Question

【题目】Directions : Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability to do well in school. 【1】 The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do，but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.

The intelligent person, young or old, meeting a new situation or problem, opens himself up to it. He tries to take in with mind and senses everything he can about it. He thinks about it, instead of about himself or what it might cause to happen to him. If he fails to master it, he looks without fear or shame at his mistakes and learns what he can from them. This is intelligence. 【2】 Just as clearly, unintelligence is not what most psychologists seem to suppose, the same thing as intelligence, only less of it. It is an entirely different style of behavior, out of entirely set of attitudes.

Years of watching and comparing bright children with the not-bright，or less bright, have shown that they are very different kinds of people. The bright child is curious about life and reality, eager to get in touch with it, unite himself with it. 【3】 On the other hand, the dull child is far less curious, far less interested in what goes on and what is real. The bright child likes to experiment, to try things out. He lives by the maxim that there is more than one way to skin a cat. 【4】 The dull child is usually afraid to try at all, It takes a great deal of urging to get him to try even once； if that try fails, he is through.

A. Clearly its roots lie in a certain feeling about life.

B. If he can’t do something one way, he’ll try another.

C. He takes it for granted that he is the most intelligent guy in the world.

D. He continues his pursuit until he finally succeeds.

E. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in various situations.

F. There is no wall between himself and life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】F

【4】B

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。本文讲述了我们所谓的智商（intelligence）并不是指能够在某种测试中获得高分或在学校成绩优秀。而是指一种生活或行为的方式，特别是当处在一种全新或混乱的情形下时，要想测试一个人的智商，就必须看他的行为而不是看他懂多少。

【1】根据第一段第一句When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability to do well in school. 并不是指能够在某种测试中获得高分或在学校成绩优秀，由mean可知，指一种生活或行为的方式，选E最贴切。

【2】根据本段下一句Just as clearly, unintelligence is not what most psychologists seem to suppose, the same thing as intelligence, only less of it.可知句式相似，选A合适。

【3】根据上一句The bright child is curious about life and reality, eager to get in touch with it, unite himself with it. 聪明的孩子对生活和现实充满好奇，渴望与之接触，与之融为一体。此处it指代life，同时himself反复出现，故选F。

【4】根据上文He lives by the maxim that there is more than one way to skin a cat. 他的格言是:剥去猫皮的方法不止一种。可知，聪明的小孩会不断尝试别的方法，故本题选B。