Question

Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?

Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.

She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!

Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!

Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”

Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.

Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.

Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.

“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.

1. Alexis Martin is a girl who .

A. has many hobbies B. has a high IQ

C. is good at telling stories D. likes reading

2. According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as .

A. 158 B. 159 C. 160 D. 101

3. Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at .

A. the age of 2 B. the age of 1

C. one and a half years old D. the age of 3

4. What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?

A. She would refuse to listen.

B. She would try to recite it.

C. She would correct him.

D. She would laugh at it.

5. Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?

A. She is accepted by the Mensa Club.

B. She has made a lot of friends.

C. She learned to read at the age of 2.

D. She learned a foreign language by herself.

Answer 1

1.B.

2.C.

3.B.

4.C.

5.B.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了一个智商超过160的3岁女孩刚刚成为门萨俱乐部在亚利桑那州最小的会员。她的智商和阿尔伯特 爱因斯坦、史蒂芬 霍金以及比尔 盖茨等天才相近，他们的智商测试结果与此相似。

1.B细节理解题。A. has many hobbies 有许多爱好； B. has a high IQ有高智商；C. is good at telling stories擅长讲故事；D. likes reading喜欢读书。根据短文理解答案选B。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文中Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s。的描述，答案选C。

3.B细节理解题。A. the age of 2两岁的时候；B. the age of 1 一岁；C. one and a half years old 一岁半；D. the age of 3三岁。根据短文中Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories.的理解，答案故选B。

4.C细节理解题。 A. She would refuse to listen.她将会拒绝听；B. She would try to recite it.她将会尽力背诵下来；C. She would correct him.她将会纠正他；D. She would laugh at it.她将会嘲笑他。根据文中Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.的描述，可知答案是C。

5.B细节理解题。A. She is accepted by the Mensa Club. 她成为门萨俱乐部的一员。B. She has made a lot of friends.她已经交了许多朋友；C. She learned to read at the age of 2.两岁的时候他就学习读书；D. She learned a foreign language by herself.她自学了一门外国语言。根据短文的描述，可知答案选B。

考点：人物故事类阅读。

考点分析： 考点1：人物传记/故事阅读类

人物传记故事类阅读理解：

    阅读能力是中学生学习英语应具备的一种基本能力。学习英语的一个重要目的在于获取信息。通过阅读这一重要手段，我们可以大量地获取知识，拓展知识面，还可以增强语感，培养敏捷的思维能力。

阅读理解也是各地中考试题的必考题型之一，在中考试题中占有较大比例，主要考查学生通过文字获取信息的能力。在中考中，阅读的篇数一般是三到四篇，选材范围越来越广，除故事、幽默、人物轶事外，科普性文章也多了起来。体裁也趋于多样化，有记叙文、说明文、应用文等。还要求学生能理解及解释图表多提供的简单信息等。三四篇短文中有的难度跨度较大，以便拉开档次，体现选拔功能。并且扩大了选材范围，主要考查考生阅读所给材料，理解其中词语、句子或片段含义的能力。有时涉及对全文意思和篇章结构的理解，对一些问题作出推理和判断。阅读理解的考核中包括了对词汇、语法等语言知识的考查，要求学生具备一定的背景知识、各种常识、科普知识和一定的分析及逻辑推理能力；要求学生具有归纳段落大意、中心思想的能力。测试的方向由时间、地点、身份、人物等一些细节问题，改为测试对全文整体意义的理解程度；由考查短文的表层现象改为考对文章深层含义的理解和逻辑推断能力。另外，任务型阅读形式灵活多样，内容丰富多彩，联系实际，易考查学生的灵活运用能力和对语言的综合运用能力。在中考中占30-40分。

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