Question

【題目】

How do you decide if someone is smart? One way is to find out the person’s intelligence quotient (智商), or IQ.

A 12-year-old girl recently took an IQ test. People found that her IQ is higher than Albert Einstein’s and Stephen Hawking’s! Rajgauri Pawar, an Indian girl studying in England, scored 162 in the famous Mensa IQ test, reported the Independent.

Mensa, founded in England in 1946, is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. To become a Mensa member, you must have an IQ that falls in the top 2 percent of the population that take the tests. Hawking got a score of 160. Although Einstein never took the test, experts said his score would be the same as Hawking’s.

However, what does having a high IQ mean? Will those with a high IQ definitely become the next Einstein or Hawking?

Not necessarily. Most IQ tests, including the Mensa one, test one’s ability in math, language and memory. However, these tests don’t test abilities like knowing how to make things work, according to Richard Nisbett, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, US. It doesn’t test your creativity or curiosity (好奇心), either.

Also, a lot of things can affect one’s IQ score, including being poor, food, stress and how familiar you are with the tests.

Lisa Van Gemert, a Mensa expert, said that good habits, perseverance and a strong work spirit are just as important as intelligence.

“If you don’t develop those other qualities, you can waste a smart IQ,” she said.

【1】What abilities won’t be tested in the Mensa IQ test?

A.math, language and memoryB.language, memory and creativity

C.work, creativity and curiosityD.work, language and curiosity

【2】The underlined word “affect” means “ __________ ” in Chinese.

A.反映B.組成C.產(chǎn)生D.影響

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A.To become a Mensa member, your IQ must exceed (超過) 98 % of the total population that take the tests.

B.According to the tests, Albert Einstein is as smart as Stephen Hawking.

C.The only way to tell whether the person is smart is IQ.

D.Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ association in the world.

【4】What is the best title?

A.IQ not all that countsB.High IQ, definite success

C.A girl of high IQD.A test of IQ

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

我們經(jīng)常用智商來評價一個人智力發(fā)展的水平，最近一個印度的12歲女孩被測出比霍金的智商還要高。然而擁有高智商就一定能成為下一個愛因斯坦或霍金嗎？答案當(dāng)然是否定的，除了智商，你還需要發(fā)展其他方面的能力，如好的習(xí)慣、堅(jiān)持以及強(qiáng)大的工作精神等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段Not necessarily. Most IQ tests, including the Mensa one, test one’s ability in math, language and memory. However, these tests don’t test abilities like knowing how to make things work, according to Richard Nisbett, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, US. It doesn’t test your creativity or curiosity (好奇心), either.可知，門薩的智商測試包括數(shù)學(xué)、語言和記憶的能力，但是不包括工作能力、創(chuàng)造力和好奇心。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)語境Also, a lot of things can affect one’s IQ score, including being poor, food, stress and how familiar you are with the tests.“而且，很多事情能……一個人的智商得分，包括貧窮、食物、壓力以及你對考試的熟悉程度”。由此可知affect意為“影響”，故應(yīng)選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第三段To become a Mensa member, you must have an IQ that falls in the top 2 percent of the population that take the tests.可知，要想成為門薩成員，你的智商必須在參加測試的人群中排名前2%，這句話與A選項(xiàng)同義，故應(yīng)選A。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文意可知，這篇短文給我們講述了什么是智商、高智商俱樂部門薩，重點(diǎn)討論了擁有高智商并不一定會成為下一個愛因斯坦或霍金，故A選項(xiàng)最符合文章主題，選A。B選項(xiàng)與文意相反；C和D都太片面。