Geniuses amaze us，impress us and make us all a little jealous. How do they differ from the average person？Scientists are working hard to figure out that answer. Tune in to the National Geographic Channel to find out about the discoveries they’re making in the series My Brilliant Brain.
When Marc Yu was only two years old，he began to play the piano. After a year, he started learning pieces by Beethoven. Now he’s a world-famous concert pianist at age eight. He learns newer and more difficult pieces with ease and can identify any note he hears. He seems to be specially designed for music. In Born Genius, National Geographic looks at the science behind child prodigies （神童） to explain why some children seem to be born without limits.
Geniuses didn’t come naturally to Tommy McHugh. His came only after he nearly died from bleeding in his brain. After recovering, McHugh’s head was filled with new thoughts and picture. So, he began to express them in the form of poetry and art. Now, he’s a seemingly unstoppable creative machine. Suffers of brain injury have shown that great mental ability can sometimes come from damage or disease. Accidental Genius explores this puzzling relationship.
Can normal people be trained to be geniuses? Susan Polger has shown no sign of extraordinary intelligence. Yet, during her childhood, she studied thousands of chess patterns and learned to recognize them immediately. As a result, she was able to beat skilled adult players by age 10 and can now play up to five games at the same time without even seeing the boards. Make Me a Genius examines what is takes to turn an ordinary brain into that of a genius.
If becoming a genius were easy, we’d all be done. Yet, there is much more to super intelligence than simply being born lucky. Learn more about amazing brains this month on National Geographic’s My Brilliant Brain.
1. In paragraph 2, Marc Yu’s story tells us_________________.
A. a child prodigy can work easier than others.
B. a child prodigy is trained by family.
C. a child prodigy has an unbelievable listening skill.
D. a child prodigy always practise his skills.
2.In paragraph 3, the sentence “Geniuses didn’t come naturally to Tommy McHugh.” means that ______________.
A. Tommy McHugh could not be called a genius.
B. Tommy McHugh became a genius when he was young.
C. Tommy McHugh was a robot but not a real human being.
D. Tommy McHugh became a genius after a sudden accident.
3.The writer provides different examples to _____________.
A. show how people can be geniuses. B. show becoming a genius is easy.
C. show geniuses are common. D. show people know how to explain geniuses.
4.The passage may come from_________.
A. a report B. a novel C. a TV program D. a newspaper
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First day, she walked into the classroom, spitballs（廢紙團） 4 through the air, feet on desks, the noise deafening. She walked to the front of the classroom and 5 the attendance book（點名冊）.Next to 20 names on the list was IQ scores: 140,141, 142...160.Oh,she thought to herself. 6 they are so high－spirited. These children have exceptional IQs. She 7 and brought them to order,?8 that she could teach such high－quality students.?
At first Maggie found the students 9 to turn in work, and assignments（作業）that were handed in were done ?10?,full of mistakes. She spoke to everyone, “With your IQ,I 11 nothing short of the best work from you.”?
The whole term Maggie continually 12 them of their responsibility to use all the extra intelligence（智力）God had given them. Things began to 13 .The children worked diligently. Their work was creative and precise（準確的）.?
At the end of the term, the headmaster 14 Maggie into his office. “What magic have you done to these kids?” he asked?15 ，“Their work has surpassed（超越） all the regular classes.”?
“It is just 16 .They're smarter than regular students! You said yourself they are special students.” Maggie was 17 .?
“I said they are special because they are the special－need students—behaviorally disordered.”?
“Then why are their IQs so _18 on the attendance sheet?” Maggie pulled out the sheet and passed it to the headmaster.?
“Those aren't their IQs. Those are their locker（小櫥柜） 19 at the gym. Sorry, Ms. Maggie, your kids are not geniuses（天才）.”?
Maggie paused a bit, and smiled, “if someone 20 himself to be a genius, he will become one. I'm teaching them as geniuses again next year.”?
1．A.left B. dismissed
C. disappeared D.stopped
2. A. how B. when?
C. who D. why
3. A. naughty B. common?
C. special D. poor
4. A. throwing B. going?
C. flying D. coming
5. A. closed B. opened?
C. checked D. found
6. A. No wonder B. It's because?
C. Not at all D. No way
7. A. wondered B. smiled?
C. calmed D. waved
8.A. grateful B. angry ?
C. pitiful D. doubtful
9. A. delayed B. managed?
C. hesitated D. failed
10. A. hurriedly B. carelessly?
C. carefully D. attentively
11. A. suppose B. expect?
C. imagine D. suggest
12. A. reminded B. warned?
C. scolded D. told
13. A. turn B. happen?
C. change D. end
14. A. led B. showed?
C. ordered D. called
15. A. angrily B. excitedly?
C. hopefully D. calmly
16. A. natural B. right?
C. fine D. possible
17. A. disappointed B. encouraged?
C. surprised D. pleased
18. A. low B. much?
C. high D. many
19. A. numbers B. orders?
C. lists D. keys
20. A. wishes B. believes?
C. trains D. helps
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8:30 PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up to date with all that’s new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film, the designer with the latest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Outlook. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9:00 PM
Discovery
When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year-old boy plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes(基因) or can any child be turned into a genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they do? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson, the professor at School of Medicine, New York University, will help you discover the answer.
10:00 PM
Science/Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers. After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure, they found that after 6 months, those devoted to weight loss-exercise and eating a low-salt, low-fat food lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus, 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category(范疇). This week, Dr Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to what’s achieved with hypertension drugs.
The main purpose of writing these three texts is _____________.
A. to invite people to see films B. to invite people to join in topic discussions
C. to attract more students to attend lectures D. to attract more people to watch TV programs
From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about __________________.
A. story tellers B. famous stars C. film companies D. music fans
Who will be most probably interested in Discovery?
A. Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine.
B. Children who are good at mathematics.
C. Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.
D. Children who are interested in playing chess.
“Johns Hopkins” is _____________.
A. a famous university B. a medical center
C. a well-known doctor D. a drug company
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(2011年四川綿陽模擬)Most of________we call geniuses(天才)are successful only because they have made extraordinary efforts.
A．whom B．who
C．which D．what
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These days we are all conditioned to accept newness, whatever it costs. Very soon, there is no doubt that Apple's tablet (平板電腦) will seem as a vital tool of modern living to us as sewing machine did to our grandparents. At least, it will until someone produces an even smarter, thinner and more essential tablet, which, if recent history is any guide, will be in approximately six months' time. Turn your back for a moment and you find that every electronic item in your possession is as old as a tombstone. Why should you care if people laugh just because you use an old mobile phone? But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong. It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice. You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s. "Why not buy a new one?" you will get asked.
And so the mountain of electrical rubbish grows. An average British person was believed to get rid of quite a number of electronic goods in a lifetime. They weighed three tons, stood 7 feet high, and included five fridges, six microwaves, seven PCs, six TVs, 12 kettles, 35 mobile phones and so on. Even then, the calculation seemed to be conservative. Only 35 mobiles in a lifetime? The huge number of electronic items now regularly thrown away by British families is clearly one big problem. But this has other consequences. It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up. By the time I've learnt how to use a tool it's already broken or lost. I've lost count of the number of TV remote-controls that I've bought, mislaid and replaced without working out what most of the buttons did.
And the technology changes so unbelievably fast. It was less than years ago that I spotted an energetic businessman friend pulling what seemed to be either a large container or a small nuclear bomb on wheels through a railway station. I asked. "What have you got in there? Your money or your wife?" "Neither," he replied, with the satisfied look of a man who knew he was keeping pace with the latest technology, no matter how ridiculous he looked. "This is what everyone will have soon—even you. It's called a mobile telephone."
I don't feel sorry for the pace of change. On the contrary, I'm amazed by those high-tech designers who can somehow fit a camera, music-player, computer and phone into a plastic box no bigger than a packet of cigarette. If those geniuses could also find a way to keep the underground trains running on the first snowy day of winter, they would be making real progress for human beings. What I do regret, however, is that so many household items fall behind so soon. My parents bought a wooden wireless radio in 1947, the year they were married. In 1973, the year I went to university, it was still working. It sat in the kitchen like an old friend—which, in a way, it was. It certainly spoke to us more than we spoke to each other on some mornings. When my mum replaced it with a new-style radio that could also play cassette-tapes, I felt a real sense of loss.
Such is the over-excited change of 21st-century technology that there's no time to satisfy our emotional needs. Even if Apple's new products turn out to be the most significant tablets I very much doubt if they will resist this trend.
1.When you try getting an old mobile phone repaired, ____.
A. you are travelling through time B. you are thought to be out of date
C. you will find everything wrong D. you have got to buy a new one
2.Throwing away so much electronic rubbish makes the writer feel quite _____.
A. lost and upset B. unbelievably fast
C. broken or lost D. regularly wasteful
3.The example of the businessman implies that____.
A. the businessman mastered the latest technology
B. mobile phones used to be quite big just years ago
C. the businessman was a very ridiculous person
D. the writer failed to follow modern technology
4.The passage is organized in the pattern of ____.
A. time and events B. comparison and contrast
C. cause and effect D. examples and analysis
5.Which of the following is conveyed in the passage?
A. The fast pace of change brings us no good.
B. We have to keep up with new technology.
C. Household items should be upgraded quickly.
D. We should hold on for new technology to last.
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Painter, sculptor, architect, musician, anatomist（解剖學家）, inventor, engineer, and scientist. All these titles belong to a Renaissance（文藝復興時期） Italian-Leonardo da Vinci（1452~1519）. The versatility（多才多藝） and creative power of Leonardo mark him as a supreme example of universal genius.
Leonardo is famous for his masterly paintings， such as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. Though there is debate whether Leonardo himself painted the Mona Lisa or not， it is known that it was probably his favorite piece. He most likely kept it with him at all times， and did not travel without it. Thousands of people see it each year in the Louvre nowadays， drawing their own interpretation（理解） on what is known as the Mona Lisa’s most enigmatic（神秘的） feature — her smile.
Perhaps even more impressive than his artistic work are his studies in science and engineering. In his notebooks， art and science were fused（融合） in some 13，000 pages of notes and drawings.
Leonardo designed many inventions， such as flying machines. Today’s researchers find that many of Leonardo’s inventions anticipated modern technology though they were rarely constructed in his lifetime.
Leonardo’s The Last Supper has become one of the most widely appreciated masterpieces in the world. It began to gain its reputation immediately after it was finished in 1498 and its prestige（聲望） has never lessened. Best-seller The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is based on the idea that there is a secret code in the painting. The upcoming movie The Da Vinci Code will probably be a big hit as well！
1．What made Leonado Da Vinci one of the most understanding geniuses?
A．his achievements in painting and architecture
B．his achievements in science and engineering
C．his rich knowledge and creative power
D．his masterly paintings The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa
2．Which of the following is NOT TRUE about The Mona Lisa?
A．It was one of Da Vinci’s most famous paintings.
B．There is a secret code in it according to the Best-seller The Da Vinci Code.
C．it was probably Da Vinci’S favorite painting.
D．It is doubted not to be painted by Da Vinci himself.
3．The third paragraph tries to tell us Da Vinci’s achievements about .
A．science and art B．engineering and science
C．The Last Supper D．engineering and art
4．The underlined word “hit” in the last sentence means .
A．success B．challenge C．event D．chance
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