Question

In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my  16  , it was the same score.

Later that evening, I   17  told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our son much better than an IQ test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a   18  and we should treat him   19  as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year, he got     20   grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

Michael   21   Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards, his teacher permitted him to take more courses than  22 . In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I   23  the ceremony (典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the   24  IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say   25 , “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the  26  we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then asked for another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had   27  the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be  28 .

Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,  29 of them. That is, tell a child he is “  30  ” , and he may play the role of a foolish child.

1.                A．joy            B．surprise        C．dislike    D．disappointment

2.                A．tearfully        B．fearfully        C．cheerfully D．hopefully

3.                A．joke           B．mistake         C．warning  D．wonder

4.                A．specially        B．strictly          C．naturally  D．carefully

5.                A．poor           B．good           C．average  D．standard

6.                A．visited         B．entered        C．passed   D．chose

7.                A．allowed         B．described       C．required  D．offered

8.                A．missed         B．held           C．delayed  D．attended

9.                A．high           B．same           C．low  D．different

10.               A．curiously       B．eagerly         C．calmly D．jokingly

11.               A．confidence      B．interest        C．pride D．delight

12.               A．received       B．accepted       C．organized  D．discussed

13.               A．imperfect       B．impossible      C．uncertain  D．unsatisfactory

14.               A．hear           B．learn          C．expect    D．speak

15.               A．wise           B．rude           C．shy   D．stupid

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了教育学中的罗森塔尔现象，如果我们对一个孩子期待值高，那么这个孩子就会有很好的表现。如果我们对他的期待值较低，他表现得就不会很好。所以我们要多鼓励孩子，这样他们才会有更快的进步。

1.D 名词辨析。A开心B惊讶C不喜欢D失望；让个我们失望的是第二次分数也低。

2.A 副词辨析。A留着泪B恐惧C高兴D有希望；我留着泪告诉丈夫这次测试情况。

3.B 名词辨析。A玩笑B错误C警告D奇观；我们决定认为这个测试结果是错误的。

4.C 副词辨析。A特别B严格C自然D细心；我们和以前一样很自然地对待他。

5.B 形容词辨析。A穷B好C评价D标准；根据下文可知他在学校表现很好。

6.B 动词辨析。A参观B进入C通过D选择；在1965年儿子进入了印第安纳大学。

7.C 动词辨析。A允许B描述C要求D提供；老师允许他学习比要求本要求更多的。

8.D 动词辨析。A错过B举行C延误D参加；指我们参加了儿子的毕业典礼。

9.C 上下文串联。根据文章第一段可知儿子在小时候参加智商测试分数很低。

10.D 副词辨析。A好奇B急切C镇定D开玩笑；儿子总是开玩笑地和我们说…

11.A 名词辨析。A信心B兴趣C骄傲D高兴；儿子感谢我们对他拥有的信心。

12.A 动词辨析。A接受B接受C组织D讨论；我们去小时接受测试地方重新测试。

13.B 形容词辨析。A不完美B不可能C不确定D不满意；这次测试的分数很高，和上次相比较有点不可能。

14.C 动词辨析。A听见B学会C期待D说话；孩子们会像父母老师对他们的期待那样的成长。

15.D 形容词辨析。A聪明B粗鲁C害羞D愚蠢；告诉一个孩子他愚蠢，也许他就会成为一个愚蠢的孩子。

考点：考查教育类短文阅读