A 12 -year-old girl who had a feeling that sh...

A 12 -year-old girl who had a feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right.

After raising the idea with her parents and pestering (纠缠)them for the best part of a year, Lydia took the test in her summer holidays. It turns out the test wasn't that hard after all.

"I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard. But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than I thought it was going to be," she said.

Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of 162 on Mensa’s Cattell III B paper, showing she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. The comparison doesn't sit well with the British student, who’s currently in Year 8 at a selective girl’s grammar school in Essex, England.

"I don't think I can be compared to such great intellectuals as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. They’ve achieved so much. I don’t think it’s right," Lydia told CNN.

To explain Lydia’s mark’s level, the top adult score in the Cattell III B test, which mainly tests verbal(语言) reasoning, is 161. A top 2% score---which allows entry to Mensa, the club for those with high IQs---would be 148 or over. Lydia scored 162, placing her in the top 1% of the population.

Lydia’s not quite sure what she wants to do when she leaves school, although she’s leaning toward something "based around Maths, because it’s one of my favorite subjects." "All I’m going to do is work as hard as I can, and see where that gets me," she said.

1.Lydia wanted to have an IQ test because_______,

A. she felt that she might have a high IQ

B. the grammar school advised her to do so

C. all people around thought that she was smart

D. her parents strongly wanted her to do so

2.Which of the following can best explain the underlined words in the fourth paragraph?

A. does not satisfy　　 B. does not affect.

C. is not related to.　　 D. is not accepted by

3.What is Lydia's plan about the future?

A. She is quite sure about what to do in the future.

B. She will drop out of the grammar school.

C. She has a tendency to focus around Maths.

D. She doesn’t have to work hard with her high IQ.

4.According to the text, which of the following statements is True?

A. Only adults with high IQs can enter Mensa.

B. Mensa is a club for those with high IQs at least 148.

C. No one has achieved a higher IQ than Lydia.

D. Whoever has a high IQ can enter Mensa.

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______ herself with other girls, she feels she is quite lucky.

A. Comparing  B. Compared             C. To compare          D.Being compared

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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her．One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘）bush．The young girl carefully released the butterfly．Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy．The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief．

"For your wonderful kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will give you any wish you would like．" The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I w ant to be happy．"

The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear．Then the fairy disappeared．

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she．Everyone asked her secret of happiness．She would only smile and answer, "The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl．"

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her．"Tell us, please," they begged, "Tell us what the good fairy said．" The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me．"

1._____ the girl felt sad and lonely．

A．There were many friends but

B．There was nobody to love her so

C．There was nothing to do

D．Seeing the butterfly was caught

2.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the girl _____．

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow, but she didn't go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

3.The butterfly _____ after was saved by the little girl．

A．filed away

B．still died

C．changed into a fairy

D．was more beautiful than before

4.The only thing that the little girl wanted was _____．

A．to be rich　　　　　　　　 B．to have her own parents

C．to have a lot of friends　 D．happiness

5.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because _____．

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn't wanted her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D．they wanted to pray for her after her death

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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her the secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, believing that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl _______.

A. helped the butterfly escape from the thorn　　　　

B. felt sad, but she didn′t go up to help it

C. fell down on it too[　　　　　　　　　　　　

D. failed to help it release from the thorn

2.The butterfly _________ after it was saved by the little girl.

A. flew away　　　　　     B. still died　　

C. changed into a fairy　　     D. was more beautiful than before

3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was_________.

A. to be rich　　　　　　 B. to have her own parents

C. to have a lot of friends　　     D. to be happy

4.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because ______.

A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn′t want her to die

B. the woman had lots of money to be shared after she died

C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

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For every woman who feels like she's had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Don't give up on your dreams.

She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.

The decision to start training again wasn't easy. "I struggled with that a lot," she told a newspaper. “At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, ‘Well, I'm not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. It's all supposed to be for my kid.’”

She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.

"I feel like I'm able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance," Armstrong said. "That you have a family or a child doesn't mean that you have to stop going after what you dream of individually.”

Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether it's on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you can't have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, don't expect a neat home—her husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support system and her "protector", says he's had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucas's playroom. For Armstrong, she's sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same age—there just wasn't time.

Now, she says, "That sounds like fun to me." As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, she's ready to do regular mom stuff.

1.After Kristin Armstrong retired, she ___.

A. lived an easy life

B. moved to a new house

C. still had a great interest in cycling

D. spent much time with her kid

2.It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to participate in the London Olympics because she_______ .

A. was too old to train racing

B. had to give her family much consideration

C. faced big physical challenges

D. could not get support from her family

3.In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as ____.

A. a housewife and a new mom

B. an athlete and a career woman

C. a parent and a sportswoman

D. a wife and a good mother

4.We can know from the passage that it ____ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.

A. was quite easy　　　　　 　　 B. made her feel tired

C. surprised herself　　　　　 D. was a hard job

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New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently. Your mood may affect how you see the world around you, according to a new study. A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.

The team, led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester, found that people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (轴), compared to people who weren’t feeling sad.

“We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena, like mood, even when these concepts seem unrelated,” Thorstenson said in a statement. “We thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way.”

Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors. This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.

The team conducted two studies. In the first, 127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips, which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement. They didn’t do that in a specific order. The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color changes. The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis.

For the second study, 130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one. The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.

1.If one _______, the colors he sees might be different from those in others’ eyes.

A. is in a good mood　　 B. has an eye illness

C. attends a speech　　 D. doesn’t feel happy

2.Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?

A. Thorstenson and Johnson.　　 B. Thorstenson and his team.

C. Johnson and his team.　　 D. Emaneuel and his team.

3.The sadness group in the second study _______.

A. felt happy when watching the video

B. performed better than the other

C. were less able to identify some colours

D. could only identify blue and yellow

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently. Your mood may affect how you see the world around you, according to a new study. A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.

The team, led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester, found that people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (轴), compared to people who weren’t feeling sad.

“We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena, like mood, even when these concepts seem unrelated,” Thorstenson said in a statement. “We thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way.”

Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors. This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.

The team conducted two studies. In the first, 127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips, which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement. They didn’t do that in a specific order. The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color changes. The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis.

For the second study, 130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one. The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.

1.If one ________, the colors he sees might be different from those in others’ eyes.

A. is in a good mood                    B. has an eye illness

C. attends a speech                        D. doesn’t feel happy

2.Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?

A. Thorstenson and Johnson.                B. Thorstenson and his team.

C. Johnson and his team.                D. Emaneuel and his team.

3.The sadness group in the second study ________.

A. felt happy when watching the video

B. performed better than the other

C. were less able to identify some colours

D. could only identify blue and yellow

4.What does the underlined word in the fifth paragraph most probably mean?

A. In no specific place.

B. With no specific rule.

C. With no specific confidence.

D. At no specific time.

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Everyone is at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn’t done an eBay deal. So, I decided to try my hand at online auction (网上拍卖).

Buying for beginners: Sign up on www. ebay. co. uk. Most items（e.g. tables, computers, and books）ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with “ Buy It Now ” and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away.

If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids（出价）for you. The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days and when they finish you get an email telling you whether you have won the item.

How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a check or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card (信用卡).

Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my friends’ advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday. This way buyers had two weekends to bid.

The big things in life: It’s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collected or sent by delivery men. Check the ways of delivery before you bid.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

2.After bidding for an item, a buyer __________.

3.The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is __________.

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The reason why the girl decided to leave her boyfriend was that she didn’t feel _________.

A. accurate　　　　 B. secure　　　　 C. unbearable　　　 D. adequate

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I feel it is you rather than the girl who_____ for being late for the speech.

A. is to blame       B. are to blame     C. is to be blamed      D. are to be blamed

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