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16.Are you smarter than your parents and grandparents?According to James Flynn,a professor at a New Zealand university,you are!Over the course of the last century,people's IQ test scores have gotten steadily higher---on average,three points higher each decade.This improvement is known as the"Flynn effect",and scientists want to know what is behind it.IQ tests are designed to measure general intelligence rather than knowledge.Flynn believes that intelligence partly comes from our parents and partly is the result of our environment,but the improvement in test scores has been happening too quickly to be explained by heredity.So what has occurred in the 20th century to help people achieve higher scores?
Scientists have proposed several explanations for the Flynn effect.Some suggest that the improved test scores simply reflect an increased exposure to tests in general and the learning of test-taking techniques that help us perform better on any test.Others have pointed to better nutrition.Babies now are born larger,healthier,and with more brain development than in the past.Another suggested explanation is a change in educational styles,with teachers encouraging children to learn by discovering things for themselves rather than just memorizing information,which improves their problem-solving skills.
Flynn has limited the possible explanations after carefully examining test data and discovering that the improvement in scores has taken place in only certain parts of the IQ test.Test-takers are not doing better on the maths or vocabulary sections of the test; they are doing better on the sections requiring reasoning and problem solving.For example,one part of the test shows a set of shapes,and test-takers must find the patterns and connections between them.
According to Flynn,this visual intelligence improves as the amount of technology in our lives increases.Every time you play a computer game,you are exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps you do well on one kind of intelligence test.So are you really smarter than your parents?In one very specific way,you may be.
31.According to the passage,the"Flynn effect"isB.
A.a method used to measure intelligence
B.an increase in IQ test scores over time
C.the influence of technology on intelligence
D.a theory that connects intelligence to experience
32.What is the function of the third paragraph?C
A.To list the findings of Professor Flynn's research.
B.To provide possible explanations that disprove Flynn's ideas.
C.To outline different theories explaining the increase in IQ scores.
D.To describe how research was carried out in the measuring of intelligence.
33.According to the passage,newer educational techniques includeD.
A.exposing children to fewer tests
B.giving children clearer teaching instructions
C.getting children to memorize lots of information
D.encouraging children to find out things themselves
34.The writer believes that computer gamesC.
A.have discouraged people from taking exercise
B.have made young people become less intelligent
C.have helped improve people's visual intelligence
D.have caused young people to have poorer vocabularies
35.Which statement would Professor Flynn agree with?C
A.People today are taking easier tests.
B.People today have fewer problems to solve.
C.Not all aspects of intelligence have increased.
D.The language ability of people has improved.
分析 你比你的父亲和爷爷聪明吗?答案是肯定的,James Flynn给我们解释了其中的缘由,下面读读这篇文章,看看原因是什么吧!
解答 31.答案 B 细节理解题.由第一段中的"Overthe course of the last century,people's IQ test scores have gotten steadily higher---on average,threepoints higher each decade.This improvement is known as the‘Flynn effect'"可知,在上个世纪中,人们的IQ测试成绩稳步升高,平均十年提高三分,这种提升被叫作"Flynneffect".故B选项切题.
32.答案 C 推理判断题.由第三段中的"Scientistshave proposed several explanations for the Flynn effect"可知,第三段主要介绍了不同的科学家对人类智商测试分数提高原因的分析.故C选项正确.
33.答案 D 细节理解题.由第三段中的"Anothersuggested explanation is a change in educational styles,with teachersencouraging children to learn by discovering things for themselves rather thanjust memorizing information,which improves their problem-solving skills."可知,老师们鼓励孩子们通过自己发现事物来学习,这是教育方式的一个变化,即新的教育方法,故D选项切题.
34.答案 C 细节理解题.由最后一段中的"According to Flynn,this visual intelligence improves as the amountof technology in our lives increases.Every time you play a computer game,youare exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps youdo well on one kind of intelligence test."可知,C选项切题.
35.答案 C 推理判断题.由倒数第二段中的"the improvement in scores has taken place in only certain parts ofthe IQ test.Test-takers are not doing better on the maths or vocabularysections of the test; they are doing better on the sections requiring reasoningand problem solving."可知,在数学或词汇测试方面,人们的IQ分数并没有提高,而在推理和解决问题方面,人们的IQ分数有所提高.由此可知,IQ测试成绩提高只发生在某些方面,并非IQ的所有方面都已提高.故C选项切题.
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1.文章中词汇的意义比较单一、稳定、简明,不带感情色彩,具有单一性和准确性的特点.
2.句子结构较复杂,语法分析较困难.为了描述一个客观事物,严密地表达自己的思想,作者经常会使用集多种语法现象于一体的长句.
3.常使用被动语态,尤其是一些惯用被动句式.
4.科技环保类文章在高考英语试题中出现的频率最高,一直是高考的主要测试内容,此类文章一般为说明文,但也常常夹杂着叙述和议论,并经常出现一些较新的科技名词或术语.着重从不同侧面考查学生筛选、提取、推断信息的能力.考生若经常阅读英语报刊,具备丰富的课外知识,并积累一定的时新词汇,对解读此类文章会大有帮助.
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