When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school subjects. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.
For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tried to do something about it. He probably isn’t sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And if he cannot make things work out right, he doesn’t feel ashamed that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and how he fits into it.
If you look at children, you’ll see a great difference in what we call “bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life, he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream world: he seems to have a walk between him and life in general.
61. According to the passage, intelligence is the ability to ________________ .
A. get high scores in some tests B. do well in school subjects
C. deal with life D. know what to do
62. In a new situation, an intelligent person _______________ .
knows more about what might happen to him
is sure of the result he will get
is ready to face and fit himself in the situation
cares more about himself
63. If an intelligent person failed, he would ___________ .
try not to feel ashamed B. learn from his experiences
C. try to find all he could D. make sure what result he would get
64. The difference between bright children and non-bright children lies in _________ .
A. their attitude towards life B. the degree of cleverness
C. the amounts of knowledge about the world D. their way of thinking
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Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 41 with you.
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the high way at 85 mph 42 we realized we were 43 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $ 20 bill. I was so 44 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 45 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line.
46 , I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I 47 I had not actually handed my money to the cashier. I had just 48 out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t 49 over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and 50 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I
51 to forgive myself the pleasure of an ice cream for 52 that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change 53 the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?” I was not so 54 of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 55 of the “pizza incident,” I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it.”
I have learned two things from this 56 . Maybe I was a fool for 57 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 58 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will 59 up with you.
This reflects the saying, “A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand times, a hero dies once.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that accident at least a thousand times. If I had been a 60 and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
41. A. say B. spare C. share D. explain
42. A. as B. while C. however D. when
43. A. lost B. tired C. hungry D. anxious
44. A. excited B. worried C. satisfied D. encouraged
45. A. rest B. food C. travel D. drink
46. A. Unluckily B. Finally C. Immediately D. Actually
47. A. forgot B. recognized C. noticed D. realized
48. A. walked B. left C. worked D. found
49. A. look B. get C. turn D. think
50. A. ask B. pay C. apologize D. send
51. A. refused B. wanted C. hoped D. meant
52. A. hope B. surprise C. anger D. fear
53. A. into B. with C. for D. from
54. A. sure B. upset C. proud D. pleased
55. A. asked B. reminded C. thought D. told
56. A. experience B. experiment C. story D. mistake
57. A. turning B. taking C. handing D. giving
58. A. free B. cheap C. plain D. oily
59. A. make B. wake C. catch D. put
60. A. coward B. fool C. loser D. hero
You must keep ____ in mind _____ your are a student in this school and should obey the school rules.
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A．it ; that |
B．everything ; which |
C．such ; as |
D．something; because |
The traveler couldn’t make himself _____ in his poor English.
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A．understand |
B．understanding |
C．to understand |
D．understood |
He rushed out of the burning house with the little boy in his arms ____________ the roof fell down and the boy was saved.
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A．after |
B．as |
C．before |
D．until |
A new supermarket ______ here. They hope to finish it next month.
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A．will build |
B．is built |
C．has been built |
D．is being built |
