For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isn‘t sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he can‘t make things work out right, he doesn‘t feel ashamed that he failed; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and knows how he fits into it.
If you look at children, you‘ll see great difference between what we call ―bright‖ children and ―not-bright‖ children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life --- he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But, the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.
36. According to this passage, intelligence is＿C＿. A. the ability to study well B. the ability to do well in school C. the ability to deal with life
D. the ability to get high scores on some tests 37. In a new situation, an intelligent person＿C＿. A. knows more about what might happen to him B. is sure of the result he will get
C. concentrates on what to do about the situation D. cares more about himself
38. If an intelligent person failed, he would＿B＿. A. try not to feel ashamed B. learn form his experiences C. try to regret as much as possible D. make sure what result he would get
39. Bright children and not-bright children＿A＿. A. are two different types of children
B. are different mainly in their degree of cleverness C. have difference only in their way of thinking
D. have different knowledge about the world
40. The author of this passage will probably continue to talk about＿D＿. A. how to determine what intelligence is B. how education should be found C. how to solve practical problems
D. how an unintelligent person should be taught Passage 9
We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns.
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like ―he went pale and began to tremble‖ suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, ―he opened his eyes wide‖ is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese ―surprise‖ can be described in a phrase like ?they stretched out their tongues!‘ Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people‘s faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.
41. According to the passage,＿B＿.
A. we can hardly understand what people‘s gestures mean
B. we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings in words or
gestures
C. words can be better understood by older people
D. gestures can be understood by most of the people while words can not 42. People‘s facial expressions may be misunderstood because＿B＿. A. people of different ages may have different understanding B. people have different cultures
C. people of different sex may understand a gesture in a different way D. people of different countries speak different languages 43. In the same culture＿A＿.
A. people have different ability to understand and express feelings B. people have the same understanding of something C. people never fail to understand each other D. people are equally intelligent
44. From this passage, we can conclude＿C＿. A. words are used as frequently as gestures B. words are often found difficult to understand
C. words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings D. gestures are more efficiently used than words 45. The best title for this passage may be＿B＿. A. Words and Feelings B. Words, Gestures and Feelings C. Gestures and Feelings D. Culture and Understanding
Passage 10
Languages are remarkably complex and wonderfully complicated organs of culture. They contain the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating within their respective culture. To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture. In the words of a poet and philosopher, ―As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives.‖ A culture and its language are as necessary as brain and body: while one is a part of the other, neither can function without the other. In learning a foreign language, the best beginning would be starting with the non-language elements of the language: its gestures, its body language, etc. Eye contact is extremely important in English. Direct eye contact leads to understanding, or, as the English saying goes,
seeing eye-to-eye. We can never see eye-to-eye with a native speaker of English until we have learned to look directly into his eyes.
46. The best title for this passage is __D__. A. Organs of Culture B. Brain And Body C. Looking into His Eyes D. Language And Culture
47. According to this passage, the best way to learn a foreign language is __C__.
A. to read the works of poets and philosophers
B. to find a native speaker and look directly into his eyes C. to begin by learning its body language D. to visit a country where you can study 48. According to this passage, gestures are __B__. A. spoken words B. a non-language element C. pictures in a language D. written language
49. ―As many languages as one speaks, so many lives …‖ means __B__. A. if one learns many foreign languages, one will have a better understanding of his own language
B. life is richer and more interesting if one knows several languages
C. no matter how many languages one knows, one can never know more than one‘s own culture
D. if a person speaks only one language, he will live a very happy life 50. Which of the following doesn‘t share the same meaning with the others? A. signs B. gestures C C. efficient D. body language
Passage 11
Children are a re1atively modern invention. Until a few hundred years ago they did not exist. In medieval and Renaissance painting you see pint---sized men and women, wearing grown-up clothes and grown-up expressions, performing grown-up tasks. Children did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved. Children today not only exist; they have taken over, in no place more than in
America, and at not time more than now. It is always Kids‘ Country here. Our civi1ization is child-centered, child-obsessed. A kid's body is our physical ideal. In Kids' Country we do not permit middle-age. Thirty is promoted over 50, but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken wi1l come.
We are the first society in which parents expect to learn from their children. Such a topsy-turvy (颠倒) situation has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, ours is an immigrant society, and for immigrants the on1y hope is in the kids. In the old Country, that is, Europe, hope was in the father, and how much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his children. In the growth pattern of America and its ever-expanding frontier, the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the father was ever inheriting from his son. Kids' Country may be the inevitable result.
Kids' Country is not all bad. America is the greatest country in the wor1d to grow up in because it is Kids' Country. We not on1y wear kids' clothes and eat kids' food; we dream kids' dreams and make them come true. It was, after all, a boys' game to go to the moon.
If in the old days children did not exist, it seems equally true today that adults, as a class, have begun to disappear, condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups (俯卧撑) against eternity.
51. The author uses the example of the Renaissance painting to show that __C___. A) adu1ts showed less concern for children than we do now
B) adults were smaller and thinner at that time, but they still had lots of work to do C) children looked and acted like adults at that time
D) children were not permitted to appear in family paintings at that time 52. In the third paragraph, the Old Country is contrasted with America ____D___. A) to show differences in family size
B) to show differences in attitudes towards family relations C) to show two kinds of geography
D) to show two different kinds of economic relations between generations 53. Going to the moon is an example of ____A____. A) America's dreams and creativity B) America's childish and queer behavior C) why America hasn't grown up