What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live?【小题1】 We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle.【小题2】 Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about.【小题3】 of. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. 【小题4】 According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” Or “【小题5】”
A．A healthy body contributes to one’s intelligence.
B．Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.
C．What people want to express is like this.
D．The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.
E.It needs exercise. F.You are such a smart child. G.These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.
答案：【小题1】G 【小题2】E 【小题3】D 【小题4】B 【小题5】F
试题分析：为什么有的人比其他人聪明？是什么让一个人成为爱因斯坦那样的天才？科学研究表明，仅靠生来具有的聪明的大脑是不够的，足够的头脑训练和父母对孩子的评价也是不可或缺的。 【小题1】G 考查理解概括能力。本段接连提出三个问题，说明这些问题让人们困惑很久但仍不清楚。由此判断G项内容These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.可概括本段，故选G。 【小题2】E 考查推理判断能力。根据前一句“In some ways, the mind is like a legor an arm muscle”可知，大脑就像腿和胳膊上的肌肉一样；根据后一句“Mental exercise is particularly important for young children”可知，头脑训练对小孩子尤其重要，所以此处要填“大脑需要训练”，由此判断E项内容“It needs exercise.”符合，故选E。 【小题3】D 考查理解概括能力。本段是说，很多儿童心理学家认为，父母应该更经常地和孩子玩耍，给他们一些难题让他们解决。这样的话，孩子们长大后更可能聪明灵活。从另一方面来说 ，如果孩子被孤零零地扔在一旁无事可做，他们很可能会变得呆滞和笨拙。由此判断D项内容“The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.”符合， 故选D。 【小题4】B 考查理解概括能力。根据后面的内容可知，如果父母总是说孩子是个笨蛋或白痴，他/她就很有可能做一些愚蠢的事情。所以，父母对孩子说话时要谨慎。故B项内容“Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children”符合，故选B。 【小题5】F 考查推理判断能力。根据前面的内容可知，父母如果说孩子笨，他们就可能做愚蠢的事情，所以，对父母来说，更好的做法是用积极向上的话评价孩子，比如“这件事你做得很漂亮”、“你真是个聪明的孩子”，由此判断F项内容与“That was a very clever thing you did”匹配，故选F。 考点：考查信息匹配