2015同等学力英语阅读练习(10)

　　The old idea that talented children "burn themselves out" in the early years, and, therefore, are subjected to failure and at worst, mental illness is founded. As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright kids is that they are likely to grow into bright adults.

　　To find this out,1500 gifted persons were followed up to their thirty-fifth year with these results：

　　On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they had as children. They were, as a group, in good health, physically and mentally. 84 percent of their group were married and seemed content with their lives.

　　About 70 percent had graduated from college, though only 30 percent had graduated with honors. A few had even dropped out, but nearly half of these had returned to graduate.

　　Of the men, 80 percent were in one of the professions or in business management or semiprofessional jobs. The women who had remained single had office, business or professional occupations.

　　The group had published 90 books and 1500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents.

　　In a material way they did not do badly either. Average income was considerably higher among the gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth.

　　In fact, far from being strange, most of the gifted were turning their early promise into practical reality.

　　1. What does the phrase "burn out" mean in this passage?

　　A. Catch fire and be destroyed by fire.

　　B. Lose the interest or enthusiasm.

　　C. Cease to be clever or intelligent.

　　D. Stop working through damage caused by fire.

　　2. In the first paragraph, what method does the author use to propose his opinion?

　　A. Comparison B. Contrast C. Similarity D. Opposition

　　3. The old idea that talented children "burn themselves out" in the early years is .

　　A. true in all senses

　　B. refuted by the author

　　C. medically proven

　　D. a belief of the author

　　4. The survey of bright children was made to .

　　A. find out what had happened to talented children when they became adults

　　B. prove that talented children "burn themselves out" in the early years

　　C. discover the percentage of those mentally ill among the gifted

　　D. prove that talented children never burn themselves out

　　5. Intelligence tests showed that .

　　A. bright children were unlikely to be mentally healthy

　　B. between childhood and adulthood there was a considerable loss of intelligence

　　C. talented children were most likely to become gifted adults

　　D. when talented children grew into adults, they made low scores

　　6. What's the author's attitude towards the old idea that talented children "burn themselves out" in the early years?

　　A. Approval. B. Objection. C. Objectivity. D. Indifference.

　　参考答案：

　　1. C　短语含义类测试题，测试考生是否对短语burn out的含义有所了解。根据此短语所在的上下文我们可以推断出此短语的含义是：才智耗尽、不再有才华，与"着火、燃烧"等无关。因此，本题的正确答案是C"不再聪明有才智了"。

　　2. D　本题是考察的是作者是以怎样的方式开篇的。通过第一段第一句就已经提出了旧式的观点，然后紧接着作者就把自己的观点陈述出来，完全跟旧式的观点不同。而后又从第二段开始举出实际的实验数据说明旧式观点的错误。所以正确答案应该为D项。

　　3. B　可以在第一段和第二段的内容中找到与正确答案相关的内容。这两部分指出人们的旧观念认为天才儿童在其早年时就将才智耗尽了，因此，长大以后他的人生会是失败的人生。最糟糕的，他可能还会得精神病。作者认为这种看法是无稽之谈。事实上，显而易见的是聪明的孩子长大以后也很可能会成为有才华的成人。为了验证这点，人们跟踪调查了1500个聪明的孩子，一直到他们长到35岁。然后作者通过具体的数字比例指出旧观念的错误。因此，作者对那种旧观念是进行了反驳的。所以，此题的正确答案是B。

　　4. C　问人们调查那些聪明孩子的目的是为了什么。我们可以利用查阅式阅读法，在文章第一段和第二段中找到相关信息。在这项跟踪调查中，人们观察研究的1500个聪明的儿童长大成人后多数人仍然很出色，很有成就。因此，本题的正确答案应是A"做这项调查主要是为了了解这些天才儿童长大成人后会有什么变化"。

　　5. C　问智力测验说明了什么。此题为具体细节题，我们可以利用查阅式阅读法，在文章的第二段中找到与此题相关的信息。文章指出，智力测验表明那些成人的得分不比他们幼年时的得分少，是同样高的。而且这些人从总体上来看，在身体、婚姻和生活等方面都很不错。所以，本题的正确答案应是C"聪明的儿童长大后很可能会成为有才华的人"。

　　6. B　我们可以从文章第一句中看出作者认为那种旧观点是无稽之谈。因此作者的态度应是批评、反对、不赞同等，所以本题的正确答案是B。