What is intelligence anyway? When I was in
the army I 21 an intelligence test that
all soldiers took, and, against 22 of 100,
scored 160．No one at the base had ever seen a figure
like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.
All my life I've been registering
scores like that, 23 I have the
complacent(洋洋自得的) feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and
I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores
simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions
that are considered worthy of answers by people who 24
the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents(天分) similar to mine?
For instance, I once had an
auto-repair man, who, on these intelligence tests, could not
25 have scored more than 80,by my estimate. Yet, when anything
went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always fixed it.
Well，then，suppose my auto—repair man
26 questions for some intelligence tests．By doing every one of them I'd prove myself a
27 ．In a world where I have to work with my
28 ，I'd do poorly．
Consider my auto—repair man
29 ．He had a habit of telling
30 ．One time he said. “Doc, a deaf and dumb man
31 some nails．Having entered a store，he put two fingers together on the counter and made
32 movements with the other hand．The clerk brought him a hammer．He 33 his head
and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering．The
clerk 34 him some nails．He picked out the right size and left．Well，Doc，the 35 man who
came in was blind．He wanted scissors． 36 do you suppose he asked for them?" I
lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers．He burst out laughing and said，“Why, you fool，he used his
37 and asked for them.” Then he said smugly, "I've
been 38 that on all my
customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a
few," he said, "but I knew 39
I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked.
"Because you're so goddamned educated, Doc, I knew you couldn't be very 40
." And I have an uneasy feeling that he had something there．
1.A. failed B.
wrote C.
received D. chose
2.A. an average B.
a total C.
an amount D. a number
3.A. then B.
but C.
so that D. because
4. A. join
in
B. make up C.
go over D.
look through
5.A. approximately B.
possibly C.
certainly D. frequently
6.A. answered B.
practiced C.
designed D. tried
7.A. teacher B.
doctor C.
winner D.
fool
8.A. brains B.
efforts C.
hands D.
abilities
9.A. again B.
as usual C.
too D.
as well
10.A. lies B.
jokes C.
news D. tales
11.A. bought B.
tested C.
found D.
needed
12.A. cutting B.
hammering C. scissoring D.
circling
13.A. nodded B.
raised C.
shook D. turned
14.A. brought B.
packed C.
sent D.
sold
15.A. clever B.
other C.
right D.
next
16.A. What B.
How C.
Who D.
Which
17.A. imagination B.
hand C.
voice D.
information
18. A. trying B.
proving C.
practicing D.
examining
19. A. with wisdom B.
at once C.
in reality D.
for sure
20. A. clear B.
silly C.
slow D. smart
