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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. 

单选题 The main point the author is making about schools is that _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本文主要讲有天分的孩子在学校的学习表现可能并不好,是因为他们已经懂得很多,学校的课程并不能激发他们的兴趣,故选B。作者并没有提出A,C和D的建议。
单选题 The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith’s teachers _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据题干关键信息“one of Oliver Goldsmith’s teachers”将答案锁定在第二段第四句,再结合本段首句“Anecdotal reports support this”可知,此处的“this”指的就是第一段提到的作者的观点(argument),也就是说有一些名人轶事可以支持作者的观点,后文就举了一些名人的例子,包括奥利弗·戈德史密斯的一个老师的话,可见作者提到这句话自然也是为了支持他的观点,故本题选A。
单选题 Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据第一段第一句话可知,有五分之三的天分极高的孩子“did badly in school”,即在学校表现很差。因此下文列举的名人都是这样的孩子。
单选题 Many gifted people owed their success _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据最后一段的前两句话说,当任何领域的天才学生谈到什么对他们能力发展重要时,他们提到家庭的几率比提到学校或老师的几率要高得多。可以得出答案为A项。
单选题 The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章第三段的第三句提到,天才学生对他们的学校时光没有好的回忆而且成绩不好不是由于他们缺乏能力,而是由于他们发现学校缺乏挑战性,故而丧失兴趣,也就是说学校课程没有鼓舞或激发他们,由此可知本题选C。