Question

In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ___1___, it was the same score.

Later that evening, I ___2___ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ___3___ much better than an IQ test. We ___4___ that Michael’s score must have been a ___5___ and we should treat him ___6___ as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ___7___ grades in the school, especially ___8___ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

Michael ___9___ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ___10___. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ___11___ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ___12___ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ___13___, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ___14___ we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then ___15___ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had __16___ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ___17___.

Children often do as ___18___ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ___19___ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ___20___”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

1.	A．joy B．surprise C．dislike D．disappointment

 

2.	A．tearfully B．fearfully C．cheerfully D．hopefully

 

3.	A．student B．son C．friend D．doctor

 

4.	A．a(chǎn)rgued B．realized C．decided D．understood

5.A. joke        B. mistake      C. warning      D wonder

6.	A．specially B．strictly C．naturally D．carefully

 

7.	A．poor B．good C．a(chǎn)verage D．standard

 

8.	A．in B．a(chǎn)bout C．of D．for

 

9.	A．visited B．chose C．passed D．entered

 

10.	A．a(chǎn)llowed B．described C．required D．offered

 

11.	A．missed B．held C．delayed D．a(chǎn)ttended

 

12.	A．high B．same C．low D．different

 

13.	A．curiously B．eagerly C．calmly D．jokingly

 

14.	A．faith B．interest C．pride D．delight

 

15.	A．looked for B．a(chǎn)sked for C．waited for D．prepared for

 

16.	A．received B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．organized D．discussed

 

17.	A．imperfect B．impossible C．uncertain D．unsatisfactory

 

18.	A．honestly B．much C．well D．bravely

 

19.	A．hear B．learn C．expect D．speak

 

20.	A．wise B．rude C．shy D．stupid

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】對于成功，智商真的有那么重要嗎？文章通過一個故事告訴了我們到底重要不重要！

1.disappointment 意為“失望,失意,沮喪;挫折”,to one’s disappointment意為“使某人失望的是”；to one’s joy意為“使某人高興的是”；to one’s surprise意為“使某人吃驚的是”；to one’s dislike 意為“使某人不喜歡的是”。

2.tearfully意為“含淚地”。根據(jù)上文中“In the clinic,I asked if Michael could be retested,so the specialist tested him again.”可判斷出由于Michael測試成績不好而感到難過,因此是含著眼淚把這件事告訴Frank。fearfully 意為“可怕地”；cheerfully意為“高興地”；hopefully意為“抱有希望地”。

3.son意為“兒子”。根據(jù)下文中的“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor,not until after I graduated from medical school!”可判斷出作者是Michael的母親。student 意為“學生”；friend 意為“朋友”；doctor意為“醫(yī)生”。

4.decide意為“決定”,根據(jù)下文的內容可判斷出他們決定不把Michael智力測試的分數(shù)作為一次錯誤的成績。argue 意為“辯論,爭論,爭辯(某事、某論點等),為(某事,某論點等)作辯解”；realize意為“實認,實感,領悟,了解,體會”；understand意為“懂得;了解,明白,理解,領悟,領會(真意等);熟悉,通曉(學問等)，知道”。

5.mistake意為“錯誤”。根據(jù)下文中的“we should treat him naturally as usual”可判斷出他們決定把Michael智力測試的分數(shù)作為一次錯誤的成績。joke 意為“笑話,戲謔,詼諧”；warning意為“警告,警報，警戒，訓誡”；wonder意為“不可思議,奇異,奇妙，奇異的事情(東西),奇跡，奇觀，奇才”。

6.naturally意為“自然地”,表示自然地對待Michael,而不把他當作一個弱智的兒童。specially 意為“特殊地”；strictly意為“嚴格地”；carefully意為“小心地”。

7.good意為“好的”,根據(jù)下文中的“which was a great comfort”可判斷出Michael獲得了好的學習成績。poor 意為“拙劣的”；average意為“平均的，普通的,一般的”；standard意為“標準的,模范的,規(guī)范化的”。

8.in意為“在……方面”,根據(jù)其賓語biology and chemistry可判斷出尤其是生物和化學方面Michael的成績特別優(yōu)秀。about 意為“對于,關于”；of意為“(表示所屬關系)……的,屬于……的;(部分)……之中的,在……中”；for意為“(表示目的)為了”。

9.enter意為“進入”,根據(jù)其賓語“Indiana University”可判斷出在1951年Michael考入了Indiana University。visit 意為“游覽,參觀”；choose 意為“選,選擇,挑選,揀,選定”；pass 意為“經(jīng)過,通過，穿過，越過，超過，掠過，前進”。

10.由題意可知他選修的課程比學這門專業(yè)所需要的課程要多。require意為“需要”；allow意為“準許(做某事),許可(某現(xiàn)象存在)”；describe意為“記述,敘述,描寫,評述”；offer意為“提供，提出，提議，伸出(手等)”。

11.attend 意為“出席”；miss意為“沒打中，沒猜中，沒到手,沒拿到,沒抓到,沒達到”；hold 意為“控制,保持……的狀態(tài)，支持,托住，壓住,止住，吸住(注意等)”；delay意為“延遲,拖延,耽擱”。

12.根據(jù)上文的內容可判斷出Michael在小時候的智商是很低的,這時,作者把他智商分數(shù)很低這件事告訴了他。low意為“低的”；high 意為“高的”；same意為“相同的,同樣的,同種的”；different意為“不同的,不一致的,有差別的”。

13.jokingly意為“開玩笑地”。根據(jù)Michael說的話“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor,not until after I graduated from medical school!”可判斷出他以開玩笑的口吻對自己的父母說。curiously 意為“好奇地”；eagerly意為“熱心地,急切地”；calmly意為“平靜地,安靜地,冷靜地”；A、B、C三項都與當時的氣氛不相符。

14.faith 意為“信任”。根據(jù)上文的內容可判斷出由于Michael在小時候的智商的分數(shù)很低,但他的父母并沒有把他當作弱智的兒童對待,而是像對待其他的孩子那樣對待他,正是這種信任使他在學業(yè)上取得了成績。interest 意為“興趣,關注，愛好”；pride意為“驕傲，自尊(心)，自豪，得意,自滿”；delight意為“歡喜,高興,愉快”。

15.asked for 意為“要求”。根據(jù)下文中“We went to the same clinic”和“This time Michael scored 126,an increase of 36 points.”可判斷出Michael要求再做一次智商測試。look for 意為“尋找”；wait for意為“等待”；prepare for意為“準備”。

16.receive意為“接收,接受”,根據(jù)上文中的“In the clinic,I asked if Michael could be retested,so the specialist tested him again.”可判斷出18年前 Michael在這個診所里接受過智商測試。accept 意為“接受”。receive和accept均可表示”接收,接受”,但receive表示接收者客觀地收到,并不表示愿意接受與否。accept表示收到者經(jīng)過考慮,主觀上愿意接受所接之物。organize意為“組織，編組，創(chuàng)立,創(chuàng)辦,發(fā)起”。discuss意為“議論，討論,辯論”。

17.impossible意為“不可能的”。根據(jù)上文中的“This time Michael scored 126,an increase of 36 points.”可判斷出一個人智商增加了30分被認為是不可能的事。imperfect 意為“不完全的,有缺點的”；uncertain意為“不定的,含糊的;不確定的,易變的;不可靠的”；unsatisfactory意為“不能令人滿意的;不合要求的，不充分的”。

18.well意為“好地”,在此表示兒童像成年人那樣做得一樣好。honestly 意為“真誠地,公正地”；much意為“很,非常,多;幾乎”；bravely意為“勇敢地”。

19.expect 意為“期望”,在此表示家長和老師期望他們做得與成年人一樣好。hear of意為“聽說”；learn意為“學習”；speak of意為“談及,說到”。

20.根據(jù)下文中的“he may play the role of a foolish child”可判斷出如果對孩子說你是愚蠢的,他們就會扮演愚蠢的孩子的角色。stupid 意為“愚蠢的”；wise意為“有智慧的，聰明的,賢明的”；rude意為“粗暴的,粗魯?shù)?無禮的”；shy意為“怕羞的;羞怯的”。