Question

Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?

Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.

She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!

Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!

Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”

Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.

Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.

Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.

“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.

1. Alexis Martin is a girl who     .

A. has many hobbies           B. has a high IQ

C. is good at telling stories  D. likes reading

2. According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as     .

A. 158     B. 159        C. 160    D. 101

3. Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at     .

A. the age of 2                  B. the age of 1

C. one and a half years old      D. the age of 3

4. What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?

A. She would refuse to listen.

B. She would try to recite it.

C. She would correct him.

D. She would laugh at it.

5. Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?

A. She is accepted by the Mensa Club.

B. She has made a lot of friends.

C. She learned to read at the age of 2.

D. She learned a foreign language by herself.

Answer

1.B.

2.C.

3.B.

4.C.

5.B.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了一个智商超过160的3岁女孩刚刚成为门萨俱乐部在亚利桑那州最小的会员。她的智商和阿尔伯特 爱因斯坦、史蒂芬 霍金以及比尔 盖茨等天才相近，他们的智商测试结果与此相似。

1.B细节理解题。A. has many hobbies 有许多爱好； B. has a high IQ有高智商；C. is good at telling stories擅长讲故事；D. likes reading喜欢读书。根据短文理解答案选B。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文中Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s。的描述，答案选C。

3.B细节理解题。A. the age of 2两岁的时候；B. the age of 1 一岁；C. one and a half years old 一岁半；D. the age of 3三岁。根据短文中Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories.的理解，答案故选B。

4.C细节理解题。 A. She would refuse to listen.她将会拒绝听；B. She would try to recite it.她将会尽力背诵下来；C. She would correct him.她将会纠正他；D. She would laugh at it.她将会嘲笑他。根据文中Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.的描述，可知答案是C。

5.B细节理解题。A. She is accepted by the Mensa Club. 她成为门萨俱乐部的一员。B. She has made a lot of friends.她已经交了许多朋友；C. She learned to read at the age of 2.两岁的时候他就学习读书；D. She learned a foreign language by herself.她自学了一门外国语言。根据短文的描述，可知答案选B。

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