2015年在职硕士考试联考英语模拟练习(3)

　　If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1937), concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.

　　He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.

　　Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.

　　Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!

　　11. Huntington based his conclusions on ___________.

　　A. records of change in his own intelligence

　　B. work with peoples in different climates

　　C. records of temperature changes

　　D. all of the above

　　12. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have _________.

　　A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence

　　B. some effect on most people’s intelligence

　　C. effect on only a few people’s intelligence

　　D. no effect on people’s intelligence

　　13. One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that ___________.

　　A. there are some things making all nature different from before

　　B. it lasts longer than the other seasons

　　C. it is neither too warm nor too cold

　　D. it is more natural for the development of mental abilities

　　14. The two best seasons forthinking seem to be _____________.

　　A. spring and fall

　　B. winter and summer

　　C. summer and spring

　　D. fall and winter

　　15. According to the selection, vacations from thinking should be taken ___________.

　　A. several times throughout the year

　　B. during spring and fall

　　C. during the summer

　　D. as seldom as possible

　　答案：BBAAC

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