每次测验,博士不是赢家,而是傻瓜。从文章结构看,下文便给出一具体事例说明博士傻在何处。 第8题,答案是C,从下文可以得知,应该是体力劳动,所以这儿应该选“hands”。 第9题,答案是A。与前文的suppose祈使句为同一语气,前后照应,逻辑严密。“猜想”一下,“再次考虑”,推断正确答案为A.again。 第10题,tell可以与每一个选项搭配。修理工所说的应该是编造的“谎言”,也是“故事”,但不能选A和D。文章读后让人忍俊不禁,并从中领悟一定的哲理。从单词、深层意义、文章体裁几个角度聚焦,“笑话”最贴切,故选B。 第11题,答案是D,“需要”。 第12题,笑话中聋哑人的手势和博士的思维定势是导致博士判断错误的原因。如果此时手势做得不准确,故事就无法发展,也根本达不到后来的幽默效果。结合聋哑人另一只手的动作“捏着钉子”,应该做一个“用锤子敲”的手势。这个手势诱发了博士“用剪刀剪”的手势。虽然选项中hammering是一生词,但综合考虑后,B为最佳答案。 第13题,答案是C,“摇头”。 第14题,售货员“给”他一些钉子,所以是A。 第15题,根据题意,应该是另外一个人,所以是D。 第16题,这是一个双重疑问句,do you suppose意义上是插入成分,形式上是主句,后跟宾语从句。宾语从句中主语、宾语齐全,而A、C、D都是代词,不可用在此空档。根据句式知识,结合语篇理解选B才对,意为:你想他怎么表达他需要剪刀呢? 第17题,盲人是可以说话的,文章中就是要表达这点,所以答案是C,voice。 第18题,答案是A,尝试。 第19题,那个修理工确信他可以难住博士,所以答案是A。 第20题,不但需要语篇理解,而且要较深地进入意境。表层意义是博士受了那么多教育,智商高,即使答错智力测验题也不会那么笨。但从汽车修理工风趣粗俗的语句,贫嘴饶舌的性格,以及上文的铺垫,暗示“我知道我准会套住你”等信息考虑,得出文章的逻辑走向——汽车修理工恰恰认为博士不聪明,并且认为受教育多是他愚笨的根本原因。所以选D非常妥帖、传神,表示了对博士的嘲笑。“couldn't be very smart”画龙点睛。
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提示:
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
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A. In spite of |
B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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(2) |
A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
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(3) |
A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
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(4) |
A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
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(5) |
A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
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(6) |
A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
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(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
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(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
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(9) |
A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
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(10) |
A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
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(11) |
A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
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(12) |
A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
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(13) |
A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
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(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
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(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
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(16) |
A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
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(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
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(18) |
A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
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(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
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(20) |
A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
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(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
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(22) |
A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
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(23) |
A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
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(24) |
A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
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(25) |
A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
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完形填空 :通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在1—25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出 一个最佳答案。
When you read a story in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a 1 that is not so foolish 2 it may seem. For I 3 that many students of English 4 far more attention to the story than to the English. They read and 5 and for a long time 6 remember the story, but do not care to study the 7 of words and 8 in it. For instance, they care for the memory of 9 the mystery (神秘) in the story is solved, but do not remember a 10 sentence in the story and cannot 11 what preposition is used before or after a certain 12 in the speech of a 13 character.
Of course, it is all right to read and enjoy and 14 a story, and so 15 as one wants to 16 the story only, one need not bother (费心) about the language. But the case is quite different with a 17 of English. I mean a student of English is different from a student of stories or 18 is called the general reader.
As you may also have 19 from the above, you ought to read very 20. Not only very carefully but also aloud, and that again and again 21 you know the passage by heart and can 22 it as if it were your own. Positively (正面) this will teach you many 23 words and phrases; negatively (负面) it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in expression. Incidentally I have found from 24 that intelligent copying is a help to 25 by heart.
(1) A. question |
B. fact |
C. thing |
D. story |
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(2) A. since |
B. as |
C. when |
D. while |
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(3) A. discover |
B. see |
C. find |
D. feel |
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(4) A. give |
B. take |
C. keep |
D. pay |
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(5) A. like |
B. admire |
C. think |
D. enjoy |
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(6) A. afterwards |
B. forwards |
C. before |
D. ago |
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(7) A. meaning |
B. use |
C. difference |
D. structure |
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(8) A. title |
B. paragraphs |
C. phrases |
D. sentences |
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(9) A. when |
B. where |
C. why |
D. how |
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(10) A. simple |
B. long |
C. single |
D. compound |
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(11) A. tell |
B. understand |
C. realize |
D. notice |
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(12) A. sentence |
B. word |
C. noun |
D. adjective |
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(13) A. strange |
B. curious |
C. great |
D. certain |
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(14) A. remember |
B. forget |
C. study |
D. make |
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(15) A. short |
B. long |
C. hard |
D. little |
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(16) A. read |
B. tell |
C. know |
D. recite |
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(17) A. student |
B. teacher |
C. master |
D. boy |
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(18) A. that |
B. what |
C. which |
D. how |
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(19)A. collected |
B. got |
C. reached |
D. gathered |
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(20) A. silently |
B. carefully |
C. slowly |
D. fast |
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(21) A. till |
B. as |
C. since |
D. when |
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(22) A. keep |
B. read |
C. recite |
D. learn |
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(23) A. useful |
B. important |
C. lively |
D. necessary |
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(24) A. experiment |
B. others |
C. past |
D. experience |
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(25) A. remembering |
B. learning |
C. knowing |
D. using |
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完形填空
A Joke on a Friend
Mark twain was a famous American writer.He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today.Mark Twain was also famous in his day 1 a public speaker.In his speaking Mark Twain always liked 2 funny stories.He also liked to listen to funny stories and to 3 his friends.One day one of his friends 4 his wallet and asked him 5 his train fare for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to pay 6 your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said.
The friend didn’t know 7 to do.He was very sad. “We can do this.”said Mark Twain.“We can 8 the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets you can hide 9 my seat.”
Later, 10 ,on the train,when the conductor came to take the tickets,Mark Twain gave him two tickets 11 for Mark Twain and one for his friend.Then 12 a loud voice,Mark Twain explained.
“My friend here is a 13 strange man.When he travels on a train he doesn’t like to sit 14 a seat.He prefers 15 on the floor under the seat.”
Of course,everybody in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.
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B.f |
C.to |
D.about |
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A.to say |
B.to make |
C.to speak |
D.to tell |
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B.loss |
C.lose |
D.losed |
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B.to cost |
C.to pay |
D.to charge |
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B.both |
C.either |
D.as well as |
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A.where |
B.how |
C.which |
D.what |
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A.get on |
B.go on |
C.get in |
D.go in |
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B.under |
C.below |
D.beside |
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B.whatever |
C.whenever |
D.wherever |
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B.one |
C.a ticket |
D.the one |
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B.over |
C.in |
D.on |
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A.more |
B.much |
C.quite |
D.very |
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A.on |
B.onto |
C.at |
D.by |
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B.to lie |
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完形填空
Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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B.living |
C.telephoning |
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B.floor |
C.car |
D.computer |
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B.ago |
C.before |
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C.down |
D.gone |
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C.names |
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B.return |
C.written |
D.waste |
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B.before |
C.after |
D.till |
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A.received |
B.accepted |
C.picked up |
D.heard from |
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A.anything |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.nothing |
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A.money |
B.post |
C.spoken |
D.bank |
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B.letter |
C.programme |
D.passage |
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A.decide |
B.believe |
C.hope |
D.learn |
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B.hotels |
C.police |
D.people |
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B.hour |
C.time |
D.way |
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B.looked after |
C.called at |
D.called on |
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B.income |
C.saving |
D.cost |
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A.bought |
B.tried |
C.saw |
D.picked |
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B.paid |
C.passed |
D.changed |
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A.bus |
B.bag |
C.jpise |
D.wall |
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A.shared |
B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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B.surprised |
C.moved |
D.frigtened |
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B.when |
C.whether |
D.why |
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A.things |
B.everything |
C.the bag |
D.the money |
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A.life |
B.country |
C.city |
D.family |