55.A. realize
B. remember C.
recognize D. recover
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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 goddamned educated, Doc. I knew
you couldn't be very 55 ."
And I have an uneasy
feeling he had something there.
