Question

What is intelligence(智力)anyway？When I was in the army I ____ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against ____ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80. ____ , when anything went wrong ____ my car I hurried to him-and he always ____ it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man ____ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a ____ . In a world where I have to work with my hands, I'd do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man ____ . He had a habit of telling ____ . One time he said, "Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑)man ____ some nails. Having entered a ____ , he put two fingers together on the counter and made ____ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer.

He ____ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. Then the clerk brought him some ____. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ____ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). ____ do you suppose he asked for them? "I lifted my right ____ and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool, he could use his ____ and asked for them. I've been ____ that on all customers today, but I was ____ I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very smart."

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

1.A. failed    B. wrote    C. received    D. chose

2.A. an average    B. a total    C. an exam    D. a number

3.A. Then    B. Thus    C. Therefore    D. Yet

4.A. by    B. along    C. with    D. beneath

5.A. checked    B. fixed    C. drove    D. changed

6.A. answered    B. practiced    C. designed    D. tried

7.A. teacher    B. doctor    C. winner    D. fool

8.A. again    B. as usual    C. too    D. as well

9.A. lies    B. jokes    C. news    D. tales

10.A. bought    B. tested    C. found    D. needed

11.A. restaurant    B. house    C. store    D. pub

12.A. cutting    B. hammering    C. waving    D. circling

13.A. nodded    B. raised    C. shook    D. turned

14.A. nails    B. soldiers    C. hammers    D. fingers

15.A. clever    B. other    C. right    D. next

16.A. What    B. How    C. Who    D. Which

17.A. leg    B. hand    C. eyebrow    D. tongue

18.A. imagination    B. gesture    C. information    D. voice

19.A. trying    B. proving    C. practicing    D. examining

20.A. for sure    B. at once    C. in fact    D. right now

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. D

4. C

5. B

6. C

7. D

8. A

9. B

10. D

11. C

12. B

13. C

14. A

15. D

16. B

17. B

18. D

19. A

20. A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章通过讲述汽车修理工和作者之间的故事，提出对智力高低、人才优劣的评价观念。

1.考查动词辨析。根据an intelligence test和下文中所得分数160分，可以确定我接受了一次智力测验，而不是没有通过智力测验。A. failed失败；B. wrote写；C. received接受；D. chose选择，故选C。

2.考查名词辨析。平均成绩100分与作者得到的160分相比较，说明作者的智力水平高，为下文自己被一个他估计在这种智力测验中可能得不到80分的汽车修理工提出的问题难住了的故事埋下伏笔。A. an average平均；B. a total总数；C. an exam考试；D. a number数字，故选A。

3.考查连词辨析。这个汽车修理工在智力测试中不可能得高分，但是，在修理汽车方面却很在行。A. Then然后；B. Thus因此；C. Therefore因此；D. Yet然而，故选D。

4.考查固定短语。句意：每当我的汽车出了毛病急急忙忙去找他时，他都能把汽车修理好。Go wrong with出毛病，该短语是固定短语，故选C。

5.考查动词辨析。不言而喻，汽车修理工的工作是修理汽车，每当我的汽车出了毛病急急忙忙去找他时，他都能把汽车修理好。A. checked检查；B. fixed修理；C. drove驾驶；D. changed改变，故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。句意：假设我的汽车修理工为智力测验设计题目。A. answered回答；B. practiced实践；C. designed设计；D. tried尝试，故选C。

7.考查名词辨析。根据下文中这位汽车修理工的话“Why, you fool,”可知这里意思是它们中的任何一个问题都证明我是一个傻瓜。A. teacher老师；B. doctor医生；C. winner胜利者； D. fool傻瓜，故选D。

8.考查副词辨析。第二段作者谈论了他的汽车修理工在智力测验中可能得比较低的分数，但是，在修理汽车方面却很在行。第三段是作者对自己如果从事体力劳动可能会很差的假设。所以，在第四段再次讲述修理工的故事，要用again。A. again再次；B. as usual像往常一样；C. too也；D. as well也，故选A。

9.考查名词辨析。下文所讲述的聋哑人买钉子和盲人买剪刀的事都是笑话。A. lies谎言；B. jokes笑话；C. news新闻；D. tales故事，故选B。

10.考查动词辨析。句意：一位聋哑人需要一些钉子。A. bought买；B. tested考验；C. found找到；D. needed需要，故选D。

11.考查名词辨析。上文说一位聋哑人需要一些钉子，他自然是去商店买。A. restaurant饭店； B. house房子；C. store商店；D. pub酒馆，故选C。

12.考查动词辨析。因为这位聋哑人到商店买钉子，所以他把两只手指放在柜台上作夹钉子的动作，另一只手做锤子敲打的动作。A. cutting切割； B. hammering锤击；C. waving挥着； D. circling盘旋，故选B。

13.考查动词辨析。他要买钉子，而售货员给他拿了锤子，所以他摇摇头。A. nodded点头；B. raised举起；C. shook摇动；D. turned变成，故选C。

14.考查名词辨析。根据He picked out the right size and left.可知然后，售货员给他拿了一些钉子。A. nails钉子；B. soldiers士兵；C. hammers锤子；D. fingers手指，故选A。

15.考查形容词辨析。句意：下一个进来的是一位盲人。A. clever聪明的；B. other另外一个；C. right正确的；D. next下一个，故选D。

16.考查特殊疑问词辨析。句意：这是一个特殊疑问句。do you suppose是插入语。he asked for them是一个完整的句子，所以不能填What, Who或Which，它们在特殊疑问句中都充当主语、宾语或表语。How表示方式，意思是“如何”。故选B。

17.考查名词辨析。根据and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers.可知他举起右手。A. leg腿；B. hand手；C. eyebrow眉毛；D. tongue舌头，故选B。

18.考查名词辨析。盲人会说话，他们买东西时用自己的声音表达意思就可以了。A. imagination想象；B. gesture姿态；C. information信息；D. voice声音，故选D。

19.考查固定短语。句意：我今天用这个故事耍弄了我的所有顾客。trying sth. on sb.的意思是“用某事耍弄某人”，故选A。

20.考查固定短语辨析。汽车修理工在下文中所说的话，说明他有把握使作者上当受骗。A. for sure肯定；B. at once马上；C. in fact事实上；D. right now马上，故选A。