C
Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．
Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （損傷） , such as in autism or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．
One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．
Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．
In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．
Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．
63．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．
B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．
C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．
D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．
64．Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?
A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．
B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．
C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．
D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．
65．What can you infer from the passage?
A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．
B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．
C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．
D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．
66．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

1—5refer to paragraph 1—5.

C

       Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

       Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （損傷） , such as in autism or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

       One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

       Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

       In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

       Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

63．What does the passage mainly talk about?

       A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

       B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

       C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

       D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

64．Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

       A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

       B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

       C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

       D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

65．What can you infer from the passage?

       A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

       B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

       C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

       D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

66．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

1—5refer to paragraph 1—5.

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After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant．Having worked with an experienced   36   for a few days, I was    37   to wait tables on my own.All went   38 

that first week．When Saturday night came, I was luckily    39    the tables not far from the kitchen．  40  　, I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盤)．

Before I knew it ,the   41   was full of people. I moved slowly,   42   every step. I remember how   43   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44    on．It had nice handles, which made it    45    to move around．I was pleased with everything and began to    46    I was a natural at this job．

Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  47   you work.It seems your tray stand has been very    48    to you, but we are getting ready to

  49    now ,and my wife needs her   50   back．”

At first his    51    did not get across．“What was he talking about?” Then, I got it．I had set my trays on his wife’s　orthopedic walker (助步器)．I stood frozen as ice ,but my face was

  52   ．I wanted to get into a hole and   53   ．

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54   . I have learned to be more    55    and not to be too sure of myself．

36．A．manager              B．a(chǎn)ssistant           C．cook              D．waitress

37．A．promised          B．invited                C．a(chǎn)llowed             D．a(chǎn)dvised

38．A．well               B．quickly             C．safely              D．wrong

39．A．left               B．given            C．brought             D．shown

40．A．Therefore        B．However         C．Otherwise          D．Finally

41．A．kitchen            B．street            C．restaurant          D．table

42．A．minding                  B．changing                 C．taking                     D．saving

43．A．a(chǎn)ngry                            B．calm                       C．sad                         D．happy

44．A．fixed                      B．trained                    C．loaded                    D．waited

45．A．slower                    B．lighter                     C．quieter                    D．easier

46．A．believe                    B．a(chǎn)gree                      C．regret                            D．pretend

47．A．letting                     B．making                   C．watching                D．having

48．A．useful                     B．familiar                   C．unusual                   D．interesting

49．A．rest                        B．order                      C．eat                         D．leave

50．A．bag                        B．walker                    C．tray                        D．coat

51．A．idea                        B．praise                     C．message                 D．need

52．A．cold                       B．full of joy                C．pale                        D．on fire

53．A．lie                          B．hide                        C．defend                    D．stay

54．A．repeated                  B．discovered                     C．corrected                D．described

55．A．careful                    B．patient                    C．honest                    D．practical