Question

What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理學(xué)家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.

Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.”

1.The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _______ while “dull” in the second paragraph means ________.

A. bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understanding

B. pretty and handsome; ordinary-looking

C. great and important; common

D. hopeful and helpful; careless

2.According to the context we can guess that a genius is ________ while an idiot is ________.

A. a normal person; a funny person

B. a strong person; a weak person

C. a highly intelligent person; a foolish or weak-minded person

D. a famous person; an ordinary person

3.A person ________ is more likely to become a genius.

A. whose parents are clever

B. often thinking about difficult problems

C. often helped by his parents and teachers

D. born with a good brain and putting it into active use

4.It is better for parents ________.

A. to praise and encourage their children more often

B. to be hard on their children

C. to leave their children alone with nothing to do

D. to give their children as much help as possible

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A. Parents play an important part in their children’s growth.

B. The less you use your mind the duller you may become.

C. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.

D. What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion.

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了一個(gè)人之所以能成為天才的兩個(gè)方面的原因：一、擁有一顆聰明的大腦，即我們自身的天賦；二、能夠充分的運(yùn)用自己的大腦思考，即我們后天的思考和學(xué)習(xí)。只有綜合兩者，我們才有可能成為一個(gè)聰明的人。所以孩子們的成長需要不斷的學(xué)習(xí)和思考。

1.在第一段“What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool?”中，作者指出有的人是intelligent，而有的人卻很笨，由此可知intelligent應(yīng)與fool意思相反，表示“聰明的”，與bright意思相近；我們都知道愛因斯坦是一位杰出的科學(xué)家，brilliant表示“杰出的”與splendid意思相近；第二段前部分說道只有不斷進(jìn)行思考的人，他們的大腦才會更加靈活，聰明，緊接著說“If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent”而另一方面，如果孩子們什么都不做，什么都不想，那么他們就會變得反映遲鈍�！癲ull”和“unintelligent”都表示“不聰明的，反映遲鈍的”。綜合答案，故選A。

2.詞義猜測題。文中第一段指出“What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein”意思是，是什么讓一個(gè)人成為一個(gè)天才，就像阿爾伯特?愛因斯坦。而我們知道他是一位很聰明，有著高智商的人。所以這里的“genius”是指有高智商的人；由文章最后一段“if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things ”可知如果父母總說孩子笨或說他們是一個(gè)傻瓜，那么孩子就更有可能做一些愚蠢的事。這里的“fool”和“ idiot”表示并列關(guān)系，意思相近。綜合答案，選C。,

3.歸納分析題。本文主要講了一個(gè)人之所以能成為天才的兩個(gè)方面的原因：一、擁有一顆聰明的大腦；二、能夠充分的運(yùn)用自己的大腦思考。所以答案選D。

4.理解題。從最后一段中“So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.”可以看出父母經(jīng)常對孩子傳達(dá)積極向上的思想，例如，鼓勵孩子，夸獎孩子，這樣更有助孩子的成長。所以選項(xiàng)A正確。

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