If you ask Americans whether or not they think their former president George W. Bush is smart, most of them will probably tell you they don’t think so. However, Bush’s IQ score is estimated to be above 120, which puts him in the top ten percent of the population.
It doesn’t seem to make sense. How come someone with such an IQ score is not considered smart? Researchers say: IQ does not tell the whole story. Some people have high IQ scores, but still they can be poor thinkers and decision-makers.
Keith Stanovich, a Canadian professor of human development and applied psychology, has been looking into the “clever fools” phenomenon for 15 years. He says IQ tests are very good at measuring certain mental faculties(能力), including logic, learning ability, working-memory capacity (how much information you can hold in mind), etc. Those faculties play a part in one’s academic success, but rational thinking is more important for us to make good judgments in real-life situations.
IQ tests fail to work when it comes to rational thinking. That’s because they are unable to assess things such as a person’s ability to weigh up information, or whether an individual can set aside the cognitive biases(认知偏差)that may be misleading.
“A high IQ is like height in a basketball player,” says David Perkins, who studies thinking and reasoning skills at Harvard University. “It is very important, all other things being equal. But all other things aren’t equal. It takes a lot more to be a good basketball player than being tall, and it takes a lot more to be a good thinker than having a high IQ.”
1.According to the text your academic success depends on your __________.
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A．logic |
B．mental faculties |
C．learning ability |
D．working-memory capacity |
2.If you need to decide where to invest your money, you must use your ______________
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A．IQ scores |
B．IQ test |
C．rational thinking |
D．cognitive biases |
3.We know from the text that ____________
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A．the former president George W. Bush has a high IQ score |
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B．many Americans think their former president George W. Bush is smart |
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C．David Perkins believe that a person’s IQ doesn’t need to be developed |
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D．Keith Stanovich looked into the “clever fools” phenomenon 5 years ago |
4.What is the text mainly about?
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A．Those who have high IQ do better than those who don’t in everything. |
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B．People with high IQ scores must be good decision-makers |
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C．People with high IQ scores are always smart in every way. |
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D．Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart |
BINGHAM REGIONAL COLLEGE
International Students’ Orientation Programme
What is it?
It is a course which will introduce you to the College and to Bingham. It takes place in the week before term starts, from 24th-28th September, but you should plan to arrive in Bingham on the 22nd or 23rd September.
Why do we think it is important?
We want you to have the best possible start to your studies and you need to find out about all the opportunities that college life offers. It will enable you to get to know the college, its facilities and services. You will also have a chance to meet staff and students.
How much will it cost?
* International students (non-European Union students)
For those students who do not come from European Union (EU) countries, and who are not used to European culture and customs, the progamme is very important and you are strongly advised to attend. Because of this, the cost of the programme, without accommodation, is built into your tuition fees.
* EU students
EU students are welcome to take part in this programme without accommodation for ￡195.
Accommodation costs (international and EU students)
The cost of accommodation for one week is ￡165
If you have booked accommodation for the year ahead (41 weeks) through the college, you do not have to pay extra for accommodation. You can ask us to pre-book accommodation for you one week only in a hotel with other International students.
What is included during the programme?
Meals: lunch and an evening meal are provided as part of the programme. Please note that breakfast is not available.
Information: including such topics as accommodation, health, religious matters, study skills, and other necessary information.
Social activities: including a welcome party and a half day trip round Bingham.
1.Who is encouraged to attend the course according to the ad?
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A．Those who are less prepared for their examination |
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B．Those who want to improve their social lives |
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C．Those who are not familiar with their future college. |
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D．Those who want to make up their missed lessons. |
2.It is better for Non-European Union students to take part in the programme because _______
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A．they don’t have to pay for the course |
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B．it offers them opportunities to know more about European culture |
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C．they can save the cost of accommodation while they are studying |
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D．it is difficult for them to be accepted by the natives in Binghama |
3.If a student plans to take the course, he has to arrive in Bingham at least ___________ days in advance before term starts.
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A．2 |
B．4 |
C．5 |
D．6 |
4.Which of the following might NOT be included in the programme?
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A．Learning how to study in the college |
B．Looking for a part-time job in neighborhood. |
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C．Understanding some taboos(禁忌)in European society． |
D．Travelling around Bingham. |
（Reuters）--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor(昏迷)
Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had gnawed off his right big toe.
“The dog always lies with me on the bed”, said Douthett. “That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked, it was blood and there was the dog looking at me with a blood moustache.”
Douthett’s wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and surgeons amputated(截)the remainder of the toe.
Douthett’s wife, a registered nurse, had been urging him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor.
On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about six or seven beers and a pair of giant margaritas—big enough to put goldfish in.
“I was self-medicating at this point,” he said. “The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because otherwise I would never have gone to see a doctor.”
The couple said they were amazed that Kiko appeared to know Douthett had an infection that needed treatment.
“He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone,” said Rosee. “We joked that we shouldn’t have had to pay the co-pay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe.”
1.What does the underlined phrase “gnawed off” probably mean?
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A．bit away |
B．cared for |
C．sucked on |
D．smelt out |
2.It can be learned from the text that________________.
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A．Douthett’s wife was a doctor |
B．Douthett’s wife felt something about his disease |
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C．Douthett never got that drunk |
D．Douthett had seen a doctor for his disease |
3.From the text we know that Kiko ______________.
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A．is in top physical condition |
B．was trained at an early age |
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C．nearly cost Douthett his life |
D．saved his master’s life |
4.Which is NOT true according to the text?
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A．It is hard for the couple to explain the dog’s behaviour |
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B．Jerry Douthett went to see a doctor because of Kiko’s chewing his big toe.. |
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C．The couple shouldn’t have to pay the co-pay because Kiko did half the job. |
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D．Kiko didn’t hurt the good bone of its master. |
Facebook users may feel socially successful in the web world but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams. The majority of students who use Facebook every day are doing badly compared with those who don’t. About 83% of British 16 to 24-year-old people are using social networking site such as Facebook and MySpace, to keep in touch with friends and organize their social activities.
“Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying,” said Aryn Karpinski, a researcher. “Every generation has its distractions(娱乐), but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon.” Karpinski and a colleague questioned 219 US undergraduates and graduates about their study and general Internet use, as well as their specific use of Facebook. They found 65% of Facebook users accessed their account daily, checking it several times to see if they had received new messages. The amount of time spent on Facebook at each log-in(登录) varied from just a few minutes to more than an hour.
Some UK students have already realized the potential danger. Daisy Jones, 21, an undergraduate, realized the time she was spending on Facebook was threatening her grades, urging her to deactivate(使无效) her account, “I was in the library and tried to write a 2,000-word essay when I realized my Facebook habit had got out of hand,” she said. “I couldn’t resist going online, when thinking about it. Before you know it , a couple of minutes have turned into a couple of hours and you haven’t written a word.”
Jones is among the few to have realized the risks. 79% of the users, however, believed the time they spent on the site had no impact on their work. The CEO of Facebook said, “There is also academic research that shows the benefits of services like Facebook. It’s in the hands of students to decide how to spend their time.”
1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?
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A．All the students who don’t use Facebook do well in exams. |
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B．Social networking sites have both advantages and disadvantages. |
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C．Facebook is the main site for British people to keep in touch. |
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D．Most of British students use social networking sites daily. |
2.Facebook users check their account frequently to ____________.
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A．spend less time on study |
B．make sure new messages aren’t missed |
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C．practise specific use of Facebook |
D．accumulate amount of time spent on Facebook. |
3.Why did Daisy Jones deactivate her account?
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A．She was warned about the risk of using Facebook. |
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B．Spending much time on Facebook affected her study |
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C．She wanted to write a long article in the library. |
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D．There was something wrong with her eyes. |
4.What’s the best title of the passage ?
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A．Facebook fans do worse in exams |
B．Social networking sites and their fans |
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C．Facebook helps organize social activities |
D．How to use social networking sites correctly. |
A man had a little daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived ___21__ her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man moving 22 and earth to bring about her restoration to 23 .
His best efforts, 24 , proved 25 and the child died. The father became a bitter loner, 26 himself away from his many friends and refusing every 27 that might restore his calm and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a 28 .
He was in heaven, 29 a grand presentation of all the little child angels. They were 30 in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child 31 a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the 32 candle was his own little girl. 33 to her, he seized her in his arms, 34 her tenderly, and then asked, “ 35 is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?”“Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always 36 .”
Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was clear, and its effects were 37 . From that hour on he was not a loner, but associated freely and 38 with his former friends and colleagues. 39 would his darling’s candle be extinguished(熄灭) by his 40 tears.
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---What’s wrong with your cell phone? I can’t get through.
--- Oh, my line was cut off because I ________ my bill.
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A．haven’t paid |
B．hadn’t paid |
C．wasn’t paying |
D．don’t pay |
