20．A 12-year-old girl who had a slight feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right．
　　Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of l62 on Mensa's Cattell III B paper，suggesting she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking．
　　The comparison doesn't sit well with the British student，who's currently in Year 8 at Colchester County high school，a selective girl's grammar school in Essex，England．
"I don't think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking．They've achieved so much．I don't think it's right．"Lydia told CNN．
　　Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays，after raising the idea with her parents who were in favor of it after some time．
　　It turns out the test wasn't that hard after all．
"I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard．But as I started the test，I thought it was a bit easier than l thought it was going to be，"she said．
　　Lydia's not quite sure what she wants to do when she goes to university，though she's leaning toward something"based around math，because it's one of my favorite subjects．"
"All I'm going to do is work as hard as I can，and see where that gets me，"she said．
　　To put Lydia's mark in perspective，the top adult score in the Cattell III B test，which primarily tests verbal reasoning，is 161．A top 2% score-which allows entry to Mensa，the club for those with high IQs-would be 148 or over．Lydia scored 162，placing her in the top l% of the population．
24．What can we know about Lydia from the passage？B
A．She is a middle school student．
B．She is the cleverest student．
C．She thinks she is cleverer than Einstein．
D．She had thought the test was very easy．
25．According to the passage，who supported her taking the test？D
A．Her teachers．B．Her classmates．
C．Her friends．D．Her parents．
26．If you want to enter Mensa，you have toD．
A．be as clever as Lydia in the test
B．be able to attend a famous university
C．have a great interest in math
D．get at least 148 in the IQ test
27．After Lydia graduates from high school，she willA．
A．major in math probably 　B．enter a club
C．never be nervous 　　　　D．a(chǎn)chieve a lot．

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了一個很聰明的學生麗迪雅12歲就在父母的鼓勵下考上大學．

解答 24．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段A 12-year-old girl who had a slight feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right可知她是一個很聰明的學生；故選B．
25．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays，after raising the idea with her parents who were in favor of it after some time可知是她的父母支持她參加考試；故選D．
26．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段which primarily tests verbal reasoning，is 161．A top 2% score-which allows entry to Mensa，the club for those with high IQs-would be 148 or over可知如果你想進入門薩，你必須智商測試至少148；故選D．
27．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章Lydia's not quite sure what she wants to do when she goes to university，though she's leaning toward something"based around math，because it's one of my favorite subjects可知麗迪雅高中畢業(yè)后，她將主修數(shù)學；故選A．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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