【正文】 ____20____ selfrule and democracy. 1[A]natives [B] inhabitants [C] peoples [D] individuals 2[A]confusedly [B] cheerful [C] worriedly [D] hopefully 3[A] shared [B] fot [C] attained [D] rejected 4[A] related [B] close [C] open [D] devoted 5[A] access [B] succession [C] right [D] return 6 [A] Presumably [B] Incidentally [C] Obviously [D] Generally 7 [A] unique [B] mon [C] particular [D] typical 8 [A] freedom [B] origin [C] impact [D] reform 9 [A] therefore [B] however [C] indeed [D] moreover 10[A] with [B] about [C] among [D] by 11[A] allowed [B] preached [C] granted [D] funded 12[A] Since [B] If [C] Unless [D] While 13[A] as [B] for [C] under [D] against 14[A] spread [B] interference [C] exclusion [D] influence 15 [A] support [B] cry [C] plea [D]wish 16[A] urged [B] intended [C] expected [D] promised 17[A] controlling [B] former [C] remaining [D] original 18[A] slower [B] faster [C] easier [D] tougher 19[A] created [B] produced [C] contributed [D] preferred 20[A] puzzled by [B]hostile to [C]pessimistic about [D] unprepared for Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1,(40 points) Text 1 If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2020’s World Cup tournament you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced. What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses: a) certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills。 that gave her an IQ of 228the highest score ever recorded. IQ tests ask you to plete verbal and visual analogies ,to envision paper after it has been folded and cut ,and to deduce numerical sequences, among other similar tasks, So it is a bit confusing when vos Savant fields such queries from the average Joe (whose IQ is 100) as ,What’s the difference between love and fondness? Or what is the nature of luck and coincidence? It’s not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. Clearly, intelligence enpasses more than a score on a test, Just what does it mean to be smart? How much of intelligence can be specified, and how much can we earn about it from neurology, geics, puter and other fields? The defining term of intelligence in humans still seems to be the IQ score .even though IQ tests are not given as often as they used to be .The test es primrily in two forms: the StanfordBi Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales(both e in adult and children’s version).Generally costing several hundred dollars, they are usually given only by psychologists, although variations of them populate bookstores and the World Wide Web. Superhigh scores like vos Savant’s are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers, Rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by standardized tests ,such as the Scholastic Assessmen: Test (SAT)and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE),capture the main aspects of IQ tests . Such standardized tests may not assess all the important elements necessary to succeed in school and in life, argues Robert J. Sternberg. In his article ―How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?‖, Sternberg notes that traditional tests best assess analytica and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, ponents also critical to problem solving and life success. Moreover IQ tests do not necessarily predict so well once populations or situations change. Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under lowstress conditions, but under highstress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership –that is, it predicted the opposite. Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that testtaking skill also matters, whether it’s knowing when to guess or what questions to skip. 26 Which of the following may be required in an intelligence test? [A] Answering philosophical questions [B] Folding or cutting paper into different shapes [C] Telling the differences between certain concepts [D] Choosing words or graphs similar to the given ones 27 What can be inferred about intelligence testing from Paragraph 3? [A] People no longer use IQ scores as an indicator of intelligence [B] More versions of IQ tests are now available on the Inter [C] The test contents and formats for adults for adults and children may be different [D] Scientists have defined the important elements of human intelligence 28 Peop