满分5 > 高中英语试题 >

What is intelligence anyway? When I was ...

    What is intelligence 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______ have scored more than 80. ______, when anything went wrong with 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______. I’d do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man______. He had a habit of telling______. One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man______some nails. Having entered a store, 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. The clerk______ him some nails. 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 hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his ______ and asked for them. I’ve been______ that on all my customers today, but I knew ______ I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very ______.”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

1.A.received B.wrote C.failed D.chose

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

3.A.always B.possibly C.certainly D.frequently

4.A.Then B.Thus C.Therefore D.Yet

5.A.drove B.checked C.fixed D.changed

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

7.A.teacher B.doctor C.winner D.fool

8.A.brains B.effort C.hands D.attention

9.A.too B.as usual C.again D.as well

10.A.lies B.jokes C.news D.tales

11.A.bought B.needed C.found D.tested

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

13.A.nodded B.raised C.shook D.turned

14.A.brought B.packed C.sent D.sold

15.A.clever B.other C.right D.next

16.A.What B.Which C.Who D.How

17.A.imagination B.voice C.hand D.information

18.A.trying B.proving C.practising D.examining

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

20.A.smart B.clear C.slow D.silly

 

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.C 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.C 14.A 15.D 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.D 20.A 【解析】 本文为记叙文。文章用我与汽车修理工人之间的交流告诉我们智商只是相对而言,并不能说明任何问题。而是要看这个智力测试的题目是由谁来制定的,也许由不同的人制定智力测试的题目,结果就会大相径庭。就像文中的高智商的医生却被一名普通的汽车修理工所开的一个小玩笑“耍”了一次。 1.考查动词辨析。句意:在部队的时候我接受了一次智力测试。A. received接受,B. wrote写,C. failed失败,D. chose选择。指我接受了一次智力测试,结果得了160分。故选A。 2.考查名词辨析。句意:我参加这次智力测试,平均分是100分,而我却得到了160的高分。A. an exam考试,B. a total 总共,C. an average平均,D. a number数字。此处指平均分,故选C。 3.考查副词辨析。句意:我曾经有一个汽车修理工,在这些智力测试中,他的分数不可能超过80分。A. always总是;B. possibly 可能;C. certainly 当然;D.frequently经常。根据所提供的情境“when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him”可以判断出这位汽车修理工不是一名军人,他没有参加上文提到的那次智力测验,这是作者的估计,所以要填possibly。同时,“could not+have+过去分词”表示“(过去)不可能”,也对正确选择作了提示。frequently表“频繁”,“经常”。不合题意。答案为B。 4.考查副词辨析。句意:然而,当我的车出了问题,我都会匆忙找他(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。和上文是转折关系,故选D。 5.考查动词辨析。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。A. drove开车,B. checked 检查,C. fixed修理,D. changed改变。与上文他是汽车修理工呼应,故选C。 6.考查动词辨析。句意:如果这个修理汽车的人来设计智力测试题,我就会是傻瓜。A. designed设计;B. answered回答;C.practised练习;D. tried尝试。此处指设计智力测试题,故选A。 7.考查名词辨析。句意:如果这个修理汽车的人来设计智力测试题,我就会是傻瓜。A. teacher老师;B. doctor医生;C. winner获胜者;D. fool傻瓜。通过下文的解释和例子可知,作者认为自己是傻瓜。故选D。 8.考查名词辨析。句意:如果涉及到动手方面的事情时,我就会表现得很差。A. brains 头脑;B. effort努力;C. hands 手;D. attention注意。根据上下文可知作者是一名智商很高的医生,是脑力劳动者。叙述的事情说明如果涉及到动手方面的事情时,我就会表现得很差。故选C。 9.考查副词辨析。句意:考虑到这个修理汽车的人,他有讲笑话的习惯。A. too也,B.as usual像平常一样,C. again再次;D. as well也。上文已经提及这个修理汽车的人,本段再次谈到他,要使用again.故选C。 10.考查名词辨析。句意:他有讲笑话的习惯。A. lies撒谎;B. jokes玩笑;C. news新闻;D. tales故事。根据下文他给我讲的故事,说明这是一个爱讲笑话的人。故选B。 11.考查动词辨析。句意:一个聋哑人需要钉子。A. bought 买;B. need需要;C. found发现;D. tested检测; needed需要。needed some nails是这位聋哑人进入商店的原因。选项A(bought)有很大的迷惑性。一些考生认为这位聋哑人到商店的目的是买钉子,所以应填bought。但是,bought some nails(买了一些钉子)表示结果,如果他买了钉子,就不会再进入商店了。答案为B。 12.考查动词辨析。句意:他把两个手指放在柜台上,另一只手做了锤的动作。A. hammering锤;B. cutting切割;C. waving 挥手;D. circling绕圈。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(hammering movements)。这个聋哑人要想售货员明白他想买钉子的意图,只有 hammering movement 较合适。故选A。 13.考查动词辨析。句意:店员给他拿来锤子,他摇头。A. nodded点头; B. raised举起,提高,筹集,饲养;C. shook摇晃;D. turned转身。从下文的pointed to the two fingers he was hammering.可知店主拿的不对,聋哑人摇头,故选C。 14.考查动词辨析。句意:售货员给他拿来了钉子。A. brought带来;B. packed收拾行李;C. sent送,派;D.sold卖。下文中所提的情境He picked out the right size and left提示,故选A。 15.考查形容词辨析。句意:下一个进店的是位盲人。A. clever聪明的;B. other其他的;C. right对的;D. next下一个。根据下文,指下一个人进入商店来买东西。用 the next 表示先后顺序。故选D。 16.考查疑问词辨析。句意:你认为他会如何向店主要剪刀?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”。答案为D。 17.考查名词辨析。句意:他用声音告诉店主,他要剪子。A. imagination想象力;B. voice声音;C. hand手;D. information信息。这个人是盲人,但是他会说话,所以他用他的声音告诉店主,他要剪子。故选B。 18.考查动词辨析。句意:我一直用这个故事来测试今天所有的顾客 A. trying尝试,实验;B. proving证明;C. practising练习;D. examining检查。Try on尝试,trying sth on sb 意为“用某事测试某人”,在英国口语中也可理解为“用某事戏弄某人”。指他一直用这个故事来测试或戏弄别的顾客 。故选A。 19.考查词组辨析。句意:但是我确信我捉弄了你。A.at once 立刻; B. right now现在;C. in fact事实上;D. for sure毫无疑问。故选D。 20.考查形容词辨析。句意:因为你受过足够的教育,我知道你不可能耍滑头。A. smart聪明的,滑头的;B. clear清楚的;C. silly愚蠢的;D. slow缓慢的。从上文的内容我们可以看出,作者是一位医生,在部队里的一次智力测验中得过高分,但是,正因为如此,他才会按常规思维,所以汽车修理工说:“因为你受过足够的教育,我知道你不可能耍滑头。”goddamned表示褒义时,意思是“十分的,完全的”;表示贬义时,意思是“该死的,讨厌的”。故选A。
复制答案
考点分析:
相关试题推荐

    "Tennis is as good for the mind as it is for the body," says Dan Bloxham, head coach at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. 1..

Family fun

Tennis is the perfect sport for the whole family to enjoy together. When playing with children, use red or orange tennis balls as these are softer than the classic yellow ones used at Wimbledon and will make the game easier and slower to play.

Super social

Instead of going to the pub, why not grab a bat and catch up with friends over a game of tennis? It’s one of the most social sports around and a great way to meet people. 2., you could turn up at a club anywhere in the world and be able to play even if you don’t speak the language.

3.

Tennis is a huge challenge when it comes to fitness and uses all the muscles in your body as you run across the court, jump to reach high shots and race to the net.

Unlike cycling, which puts emphasis on the muscles in your legs, tennis uses the arms, legs, shoulders, and core, providing a total body workout. 4.. It also improves coordination(协调), strength and cardio fitness.

Digital Detox(脱瘾)

5.. The game requires your full attention and as you are mentally engaged, you can’t watch a screen. Because the game involves concentration and the need to hear both the ball and your opponent, you also can’t listen to music.

A.Wonder workout

B.Huge Outdoor Challenge

C.And as it is a universal game

D.Playing tennis provides a real break from technology

E.Playing is so great a good calorie burner for getting in shape

F.Here he explains why taking up tennis is a good idea for everyone

G.If you can’t find a group, search Facebook or ask the front desk at your gym

 

查看答案

    Each year on February 2nd, there is special festival called Groundhog Day (土拨鼠日) forecasting event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. When it comes, people from around the world, including 5,000 in the small town today, watch this tongue-twisting(发音饶舌的) small town for a sign from one groundhog that supposedly predicts when that years' spring will arrive.

If it's a cloudy day outside when the groundhog pops from its cave, then spring will arrive early that year. However, if it is sunny outside, the groundhog will supposedly be scared by its own shadow, hiding underground for six more weeks of cold weather.

Of course, Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is no more able to guarantee the extended forecast than your local weatherman. ABC News reports that an analysis by the National Climate Data Center found that Phil's predictions are more often wrong than right.

Philis is also found to have made some unpleasant predictions. Ever since 1887, he has predicted 99 extended winters and just 16 early springs .Nine of the years' predictions were unavailable, according to ABC.

The holiday began as a German tradition in 18th century and became even more of a cultural phenomenon after the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray.

Punxsutawney Phil has become a celebrity in his own right. Each year, the fatter animal with long teeth is watched by millions as he emerges from a cave in the town he is named after. Phil has become so beloved by the town that he actually lives in the local library with his “wife" Phyllis.

Taking inspiration from the hard state of Bill Murray’s character in the classic film, Yahoo contributor Owen Rust says Groundhog Day is a good time to reflect on one’s routines.

1.The underlined word “pops” means “       ”.

A.escapes B.appears C.increases D.hides

2.The reason why Phil's predictions aren't pleasing is that_____________.

A.some of the predictions were unavailable B.Phil wants to do that for fun

C.Phil likes to make unpleasant predictions D.he has predicted more late springs

3.How does Punxsutawney Phil become a celebrity?

A.By an accident. B.From people's life improving.

C.By his own attractive force D.From much money raised by the town.

4.Which does this passage mainly talk about?

A.The National Climate Data Center B.A German tradition

C.A tongue-twisting small town D.Groundhog Day weather forecasting

 

查看答案

    Computer scientists have hoped to give robots technical skills to help them recognize, process and react to humor. But these attempts have mostly failed. AI (人工智能) experts say that in many cases, attempts to make robots understand humor end up producing funny results, but not in the way they were supposed to.

Tristan Miller studied more than 10,000 puns (双关语) in one research project. The pun is a kind of joke that uses a word with two meanings. For example, you could say, “Balloons do not like pop music.” The word “pop” can be a way of saying popular music; or can mean the sound a balloon makes when it explodes. But a robot might not get the joke. Tristan Miller says that is because humor is a kind of creative language that is extremely difficult for computer intelligence to understand.

Allison Bishop is a computer scientist and she also performs stand-up comedy. She explained that machines are trained to look for patterns. Comedy, on the other hand, relies on things that stay dose to a pattern, kit not completely within it. To be funny, humor should also not be predictable, Bishop said. This sets a great obstacle for a machine to recognize and understand what is funny.

Bishop says since robots have great difficulty understanding humor, she feels like it gives her better job security as a comedy performer. It even made her parents happy when her brother decided to become a full-time comedy writer because it meant he wouldn’t be replaced by a machine, she added.

Despite the difficulties, Darmstadt University’s Miller says there are good reasons to keep trying to teach humor to robots. It could make machines more relatable, especially if they can learn to understand sarcasm (讽刺), he noted. Humans use sarcasm to say one thing but mean another. But Kiki Hempelmann thinks differently. “Teaching AI systems humor may make them find it where it isn’t, and they may use it where it’s inappropriate,” he said. “Maybe bad AI will start killing people because it thinks something is funny,” he added.

1.What does the author most probably want to show in Paragraph 1?

A.Robots’ influence on the scientific development.

B.Robots’ challenges of making sense of humor.

C.Computer scientists’ devotion to technical skills.

D.Computer scientists’ concern about AI’s development.

2.Examples mentioned in Paragraphs 2 and 3 are intended to ___________-.

A.prove robots do poorly in funny work

B.explain robots aren’t as intelligent as humans

C.describe language is complex and changeable

D.show language can’t be taught in a set pattern

3.What does the underlined word “obstacle” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.Barrier. B.Record.

C.Message. D.Possibility.

4.What can we infer about teaching AI system humor from the last paragraph?

A.It will end up in vain.

B.It may be a double-edged sword.

C.It may help improve humans’ humor.

D.It will attract more computer scientists.

 

查看答案

    One of the questions surrounding climate change is how it might affect the food supply for a growing global population. A new study suggests that researchers have been overlooking how two key human responses to climate—how much land people choose to farm, and the number of crops they plant—will affect food production in the future. The new study focused on the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, an emerging(新兴的)global breadbasket(产粮地区)that as of 2013 supplied 10 percent of the world’s soybeans. The researchers used variations in temperature and precipitation(降水)across the state over an eight-year period to estimate the sensitivity of the region’s agricultural production to climate change. Those historical comparisons can help in making predictions about the sensitivity of agriculture to future climate change.

The study found that, if the patterns from 2002 to 2008 hold in the future, an increase in average temperature in Mato Grosso of just 1 degree will lead to a 9 to 13 percent reduction in overall production of soy and corn. “This is worrisome given that the temperature in the study region is predicted to rise by 2 degrees by 2050,” said Avery Cohn, who led the study.

Most studies of this kind look only at the extent to which climate shocks affect crop output. But researchers can miss critical dynamics(动力)that can affect overall output, says Leah VanWey, one of the study’s senior authors. “If you look at output alone, you’re not looking at all of the information because there are economic and social changes going on as well,” said VanWey.

If output decreases, farmers may put less land area into production because it’s not profitable. Farmers may also vary the number of crops they plant in a growing season. Double cropping is common in Mato Grosso. But if the weather is bad, farmers may change their decision to plant a second crop.

1.The value of the new study lies in _________.

A.increasing the number of crops people plant

B.focusing on an emerging global breadbasket

C.making predictions about human responses to climate change

D.controlling people’s choice of their farming area and crop numbers

2.According to Avery Cohn, by 2050, the overall production of soy and corn will _________.

A.remain almost unchanged B.decrease by more than 9%

C.increase by from 9% to 13% D.decrease by more than 18%

3.What can we know about the similar studies mentioned in paragraph 3?

A.They can’t provide exact information to farmers.

B.They don’t take into consideration some key factors.

C.Their discouraging results largely affect overall crop output.

D.They pay too much attention to economic and social changes.

4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A.Farmers’ possible reactions to climate shocks.

B.Possible climate change in Mato Grosso.

C.The benefits of double cropping in Mato Grosso.

D.Farmers’ decision on planting crops in the future.

 

查看答案

Public Gardens

From rich rainforests to dryland gardens, the Hawaiian Islands feature gardens that display plants from nearly every climatic zone. The gardens featured in this leaflet represent a sampling of the botanical wonders you will find throughout the islands.

Kaua'

McBryde Garden

4425 Lawa'i Road

Koloa, Hawaii 96756

(808)742-2623

http://ntbg.org/

Formerly a sugar plantation, McBryde Garden is a green 252-acre valley garden with extensive plantings of palms, native plants, and early Polynesian introductions. McBryde serves as a research and conservation garden and is next door to Allerton Garden. Open daily. Call for hours and admission fees.

Big Island

Akaka Falls State Park

Highway 220

Hilo, Hawaii

Located at the end of Highway 220, just eleven miles west of Hilo, the park's star attraction is its namesake waterfall, plunging more than four hundred feet to a pool below. Green, jungle-like paths snake through the garden, requiring visitors to climb down several steep staircases. An excellent location for an afternoon picnic. Open from dawn to dusk. No entrance fee.

O'ahu

Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden

45-680 Luluku Road

Kane'ohe, Hawaii 96744

(808)233-7323

http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/hbg/hmbg.htm

Ho'omaluhia displays plantings from the major tropical regions with a special emphasis on native Hawaiian plants. More than 400 acres of gardens with a jaw-dropping view of the Ko'olau Mountains. Open daily from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., except some holidays. No entrance fee. Campgrounds with bathroom facilities are provided free of charge. Guided nature hikes are offered.

1.What was McBryde Garden used to be?

A.A popular campsite. B.A sugar plantation.

C.A research facility. D.An ideal place for picnic.

2.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “jaw-dropping”?

A.Shocking. B.Enormous. C.Interesting. D.Extraordinary.

3.What do the gardens listed in the leaflet have in common?

A.All of the gardens open daily throughout the year.

B.None of the gardens charges admission fees.

C.All of the gardens can serve other purposes than a garden for visitors.

D.Visitors can find all the three gardens on the same island.

 

查看答案
试题属性

Copyright @ 2008-2019 满分5 学习网 ManFen5.COM. All Rights Reserved.