What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I __36  an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against__37  of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not__38 have scored more than 80. __39  , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always__40 it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man  __41  questions for some intelligence tests. By  every one of them I'd prove myself a __42 . In a world where I have to work with my__43   , I'd do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man __44  . He had a habit of telling __45 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-umb(聋哑) man__46  some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made__47  movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He __48  his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk__49   him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the __50  man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). __51   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__52  and asked for them. I've been__53  hat on all my customers today, but I knew __54 I'd catch you.”“Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very __55  .”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

36.  A. failed         B. wrote         C. received      D. chose 

37.  A. an average     B. a total       C. an exam       D. a number 

38.  A. always         B. possibly      C. certainly     D. frequently 

39.  A. Then           B. Thus          C. Therefore     D. Yet 

40.  A. fixed          B. checked       C. drove         D. changed 

41.  A. answered       B. practised     C. designed      D. tried

42.  A. teacher        B. doctor        C. winner        D. fool 

43.  A. brains         B. effort        C. hands         D. attention 

44.  A. again          B. as usual      C. too           D. as well 

45.  A. lies           B. jokes         C. news          D. tales 

46.  A. bought         B. tested        C. found         D. needed 

47.  A. cutting        B. hammering     C. waving        D. circling 

48.  A. nodded         B. raised        C. shook         D. turned 

49.  A. brought        B. packed        C. sent          D. sold 

50.  A. clever         B. other         C. right         D. next 

51.  A. What           B. How           C. Who           D. Which  

52.  A. imagination    B. hand          C. voice         D. information 

53.  A. trying         B. proving       C. practising    D. examining 

54.  A. for sure       B. at once       C. in fact       D. right now 

55.  A. clear          B. silly         C. slow          D. smart 

What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I __36___ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against __37___ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once,  who, on these intelligence tests,  could not __38___ have scored more than 80. __39___, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always __40__ it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man __41___ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a __42___. In a world where I have to work with my __43___, I’d do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man __44___ He had a habit of telling __45___. One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑) man __46___ some nails.  Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made __47___ movements with the other hanD．The clerk brought him a hammer, He __48__ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk __49___ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the __50___ man who came in was blind．He wanted scissors (剪刀). __51___ 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 __52___ and asked for them. I’ve been __53___ that on all my customers today, but I knew __54___ I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I askeD．“Because you are so god damned educated, DoC．I knew you  couldn’t be very __55___.”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

I had an auto-repair man once,  who, on these intelligence tests,  could not __38___ have scored more than 80. __39___, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always __40__ it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man __41___ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a __42___. In a world where I have to work with my __43___, I’d do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man __44___ He had a habit of telling __45___. One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑) man __46___ some nails.  Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made __47___ movements with the other hanD．The clerk brought him a hammer, He __48__ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk __49___ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the __50___ man who came in was blind．He wanted scissors (剪刀). __51___ 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 __52___ and asked for them. I’ve been __53___ that on all my customers today, but I knew __54___ I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I askeD．“Because you are so god damned educated, DoC．I knew you  couldn’t be very __55___.”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I    21  an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against   22  of 100, scored 160．No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.
All my life I've been registering scores like that,    23  I have the complacent(洋洋自得的) feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by people who    24     the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents(天分) similar to mine?
For instance, I once had an auto-repair man, who, on these intelligence tests, could not   25  have scored more than 80,by my estimate. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always fixed it.
Well，then，suppose my auto—repair man   26  questions for some intelligence tests．By doing every one of them I'd prove myself a   27  ．In a world where I have to work with my    28   ，I'd do poorly．
Consider my auto—repair man   29   ．He had a habit of telling  30   ．One time he said. “Doc, a deaf and dumb man   31  some nails．Having entered a store，he put two fingers together on the counter and made  32    movements with the other hand．The clerk brought him a hammer．He   33   his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering．The clerk   34  him some nails．He picked out the right size and left．Well，Doc，the   35  man who came in was blind．He wanted scissors．   36  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    37   and asked for them.” Then he said smugly, "I've been    38    that on all my customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a few," he said, "but I knew     39    I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you're so goddamned educated, Doc, I knew you couldn't be very     40   ." And I have an uneasy feeling that he had something there．

What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I    21   an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against   22   of 100, scored 160．No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.

  All my life I've been registering scores like that,    23   I have the complacent(洋洋自得的) feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by people who    24      the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents(天分) similar to mine?

  For instance, I once had an auto-repair man, who, on these intelligence tests, could not   25   have scored more than 80,by my estimate. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always fixed it.

  Well，then，suppose my auto—repair man   26   questions for some intelligence tests．By doing every one of them I'd prove myself a   27   ．In a world where I have to work with my    28    ，I'd do poorly．

  Consider my auto—repair man   29    ．He had a habit of telling  30    ．One time he said. “Doc, a deaf and dumb man   31   some nails．Having entered a store，he put two fingers together on the counter and made  32     movements with the other hand．The clerk brought him a hammer．He   33    his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering．The clerk   34   him some nails．He picked out the right size and left．Well，Doc，the    35   man who came in was blind．He wanted scissors．   36   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    37    and asked for them.” Then he said smugly, "I've been    38     that on all my customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a few," he said, "but I knew     39     I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you're so goddamned educated, Doc, I knew you couldn't be very     40    ." And I have an uneasy feeling that he had something there．

1.A. failed                 B. wrote               C. received            D. chose

2.A. an average             B. a total             C. an amount         D. a number

3.A. then                   B. but                 C. so that             D. because

4. A. join in              B. make up              C. go over             D. look through

5.A. approximately          B. possibly            C. certainly           D. frequently

6.A. answered               B. practiced                C. designed            D. tried

7.A. teacher           B. doctor              C. winner            D. fool

8.A. brains                 B. efforts             C. hands             D. abilities

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. scissoring          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. with wisdom          B. at once             C. in reality               D. for sure

20. A. clear                B. silly                    C. slow            D. smart