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18 __, a new study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science warns that there are 19___ to how smart humans can get.
Each of our body parts develops in a certain way for a reason. 20 _, we are not 3 meters tall 21 _ most people’s hearts are not strong enough to send 22 _ up that high. Scientists say that our thinking ability works in the same way. A baby’s brain size is limited by a series of __23 , such as the size of the mother’s pelvis (骨盆). If our brains developed to be bigger, there could be more 24 during childbirth.
The study of Jews, who have an average IQ much _ 25_ than other Europeans, showed they were more _26_ to develop diseases of the _27_ system. This might be because of their increased brainpower.
If intelligence cannot be improved, can we at least get better at _ 28 _ ? Not really, say scientists. They studied _29_ like caffeine (咖啡因)that improve attention. They found the drugs only helped people with serious 30 _ problems. For those who did not have trouble paying attention, the drugs could have the 31 _ effect. Scientists say that this suggests there is a(n) 32 limit to how much people can or should concentrate.
Our memory is also a “double-edged sword”. People with extremely good memories could 33__ having a difficult life because they cannot _34 bad things that happen to them.
Thomas Hills, one of the authors of the paper, said that 35 all the problems in trying to get smarter, it’s unlikely that there will ever be a “super mind”.
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:B
小题20:B
解析
试题分析：文章通过研究变得聪明会带来的问题，得出结论我们是不可能拥有更聪明的头脑的。
小题1:考查名词：A. memory记忆B. character特点C. .ability能力D. emotion情感，我们想改善记忆力，智力和注意力，选A
小题2:考查词组：A.go through经历B.get through完成C.put through通过D. carry through帮助…渡过难关，我们一杯咖啡一杯咖啡的喝来帮助我们度过每天。选B
小题3:考查副词：A. Though虽然B. Therefore因此C. Meanwhile同时D. However然而，从后面的句中的warns 可知是转折关系，用副词。选D
小题4:考查名词：A.standards标准B. measures措施C. ranges范围D. limits限制，然而，一项研究警告说，人类有多聪明是有限制的。选D
小题5:考查词组：A. For example例如B. In addition此外C. At first起初D. Above all最重要的是，前面说我们的身体发展是有一定的原因的，后面是举例说明。选A
小题6:考查连词：A.until直到B. before在…前面C. because因为D. so that以至于，我们不到3米高，因为人的血液是到不了那么高的。选C
小题7:考查名词：A. blood血液B information信息C. breath呼吸D. strength力量，解析同上。选A
小题8:考查名词：A. reasons原因B. factors因素C. aspects方面D. effects影响，孩子的大脑是由一定的因素决定的。选B
小题9:考查名词：A.chances机会B. lives生命C. choices选择D. deaths死亡，如果孩子的脑袋太大，在出生的时候就有更多死亡。选D
小题10:考查形容词：A.smarter更聪明B. better更好C. higher更高D. lower更低，犹太人平均的智商比欧洲人高，选C
小题11:考查形容词：A.likely可能B. possible可能C. probable可能D. sure肯定，犹太人更有可能得神经系统的疾病，只有likely可以用于：Sb/sth is likely to do，选A
小题12:考查形容词：A. nervous紧张的B. bodily身体的C. personal个人的D. physical身体的，解析同上。选A
小题13:考查动词：A.exercising练习B. concentrating集中C. memorizing记忆D. thinking思考，如果脑力不能提高我们可不可以提高注意力呢？选B
小题14:考查名词：A. poisons毒B. drinks饮料C. plants植物D. drugs药品，他们研究了可以提高注意力的咖啡因。选D
小题15:考查名词：A. health健康B. family家庭C. attention注意力D. living生活，药品只能影响有严重健康问题的人，选A
小题16:考查形容词：A.same同样B. different不同C. opposite相反D. similar相似的，对没有注意力问题的人这些药物会有相反的影响。C
小题17:考查形容词：A.lower更低B. smaller更聪明C. higher更高D. upper更高，对人们的注意力有更高的限制。选D
小题18:考查词组：A. end up结束B. make up组成C. start up开始D. come up提出，记忆力好的人可能最终过着不好的生活。选A
小题19:考查动词：A. remember记得B. forget忘记C. perform改革D. share分享，因为他们不能忘记不好的事情。选B。
小题20:考查动词：A.supposing猜想B. considering考虑到C. concerning关于D. regarding关于，考虑到，变得聪明会带来的问题，我们是不可能拥有更聪明的头脑的。选B
点评：文章通过研究变得聪明会带来的问题，得出结论我们是不可能拥有更聪明的头脑的。文章层次分明结构严谨，立足语篇，侧重通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，注重语篇的理解，学生平时要培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力。
核心考点
试题【Almost everyone wants to get smarter. We struggle to improve our 16_ , intellige】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bicycle riders. For example. They want the city to draw special lanes for bicycles only on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.
But no bicycle lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea-they say it will slow the traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don’t like the idea-they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business.
The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park-the largest place of open ground in New York-is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown.
小题1:In New York, a group of bike riders ________.
| A．are keeping practicing for health |
| B．have no cars of their own |
| C．are complaining there are not enough buses |
| D．are trying to settle the problem of air pollution |
| A．they will make cars and buses run slowly |
| B．they will make it easier for bike riders to go to parks |
| C．they will make the city more beautiful |
| D．the lanes will prevent accidents |
| A．so that everyone is disappointed |
| B．because there are different opinions |
| C．because most people travel by train |
| D．because Bike for a Better City is not strong enough |
| A．so that Bike for a Better City is pleased |
| B．so that everyone is happy |
| C．and bicycle lanes are drawn |
| D．but Bike for a Better City is still not satisfied |
For this project, the students began in class by closing their eyes and trying to return to their childhood years in order to bring early memories to their mind. After imagining for a few minutes, they began to tell each other what they remembered about those years and tried to describe a particular incident that stood out in their memories.
That evening they wrote in their journals about the incident, embellishing (润饰) the story as much as possible. The next day, they read the story to a different partner and got feedback (反馈意见). The partner’s job was to: ask more questions to bring back the writer’s memory; help the writer make sure that past tense verbs were used correctly, focusing on the difference between those things that were still true and needed present tense and those things that belonged specifically to the past. Two days later, students made necessary changes or additions and turned in a typed copy of their story. I then made my own comments about their work and asked them to revise their work. The third draft (稿子) produced some very good work.
小题1:The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to _____.
| A．show readers the difficulty he had in his work |
| B．explain his idea of English learning |
| C．show readers how ESL students live and study |
| D． tell readers how he taught his ESL students to write |
| A．What they saw around them. |
| B．Their predictions for the future. |
| C．Their childhood memories. |
| D．Their opinions of the United States. |
a.share their writing with their classmates
b.exchange their memories
c.write their stories
d.ask for others’ feedback
e. make some changes to their compositions and have them typed
f. corrected by the teacher
g. recall their stories
| A．g-b-c-a-d-e-f | B．g-c-a-d-b-f-e |
| C．e-f-b-c-a-g-d | D．d-e-f-g-a-c-b |
| A．make the memory more complete |
| B．find spelling mistakes |
| C．check the tense of the verbs |
| D．give some feedback |
Besides, it is rather unusual to grade pupils just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. And advanced pupil can do advanced work. It doesn’t matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to obtain this goal.
小题1:By “held back” (the underlined part of the first sentence) the author means “______”.
| A．drawn to their studies | B．prevented from advancing |
| C．made to remain in the same class | D．forced to study in the lower class |
| A．total personality | B．intellectual ability |
| C．personal qualities | D．communicative skills |
| A．Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning abilities. |
| B．Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities. |
| C．Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others. |
| D．Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be good organizers. |
He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals. This was an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate(耕作)the land, and care for animals, mankind would always have food steadily available. It also meant that people could remain living in one place, and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to complete, like building towns, cities, and all that were in them. All the children were listening attracted by this story, until Lucy jumped up:
“And if that was so important and improved everything so much, why are we nomads all over again, Mr. Arnold?”
Mr. Arnold didn’t know what to say. Lucy was a very intelligent girl. He knew that she lived with her parents in a house, so she must know that her family were not nomads; so what did she mean?
“We have all become nomads again,” continued Lucy, “The other day, outside the city, they were cutting the forest down. A while ago a fisherman told me how they fish. It’s the same with everyone: when there’s no more forest left the foresters go elsewhere, and when the fish run out the fishermen move on. That’s what the nomads did, isn’t it ?
The teacher nodded, thoughtfully. Really, Lucy was right Mankind had turned into nomads. Instead of looking after the land in a way that we could be sure it would keep supplying our needs, we kept developing it until the land was bare. And then off we would go to the next place! The class spent the rest of the afternoon talking about what they could do to show how to be more civilized.
The next day everyone attended class wearing a green T-shirt, with a message that said “I am not a nomad!”
And , from then on, they set about showing that indeed they were not. Every time they knew they needed something, they made sure that they would get it using care and control. If they needed wood or paper, they would make sure that they got the recycled kind. They ordered their fish from fish farms, making sure that the fish they received were not too young and too small. They only used animals that were well cared for, and brought up on farms.
And so, from their little town, those children managed to give up being nomads again, just as prehistoric men had done, so many thousands of years ago.
小题1:From Paragraph 2, we can know that______ .
| A．people got tired of living in the same place |
| B．people gradually got used to living in cities |
| C．people tended to settle down after learning farming |
| D．people spent a long time in learning to keep animals |
| A．shocking | B．ridiculous | C．puzzling | D．reasonable |
| A．People eat young fish for its delicious taste. |
| B．Foresters leave the place where wood is not available. |
| C．Fishermen move elsewhere when there is no fish left. |
| D．People use recycled materials as much as possible. |
| A．mankind has been progressing mainly through traveling about |
| B．it’s unwise for mankind to use the land in an uncontrolled way |
| C．it’s quite good for students to learn more about the history of mankind |
| D．in the beginning men were nomads. |
Jiu-jitsu, as judo is sometimes called, means "muscle science" in Japanese. The student of judo needs to learn a lot about the body, its bones and muscles. Judo uses a number of "falls", "holds" and "throws". Someone who does not know judo cannot defend himself against them. If you know judo you can defend yourself against a person who is stronger than you. You had better not practice judo on your friends unless they can fall without hurting themselves! Being strong is one thing, but using the body wisely is another. In judo, you use the other person"s body to help you. You "throw" him to the ground and "hold" him there, so that he cannot move. Of course, it takes time and practice, but knowing judo is useful. In a violent world you ought to be able to defend yourself.
小题1:According to passage, in fact "judo" is ______.
| A．the same as "Jiu-jitsu" | B．a kind of fighting |
| C． a kind of muscle science | D．is helpful to a strong man |
| A． The number of violence and crime is increasing every year. |
| B．Because many people carry guns. |
| C．Because there too many films. |
| D．Because people are not able to defend themselves. |
| A．The woman held the man over her head. |
| B．The woman was heavier than the man. |
| C．The woman was able to defend herself. |
| D．The woman attacked the man from behind. |
| A．will be good at muscle science. |
| B．will be able to avoid being attacked from his back. |
| C．may defeat any strong person. |
| D．can help himself by using the other person"s body |
| A．How to defend oneself | B．Violence in films |
| C．How to practise judo | D．Something about judo |
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