Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D.. You should deicide the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage Four
In one study of 400 adults who had got remarkable achievements in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals did badly in school. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, and Mark Twain all disliked school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, “Never was dull a boy.” Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant and inattentive.
Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most did poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. So they were difficult to teach. As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists.
When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available.