单选题 For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called "Ask Marilyn". People are invited to query Marilyn vos Savant, who at age of 10 had tested at a mental level of someone about 23 years old; that gave her an IQ of 228-- the highest score ever recorded. IQ tests ask you to complete 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 encompasses 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 learn about it from neurology, genetics, computer science 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 comes primarily in two forms. the Stanford--Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both come 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 100. Other standardized tests, such as the Scholastic Assessment 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 test best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components 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 low-stress conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership--that is, it predicted the opposite. Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it's knowing when to guess or what questions to skip.

单选题 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.

单选题 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 Internet.
C. The test contents and formats for adults and children may be different.
D. Scientists have defined the important elements of human intelligence.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推理题。题目问的是从第三段中我们能得出有关智力测试的什么结论。文章第三段指出The test comes primarily in two forms：the Stanford—Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales(both come in adult and children's version)．由括号中的说明可知两种形式的智力测试都分为成人版和儿童版，可以推测这两种版本的内容和形式应该是不同的，所以本题选择C项。A与该段第一句话的意思不符；B与该段第三句话中although引导的句子意思不符；D属于无中生有。一般情况下，破折号后面、插入语、转折词、括号内的说明等都是正确答案的所在点。

单选题 People nowadays can no longer achieve IQ scores as high as vos Savant's because ______.

A. the scores are obtained through different computational procedures.
B. creativity rather than analytical skills is emphasized now.
C. vos Savant's case is an extreme one that will not repeat.
D. the defining characteristic of IQ tests has changed.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。题目问的是“人们现在的IQ不像vos Savant那么高的原因是……”。由IQ scores和ovs Savant可定位到文章第三段第四句话中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 100．，即得到像沃斯·萨文特这样的超高分数再也不可能了，因为现在的分数依据的是相同年龄者的统计学群体分布状况而定，而不是简单地通过实足年龄乘以100来划分智能年龄，所以A项为正确选项，“分数是通过不同的计算方式获得的”。B项是第四段的信息，与题目的要求不符；C项明显与文意不符；D项属于无中生有。

单选题 We can conclude from the last paragraph that ______.

A. test scores may not be reliable indicators of one's ability.
B. IQ scores and SAT results are highly correlated.
C. testing involves a lot of guesswork.
D. traditional test are out of date.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为总结题。题目问的是“我们从最后一段可以总结出……”。由最后一段的Such standardized tests may not assess all the important elements necessary to succeed in school and in life(标准测试不可能评估在学校和生活中取得成功所需的一切重要因素)及Moreover, IQ tests do not necessarily predict so well once populations or situations change...traditional test best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life Success．(传统的测试最恰当地评估了分析能力和语言表达能力，而且，一旦人口或环境发生变化，智商测试就不一定预测得那么准确，并且应试能力也很重要。)可知智商测试不可能真实反映一个人的能力。A为正确选项。B与文意相反；C属于夸大其词；D属于无中生有。