阅读理解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? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.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. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to bee dull and unintelligent.Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. 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 (helpful) things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.”1.The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _______ while “dull” in the second paragraph means ________.A.bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understandingB.pretty and handsome; ordinary-lookingC.great and important; monD.hopeful and helpful; careless2.According to the context we can guess that a genius is ________ while an idiot is ________.A.a normal person; a funny personB.a strong person; a weak personC.a highly intelligent person; a foolish or weak-minded personD.a famous person; an ordinary person3.A person ________ is more likely to bee a genius.A.whose parents are cleverB.often thinking about difficult problemsC.often helped by his parents and teachersD.born with a good brain and putting it into active use
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ACD解析1.A 词义理解题。What makes one person a genius,like the brilliant Albert Einstein,and another person a fool? genius的含义和fool相反,自然可以推测出brilliant的含义;Are people born intelligent or stupid? Intelligent的意思和stupid含义相反。dull出现在….on the other hand…dull and unintelligent中,dull表示不聪明。