题目内容
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would __36_: surfing (冲浪运动). But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people __37_. Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and__38_in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first __39_ was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to __40_ surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my __41_, there’s nothing like it. It involves (牵涉到) body, __42_, and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all __43_ us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that __44_, becoming one with the__45_, is like I’m weightless.
The one thing I can __46 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the “best suffer” because the ocean __47__ an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some suffers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的) and __48__. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it __49__ from any other sport.
I’ve __50__ to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new __51__, so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start __52__ the limits(极限) of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?
There’re women __53__ side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys __54__ the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to __55__, and they will.
36.A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize
37 A. wonder B. understand C. reply D. believe
38 A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell
39 A. wave B. storm C. sail D. boat
40 A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie
41 A. work B study C. holiday D. life
42 A. mind B. effort C. health D. time
43 A. along B. above C. around D. by
44 A. beach B. water C. board D. lake
45. A. sky B. world C. earth D. ocean
46. A. take B. get C. make D. keep
47. A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects
48. A. sharp B. great C. hard D. calm
49. A. known B. right C. far D. different
50. A. chosen B. tried C. learned D. promised
51. A. levels B. points C. steps D. parts
52. A. reaching B. accepting C. pushing D. setting
53. A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working
54. A. of B. from C. on D. with
55. A. think B. succeed C. perform D. feel
36—40 BADAC 41—45 DACBD 46—50 BCADB 51—55 ACDCB
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If you ask me, I would say that I won’t mind ______abroad to enrich my knowledge.
A.taking | B.to take | C.to be taken | D.being taken |
If you ask Americans whether or not they think their former president George W. Bush is smart, most of them will probably tell you they don’t think so. However, Bush’s IQ score is estimated to be above 120, which puts him in the top ten percent of the population.
It doesn’t seem to make sense. How come someone with such an IQ score is not considered smart? Researchers say: IQ does not tell the whole story. Some people have high IQ scores, but still they can be poor thinkers and decision-makers.
Keith Stanovich, a Canadian professor of human development and applied psychology, has been looking into the “clever fools” phenomenon for 15 years. He says IQ tests are very good at measuring certain mental faculties(能力), including logic, learning ability, working-memory capacity (how much information you can hold in mind), etc. Those faculties play a part in one’s academic success, but rational thinking is more important for us to make good judgments in real-life situations.
IQ tests fail to work when it comes to rational thinking. That’s because they are unable to assess things such as a person’s ability to weigh up information, or whether an individual can set aside the cognitive biases(认知偏差)that may be misleading.
“A high IQ is like height in a basketball player,” says David Perkins, who studies thinking and reasoning skills at Harvard University. “It is very important, all other things being equal. But all other things aren’t equal. It takes a lot more to be a good basketball player than being tall, and it takes a lot more to be a good thinker than having a high IQ.”
1.According to the text your academic success depends on your __________.
A.logic |
B.mental faculties |
C.learning ability |
D.working-memory capacity |
2.If you need to decide where to invest your money, you must use your ______________
A.IQ scores |
B.IQ test |
C.rational thinking |
D.cognitive biases |
3.We know from the text that ____________
A.the former president George W. Bush has a high IQ score |
B.many Americans think their former president George W. Bush is smart |
C.David Perkins believe that a person’s IQ doesn’t need to be developed |
D.Keith Stanovich looked into the “clever fools” phenomenon 5 years ago |
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.Those who have high IQ do better than those who don’t in everything. |
B.People with high IQ scores must be good decision-makers |
C.People with high IQ scores are always smart in every way. |
D.Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart |