If you are like most people ,your intelligence (智力) changes with the seasons ,You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year . A famous scientist ,Ellsworth Huntington (1876—1947)，concluded (总结) from other men’s work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have an effect (作用) on your mental abilities (智力).
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative (激活) thinking than summer heat .This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however , that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer .
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected(受影响)by the same factors (因素) that bring about great changes in nature .
Fall is the next-best season ,then winter .As for summer ,it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking .
1. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have ______
A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence
B. some effect on most persons’ intelligence
C. some effect on a few persons’ intelligence
D. no effect on most persons’ intelligence
2.Why is spring the best season for thinking ? Because _______________.
A. all nature ,including man ,is growing then
B. it lasts longer than the other seasons
C. it is not too warm and not too cold
D. both B and C
3.The two best seasons for thinking seem to be _____________.
A. spring and fall B. winter and summer
C. summer and spring D. fall and winter
4.According to the passage, any vacation from thinking should be taken_____________ .
A. several times throughout the year B. during the winter
C. during the summer D. as seldom as possible
5. The main idea of this passage is that ____________.
A. most people’s intelligence changes with seasons
B. seasons are the reason of the changing intelligence
C. spring is the best season for thinking
D. summer is the best season for taking a long vacation
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When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” I was very when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends, together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers and listening to the noise. It was . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage is even !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college.
Thanks to my father and our to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
1.A. say B. do C. receive D. like
2.A. teacher B. friend C. father D. husband
3.A. angry B. tired C. nervous D. surprised
4.A. working B. studying C. singing D. farming
5.A. guessed B. meant C. said D. hoped
6.A. outside B. inside C. back D. away
7.A. terrible B. wonderful C. funny D. special
8.A.better B. harder C. worse D. easier
9.A.but B. if C. so that D. although
10.A.way B. idea C. plan D. visit
---I feel stressed from time to time.Could you give me some advice?
----__________ sharing your worries with your parents?
A.Why don't you B. How about
C. Why not D. Would you like
I don’t know _________iphone 5s.
A. that she is so crazy about B. what is she so crazy about
C. why she is so crazy about D. how she is so crazy about
Speak aloud,please! I can ______ hear you.
A.usually B. almost C. hardly D. nearly
Don’t eat _______ meat any more. You are ______ fat now.
A. too much; much too B. too many ;many too
C. much too;too much D. many too;too many
