3. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage? A. The gifted could not be fit for their social positions. B. Most of the bright and successful women kept single. C. The gifted men got full marks in intelligence tests. D. Most of the gifted appeared satisfied with their life.

2. From the passage, we can conclude that __________. A. most of the gifted children became white collars. B. half of the gifted followed up graduated from colleges. C. each of the talented published at least one article. D. bright men got higher income than bright women.

1. The main idea of the passage is __________. A. how many gifted children turned successful when they grew up. B. that bright children were unlikely to be physically and mentally healthy. C. that gifted children were most likely to become bright grown-ups. D. that when the bright children grew up, they would become ordinary.

5. The purpose of the writer in writing this passage is to __________. A. show you the need of changing your name. B. encourage you if you want to change your name. C. tell you how easy it is to change one's name. D. list all the difficulties in changing one's name.

　 Correct answers:　 DBADB

要准确把握全文的主旨大意，才能作对题2和题5。 本文的中心涉及作者对更改姓名一事的看法和态度。通读短文后，你应当有个基本印象。若你再注意到以下文字，你就更有把握了： If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't lose heart.　 Film stars change their names, and with some determination, you can, too. Don't care too much if you have to keep reminding others of your change of a new name---keep on, and your friends and lover will accept your new name.　 Good luck!　 作者写本文的目的是鼓励那些想改名的人(encourage you if you want to change your name)，告诉这些人目前没有法律限制(you don't need to make the change official.　 Under common law, all that is necessary is to start using the name of your choice.　/ You don't have to show them any sort of court document.　 You have a right to be called by whatever name you choose.)提醒这些人克服可能遇到的困难(By this time, you've probably realized that changing your name is more difficult than replacing your furniture of changing your hair color, though the effect can be unusually encouraging.) 因此题2的答案是B, 题5的答案是B，题4的答案是D。

题4的选项C (that changing your name is not as easy as rearranging your room)的说法与原文有出入：原文是 rearranging your furniture；且“没有那末容易(is not as easy as ...)”的另外说法是“跟它一样难，或比它还难，而原文的说法是“比...还难”。

本文选自2002年东城区高三英语期末试卷(2002. 1)

Passage 12　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 The old idea that child prodigies ( 神童 ) "burn themselves" or "overtax their brains" in the early years, therefore, are prey to failure and ( at worst ) mental illness is just a myth.　 As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright children is that they are very likely to grow into bright adults. 　　 To find this out, 1,500 gifted persons were followed up to their thirty-fifty year with these results: 　　 On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they did as children.　 They were, as a group, in good health, physically and mentally.　 Eighty-four percent of their group were married and seemed content with their life. 　　 About 70percent had graduated from colleges, though only 30 percent had graduated with honors.　 A few had even flunked out ( 退学 ), but nearly half of these had returned to graduate. 　　 Of the men, 80 percent were in one of the professions or in business, managers or semi-professional jobs.　 The women who had remained single had offices, business, or professional occupations. 　　 The group had published 90 books and 1,500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents ( 专利　 ). 　　 In a material way they didn't do badly either .　 Average income was considerably higher among the gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth when last surveyed. 　　 In fact, far from being strange, maladjusted ( 难以适应 ) people locked in an ivory tower, most of the gifted were turning their early promises into practical reality.　

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4. You may realize that changing your name __________. A. usually has good effect. B. is actually asking for trouble. C. is not as easy as rearranging your room. D. means you have to go through some troubles.

3. No law keeps you from using whatever name you have chosen, if only ___________. A. you pick up a new name not for purpose of wrong-doing. B. you can get your fellow workers to call you the new name. C. the gas company agrees to get your bill under your new name. D. some sort of court document is given to you.

2. If you wish to start using the name of your own choice, you __________. A. must get your friends to call your new name B. don't have to get permission from anybody. C. must use it with your mother first. D. need to be approved by the court.

1. You may wish to change your mane because __________. A. you are required to do so. B. you don't mean to have your name last a lifetime. C. you like to follow what film stars often do. D. you may not like your parents' choice.

5. The best title for this passage is __________. A. The Disadvantages of Travelling Today B. Comparison (比较)of Travelling in the Past With That of　 Today C. Contrast　 (对照) Between Travellings in the Past and Today D. The Advantages of Travelling in the Past

　 Correct answers: DCCAD　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

作者在对比两种条件(现在和过去)下的旅行时，分别是这样描述的： 过去：seeing something all the time, and learning what the country was through which he passed by talk with the people 现在：he is shut up...in a tight bus with glass windows, and whirled on through dust if it is dusty, or if it is rainy,　 under arrangements which make it impossible to talk with the people of the country, and almost impossible to see what that country is. 作者的基本态度倾向已经跃然纸上，褒贬分明。而不是中立地对照，比较。

　Passage 11　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 Though your parents probably meant to have your name last a lifetime, remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you, and the hopes and dreams they cared for when they chose it may not match yours.　 If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't lose heart.　 Film stars change their names, and with some determination, you can, too. 　　 If you wish to pick up a new name, you don't need to make the change official.　 Under common law, all that is necessary is to start using the name of your choice.　 Remember, though, that you must use it everywhere---even with your mother---for it to become your legal name. 　　 Getting friends and fellow workers to call you Leach instead of Lola may be harder than any paperwork involved, but you'll probably meet official resistance, too.　 Be sure that no law prevents you from using the name you have chosen, unless you use it for the purpose of cheating.　 If the gas company tells you that you cannot get your bill under a new name, they are wrong.　 You don't have to show them any sort of court document.　 You have a right to be called by whatever name you choose. 　　 By this time, you've probably realized that changing your name is more difficult than replacing your furniture of changing your hair color, though the effect can be unusually encouraging.　 Don't care too much if you have to keep reminding others of your change of a new name---keep on, and your friends and lover will accept your new name.　 Good luck!　

4. In this passage the author suggests that __________. A. now people go on trips in train, buses or planes B. people on trips are not allowed to talk C. people on trips are often caught in the rain D. people on trips are often very dirty