单选题
When successful corporate executives are asked how they got where they are, a common answer is, "I was lucky—I was in the right place at the right time" or, "I was working with someone who took me under his wing. " No question, luck always plays a role. But " fortune favors the prepared mind. " Corporate climbers most likely to succeed make the best use of their brains and personality. For most of the 20th century, intelligence meant IQ, measured by tests that focused on memory, logic, and analysis. However, the work of some psychologists describes other kinds of intelligence. Goleman popularized the concept of emotional intelligence as having to do with self-control, self understanding and empathy. Sternberg contrasted analytic intelligence with practical intelligence or street smarts and creative intelligence which includes imagination and aesthetic sensibility. Analytic intelligence—the kind that gets you high scores on the SAT or graduate record exam— used to be the major ticket to higher education and the academic credentials essential to getting hired and moving up in a company. Of course, street smarts were always useful for knowing who to trust and whom to follow. But as companies put a higher value on teamwork and customer relationships, interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence become more important. As the market demands continual innovation, creative intelligence—imagination and design capability—makes a difference. Besides, you need to have the brains that make you an effective leader: strategic intelligence. Strategic intelligence combines aspects of analytic, practical and creative intelligence. It includes the ability to see future trends, the ability of systems thinking, to view parts in relation to the whole, focusing on how parts interact and evaluating them in relation to how well they serve the system"s purpose, the ability to design an organization as a social system, and the ability to motivate people to power that organization. Strategic intelligence, especially systems thinking, is in much shorter supply than the other kinds of intelligence. Good leadership today requires all of these intellectual capabilities. But it is one thing to know what"s right, it"s another to take risks or do what is right even when there is no guarantee of success.
【答案解析】解析：本题考查文章细节。第四段第一句指出分析智力可以让人们取得高分或毕业，且曾经是获得高等教育、学术资格和找工作的必要筹码，但接着在第五段指出，如今公司开始更注重人们的团队精神和交流能力，可见分析智力在人们心中的地位有所下降，但并非完全没有必要，A项不符合文意，排除；第六段第三句提到战略智力所包含的各种能力，其中包括预测未来趋势的能力、系统思考的能力、激发人们发奋的能力等，其中系统思考能力(the ability of systems thinking)指很好地处理部分和整体之间关系的能力，与预测未来趋势的能力并不相同，排除B项，确认D为正确答案；第五段最后一句提到市场需要不断的创新，因此包括想象力与设计力在内的“创造智力”便起着重要作用，可见想象力和设计力属于“创造智力”而非“情商”，C项不符合文意，排除。
单选题
What does "street smart" mean according to the passage?