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.”
【小題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

【小題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

【小題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

【小題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

【小題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

【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】C

解析【小題1】A 詞匯題。解答詞匯題最常用的方法之一就是利用對比關系，What makes one person a genius，like the brilliant Albert Einstein，and another person a fool? genius的含義和fool相反，自然可以推測出brilliant的含義；Are people born intelligent or stupid? Intelligent的意思和stupid含義相反。dull出現在….on the other hand…dull and unintelligent中，dull表示不聰明。答案為A選項。
【小題1】C 詞匯題 ... that makes one person a genius like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool?和fool相反的意思即為genius的含義，According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot….. 很明顯，idiot和fool意思相似，C選項“非常聰明的人”和“愚蠢的人”正確。A選項是“正常的人”和“有趣的人”；B選項“身體強壯的人”和“身體虛弱的人”；D選項“名人”和“普通人”。
【小題1】D 信息題。對文章細節的推斷，什么樣的人最有可能成為天才？A選項“父母都是聰明的人”、B選項“總是思考一些難題”以及C選項“經常得到老師和父母的幫助”都比較片面；只有D選項“天資聰穎并能夠常常動腦的人”符合原文In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise“從某種意義上講，思維就像腿部或胳膊的肌肉一樣，需要鍛煉。”全面的回答只有這個問題。
【小題1】A 推理題。文章主要是講述如何培養孩子的智力的問題，父母如何做才能有利于孩子的智力發展呢？相關段落是第二和第三段；A選項“經常鼓勵孩子并稱他們”和原文So it is probably better for parents to say very positive(helpful)things to their children意思相符。B選項“對孩子要求非常嚴厲苛刻”；C選項“讓孩子無所事事”；D選項“盡可能地給與孩子(更)多的幫助。”
【小題1】C 態度題。A選項“父母在孩子的成長過程中扮演一個重要的角色”正確；B選項“腦子用的越少，越容易變得遲鈍”并沒有在原文中提到；C選項“很顯然，智力是一個人成長環境的影響結果”，而根據原文，智力是先天和后天培養的綜合結果，顯然，C選項中的觀點錯誤；D選項“父母應該時刻鼓勵孩子”是作者在文中積極倡導的。