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 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 god damned 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
解析：
| 1．此项智力测验(intelligence test)是a11 soldiers都已接受(took)过的，“我”本人又已经有了成绩(scored 160)，本空中所填动词应能表达出“参加”测试之意，选received才对。
选择failed(选项A)填入此空的考生显然没能掌握全文大意，甚至也没有正确理解本段的意思：作者是说自己在intelligence test中表现不俗，平均分100，“我”考了160，自然不会是failed the test了。 2．既然是所有士兵都参加的测试，应该有个均值，对比后面的得分160，显然选A。 3．可以从本句结构(could not have scored)看出作者所使用的婉转推测语气。此处语意为，这位auto-re pair man在这类intelligence tests中得分不会超过80分。根据作者的这种语气在句中添加副词，以一种犹疑口气表示委婉礼貌，自然也与作者的“Doc”身份相称，应该选用 possibly这样的“柔和字眼”。其余三个选项副词如果填入此空，均难以表达此意。 4．本空之后讲：when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him(=the auto-repair man)；上文说过“我”的intelligence test score为160，此人最多不会超过80。两人形成对比，为明显的转折语气，四个选项连词中只有Yet可以有此功能。 5．从前文知道作者在谈论auto－repair man，虽然他智商低，但是他每次都能修好我的车，这样的逻辑是最符合题目内容的，故选A。 6．本段开头所采用的语气(Well，then...)说明作者这里要让读者换个角度看问题。此处仍然采用比较与对照(compare and contrast)的写作方式：上文说的是常规性的intelligence test，此处suppose一反常规地由auto repair man出题来考“我”这样的Doctor。所以是由auto repair man来出题(designed questions)，而不是被动地答题应试(排除answered，practiced和tried)。 考生如能通过浏览把握本文各段大意对选出答案也极为有助：第一段点题，交待自己在智力测验中的好成绩；第二段介绍auto-repair man情况；本段则要说明，如果由后者出题考自己，结果会如何。 7．根据上下文，此处需要一个贬义的词语，故D项fool符合题义。 8．本句为上文的归纳与结论。需要特别注意“我”与auto-repair man分别代表着两类人——劳心者(those who work with their brains)和劳力者(...with their hands) 如果误选A项则会形成如下文意：In a world where I have to work with my brains，I’d do poorly，这显然与原本文意相反(行文至此一直在说自己的智商不低)。这部分考生没有能够把握住全文的基本文脉，不明白作者此处是想说明自己在“动手”方面不如别人。 9．从形式上看，本题所设选项为副词或相应短语，实际上用在句子里表达的是一种逻辑关联语意。这里是要“再”来说说the auto-repair man，空中应该填入 again。以下引出大段故事，也是全文的主干部分。 10．从后文的直接引语可以判断，auto－repair man讲的是jokes。 11．根据下文，他走进商店，且瞎子想要剪刀，用的是wanted，此处与wanted同义的就是needed了。 12．因为要的是钉子，所以进行的动作显然是锤的动作，hammering。 13．售货员给他锤子，不是他需要的钉子，所以他会摇头，shake one’s head意为摇头。 14．售货员给他拿来钉子，供他进行挑选，A项拿来；B项包好；C项送去；D项卖出。 15．应该了解整个故事的梗概：都是买钉子，一个聋哑，一个盲人。体会这位说笑话者(auto-repair man)的意图与叙事条理。这里说到随后来的一位顾客，要买剪刀，应该是the next man。根据常理，商店不会只来两位顾客，因此不能选(the)other。 16．此处问句缺的是一个方式问题，其它成分并不合适，故而how，而不是A项什么，C项谁，D项哪一个。 17．瞎子显然是用声音说出来，这也是这道题的题眼，且voice与后文asked for it相照应，正好合适。 18．此处是指向所有顾客讲过这个故事，在所有人面前都测试过一遍了，所以trying符合题意。 19．根据后文，修车人给出原因，为什么我会做错，是因为我受教育太多，容易产生思维定式，故而他其实事前对我答错是很有把握的。故选for sure。 20．在auto-repair man看来，书读多了的人思维是不会那么敏捷的(couldn’t be very smart)。需要注意所讲的这个笑话和所提的问题，主要是考查人是否能够做出快捷反应，而不是说人的清醒与否，因此选项A(clear=not confused)看来似乎也有些道理，却也是不能作为最佳答案的。
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提示：
Julio loves to visit his grandmother．He doesn’t get to visit her very often because his family lives in a city that is six hours away．His grandmother lives in a big wooden house on a farm .It is old and looks as if it has secret hiding places .
On the third Sunday of June ,Julio’s parents took him to his grandmother’s .Since it was summer vacation ,he was going to stay at grandmother’s for a whole mother ! His cousins Mario and Linda would soon be arriving .They would also be staying at their grandmother’s this summer.
A big porch（走廊）wraps around two sides of the house .Julio sat in the porch swing .He could see the trees that circle the house．They had been planted as a windbreak .They protect the house from the wind and blowing dirt .The house is in the middle of a large ,flat field.
Julio watched the dirt road that leads to the house .He couldn’t wait for his cousins to get there !Mario was his age ,and Linda was a year younger .They had fun together .Last summer they spent one whole morning making a fort out of sacks of seed .Then Uncle Henry had taken them on a tractor ride.
Julio remembered another time with his cousins .They had gone out to explode the fields．Julio touched an electric fence and got a shock .Then they found an old snakeskin .Nothing like that ever happened at his own home!
Julio could smell the dinner that his grandmother was cooking .It made him hungry.
Finally he saw a cloud of dust coming up the road．“They ‘re here! There’re here!” He shouted.
The story tells about Julio and his cousins doing all of the following except_______．
A．watching old movies B．taking a tractor ride
C．finding a snakeskin D．making a fort from seed sacks
How do you think Julio felt when he saw his cousins arriving?
A．He was worried B．He was excited C．He was angry D．He was sad.
After Julio’s cousins arrived ,what would probably happen next?______．
A．They would build a fort on the hill.
B．They would look for snake skins.
C．They would climb the trees in their grandmother’s yard
D．They would eat dinner at their grandmother’s house.
These boxes show events that happened in the story .What is in box 2?
| Julio went to Grandmother’s house | Julio thought about Another visit to grandmother's |
A．Julio’s cousins arrived at Grandmother’s house.
B．Julio could smell dinner cooking.
C．Julio sat in the porch swing.
D．Julio saw a cloud of dust coming up the road.
How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thefts(偷窃)? Around the holidays, many families don’t consider taking prop
er measures to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts. With just a few simple steps, you can better make sure of the safety of your home during all of the holiday celebrations. Here are a few tips for making it difficult to tell you are away from home.
● Either have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail and newspapers, or tell your mailperson to hold your mail until you return. Nothing says “Hey, we are not home!” like when your postbox is filled with all kinds of mails and you have many different newspapers in your driveway.
● Set several different lights in your house on random timers (随机定时器)。Don’t leave your outdoor lights on all the time. Instead, put your outside lights on timers to be on during the nights. If an outdoor light remains on for days at a time, it means that nobody is home to turn it off.
● If you have pets that you are not taking with you on vacation, leave them with a friend, rather than having someone come into your house every day to take care of them. When thefts see a neighbor or friend entering your house every day, they will know you are not home.
● Close all your curtains when you leave town. This is effective to deter possible thefts, as no one can see what is in your house. If they don’t know what there is to take, then the risk is even greater for them to break in.
● This article just has suggested a few tips to help you keep your house safe while you are on holiday. Nothing can truly protect your home unless you have it monitored by a professional home security system.
【小题1】. What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．to tell us how to prevent the thefts around the holidays |
| B．to let the outdoor lights on all the time |
| C．to tell us many families suffering from the thefts while they are on holiday |
| D．to tell you to have your neighbor go to your house to take care of your pet. |
A. be lit in an irregular way B. be kept on all the night
C. be replaced by random timers D be turned on only once one day
【小题3】.To make your home is well protected, what does the writer advise you to do?
| A．Have all the curtains closed | B．Stop your mail service at once |
| C．Turn to your close neighbors or friends | D．Equip your home with security system |
| A．be very popular with families | B．have no effect on preventing thefts |
| C．give a false impression on thefts. | D．be a little hard to be brought into effect. |
| A．discover | B．discourage | C．surprise | D．attract |
Julio loves to visit his grandmother．He doesn’t get to visit her very often because his family lives in a city that is six hours away．His grandmother lives in a big wooden house on a farm .It is old and looks as if it has secret hiding places .
On the third Sunday of June ,Julio’s parents took him to his grandmother’s .Since it was summer vacation ,he was going to stay at grandmother’s for a whole mother ! His cousins Mario and Linda would soon be arriving .They would also be staying at their grandmother’s this summer.
A big porch（走廊）wraps around two sides of the house .Julio sat in the porch swing .He could see the trees that circle the house．They had been planted as a windbreak .They protect the house from the wind and blowing dirt .The house is in the middle of a large ,flat field.
Julio watched the dirt road that leads to the house .He couldn’t wait for his cousins to get there !Mario was his age ,and Linda was a year younger .They had fun together .Last summer they spent one whole morning making a fort out of sacks of seed .Then Uncle Henry had taken them on a tractor ride.
Julio remembered another time with his cousins .They had gone out to explode the fields．Julio touched an electric fence and got a shock .Then they found an old snakeskin .Nothing like that ever happened at his own home!
Julio could smell the dinner that his grandmother was cooking .It made him hungry.
Finally he saw a cloud of dust coming up the road．“They ‘re here! There’re here!” He shouted.
1.The story tells about Julio and his cousins doing all of the following except_______．
|
A．watching old movies |
B．taking a tractor ride |
|
C．finding a snakeskin |
D．making a fort from seed sacks |
2.How do you think Julio felt when he saw his cousins arriving?
|
A．He was worried |
B．He was excited |
C．He was angry |
D．He was sad. |
3.After Julio’s cousins arrived ,what would probably happen next?______．
|
A．They would build a fort on the hill. |
|
B．They would look for snake skins. |
|
C．They would climb the trees in their grandmother’s yard |
|
D．They would eat dinner at their grandmother’s house. |
4.These boxes show events that happened in the story .What is in box 2?
|
Julio went to Grandmother’s house |
|
Julio thought about Another visit to grandmother's |
|
A．Julio’s cousins arrived at Grandmother’s house. |
|
B．Julio could smell dinner cooking. |
|
C．Julio sat in the porch swing. |
|
D．Julio saw a cloud of dust coming up the road. |