A.how to make
B.what to make
C.why to make
D.who to make
The clever boy took the clock apart and then ______ it in a short time.
这个聪明的小男孩把闹钟拆了,一会儿就又装好了。
In 1906 the psychologist, Alfred Binet, devised the standard in relation to which intelligence has since been assessed. Binet was asked to find a method of selecting all children in the schools of Paris who should be taken out of ordinary classes and put in special classes for defectives. The problem brought home to him the need for a standard of intelligence, and he hit upon the very simple concept of" mental age".
First, he invented a variety of tests and put large numbers of children of different ages through them. He then found at what age each test was passed by the average child. Binet arranged the various tests in order of difficulty, and used them as a scale by which he could measure every individual. If, for example, a boy aged twelve could only do tests that were passed by the average boy of nine, Binet held that he was three years below average, and that he had a mental age of nine.
The concept of mental age provided Binet, and through him, other psychologists with the required standard. It enabled him to state scores in intelligence tests m terms of norm. At first, it was usual to express the result of a test by the difference between the" mental" and the" chronological" age. Then the boy in the example given would be" three years retarded". Soon, however, the" mental ratio" was introduced; that is to say, the ratio of the mental age to the chronological age. Thus a boy of twelve with mental age of nine has a mental ratio of 0.75.
The mental age was replaced by the intelligence quotient or" I. Q". Clearly, since the mental age of the average child is equal to the chronological age, the average I. Q. is 100.
To judge a child's standard, his marks in a test must be compared with marks gained by ______.
A.others of the same age
B.older children
C.younger children
D.adults
When you are busy, a boy is a trouble – maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.
A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化力 ) of stones and sand,the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇指 ) on each hand.
He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.
Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.
A boy is a magical creature – he is your headache but when you come home at night with only shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “ Hi, Dad! ”
1.The whole passage is in a tone(调子 ) of ().
A.humor and affection
B.respect and harmony
C.ambition and expectation
D.confidence and imagination
2.Could you figure out the meaning of the underlined sentence?()
A.He has altogether five fingers.
B.He is slow, foolish and clumsy.
C.He becomes clever and smart.
D.He cuts his hand with a knife.
3.According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except .()
A.ice cream
B.comic books
C.Saturday mornings
D.Sunday schools
4.What does the writer feel about boys?()
A.He feels curious about their noise
B.He is fed up with these creatures
C.He is amazed by their naughtiness
D.He feels unsafe staying with them
One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher's shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop be learned to cut meat up quite nicely, so the butcher often left him to do all the serving while he went into a mom behind the shop to do the accounts. In the hospital, on the other hand, he was, of course, allowed to do only the simplest jobs, like lifting people and carrying them from one part of the hospital to another. Both at the butcher's and at the hospital, John had to. wear white clothes.
One evening at the hospital, John had to carry a woman from her bed to the place where she was to have an operation. The woman was already feeling frightened at the thought of the operation before he came to get her, but when she saw John, that tightened her.
"No! No!" She cried, "Not my butcher! I won't be operated on by my butcher!" and fainted away.
John made enough money by ______.
A.studying in the university
B.working in a butcher's shop
C.doing two jobs
D.cutting meat well
21. A. parents B. brother and sister C. friends D. Classmates
22. A. child B. boy C. girl D. dog
23. A. delicious B. bad C. burn D. burning
24. A. stood up B. woke up C. got up D. put up
25. A. at once B. at first C. at last D. at that moment
26. A . big B. small C . light D. heavy
27. A. careless B. busy C. clever D. careful
28. A. inside B. outside C. back D. near
29. A. pushed B. pulled C. carded D. made
30. A. was received B. got C. was saved D. saved
A.So clever are the robots
B.Such clever the robots are
C.So clever the robots are
D.Such clever are the robots
He was not a very clever boy, but Charles was good at doing the things that interested him. He also took pleasure in carrying out. experiments. But he could not learn Latin and-Greek which in those days were an important part of education. He was a disappointment to his father, who was sure that he would bring nothing but shame to himself and his family.
Then his father decided to send Charles to Cambridge University to study to become a priest. With hard work, he did quite well. And, in the countryside around Cambridge, he was able to shoot, fish and collect insects.
He seemed likely to become a country priest like hundreds of others, sharing his time between his work and his interest in natural history and country life. He had a deep faith in God and a lasting interest in religion. At this time he did not doubt that every word of the Bible was true.
Then a letter from Captain Robert FitzRoy changed his life. FitzRoy was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship called the Beagle. He wanted a naturalist to join the ship, and Darwin was recommended. That voyage was the start of Charles Darwin's great life work.
In those days a great many people believed that every word written in the Bible was true. Darwin hoped that the plants and animals that they found in the course of their voyage would prove the truth of the Bible story of the great Flood.
He began to observe everything. When they got to Rio de Janeiro in South America, Charles was overcome with joy to see so many different creatures, so much life and colour. His notebooks were full of detailed observations.
Then they reached dry land at Punta Alta. There Darwin discovered his first fossils. Why, he wondered, were there horse bones at Punta Alta, when there had been no horses in the New World until Cortez brought his from Spain?
They came to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America. It was a strange place, with terrible storms. Its people grew no food, and they slept on the wet ground. Darwin observed their looks and habits.
"How can people be so different, if all are descended from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?" Charles wondered.
What is the passage about?
A.The earlier years of Charles Darwin.
B.How does Charles Darwin get his fame.
C.Charles Darwin's education.
D.Charles Darwin's childhood.