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genius. If being a genius were easy, we’ d all be , there is much more to super intelligence than simply being born more about amazing brains this month on National Geographic’ s My Brilliant Brain. 1. My Brilliant Brain is most probably from________. A. a website B. the radio C. a magazine D. a newspaper 2. The author takes Marc Yu as an example to show that a child prodigy is________. A. a person who learns something easily B. a child who is eager to learn new things C. a student who practices an instrument a lot D. a kid who works hard to do well in school 3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. New things about the brain are still being discovered. B. People without natural abilities can learn to do things well. C. Some people naturally have more active brains. D. People are usually smarter when they recover from brain injury. 4. What would be the best way to describe Susan Polger’ s special abilities? A. Born. B. Magical. C. Developed. D. Ridiculous. 5. From the passage, we know that________. A. scientists pletely understand the brain B. people can only be born as geniuses C. there’ s no such thing as a true genius D. there are many factors in being a genius 6. The author develops the passage mainly by________. A. providing typical examples B. following the natural time order C. presenting a cause and analyzing its effects D. paring opinions from different scientists 答案: Ⅰ .單項(xiàng)填空 1. B play a part 意為 “ 扮演角色 ” ; at the age of 意為 “ 在 ?? 歲的時(shí)候 ” 。 上句意為 : “ 彼得 , 你得了第一名 ! ” 根據(jù)答語(yǔ)后句 “ 我才不相信你呢 ” , 可知答案為 A。 句意為 : 老師講解課文時(shí) , 同學(xué)們注意地聽(tīng)并且做筆記 。 7. B in total意為 “ 總共;合計(jì) ” 。 句意為 : 他們還沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)可以證明她有罪的任何證據(jù) 。 fix sb./ (目光 、 注意力 、 思想等 )于 ?? , 常用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu) 。 12. A as 引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句 , 意為 “ 隨著 ??” 。 13. D 形近詞的辨析。 當(dāng) success 意為 “ 成功者 , 成功的事 ” 時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞 , 在這句話中意為 “ 一個(gè)成功的晚會(huì) ” , 故用不定 冠詞 。 2. C 根據(jù)文章的首句中的 “ my two children” 可知選擇 both, 表示他們都在看電視 。 6. D every piece 表示 “ 每一塊布料 ” , 符合題意 。 9. B 從本節(jié)內(nèi)容可知,女兒沒(méi)有為自己辯解,只是怯懦地聽(tīng),因此選擇 defend 辯護(hù),符合題意。 12. C before 表示 “ 過(guò)了一段時(shí)間才 ??” 。 14. B 從本句句意可知母親看到了床上有一個(gè)漂亮的坐墊 。 16. A 與坐墊放在一起的還有一個(gè)便條 , 不難看出便條上寫(xiě)的是道歉的話 , 從句子的結(jié)構(gòu)可知這里使用的是非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞 , 由于 apologize 是不及物動(dòng)詞 , 因此應(yīng)該使用現(xiàn)在分詞形式 , 在句中充當(dāng)后置定語(yǔ) 。 19. C 因?yàn)樽鴫|包含了女兒對(duì)母親的愛(ài),因此母親在展示它時(shí)總是很自豪。 1. B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 3. D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 5. D 考查文章主旨大意。