What is intelligence （智力） anyway? When I was in the army I
21 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against
22 of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not
23 have scored more than 80.
24 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always
25 it.
Well, then suppose my auto-repair man
26 questions for some intelligence test. By every one of them I'd prove myself a
27 . In a world where I have to work with my
28 , I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man
29 . He had a habit of telling
30 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb（聋哑） man
31 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made
32 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He
33 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk
34 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the
35 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀).
36 do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool
, he used his
37 and asked for them. I've been
38 that on all my customers today, but I knew
39 I'd catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very
40 .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
| 小题1: | | A．failed | B．wrote | C．received | D．chose |
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小题2:.
| A．an average | B．a total | C．an exam | D．a number |
| 小题3: | | A．always | B． possibly | C．certainly | D．frequently |
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小题4:.
| A．Then | B．Thus | C．Therefore | D．Yet |
| 小题5: | | A．fixed | B．checked | C．drove | D．changed |
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小题6:.
| A．answered | B．practiced | C．designed | D．tried |
| 小题7: | | A．teacher | B．doctor | C．winner | D．fool |
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| 小题8: | | A．brains | B．effort | C．hands | D．attention |
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| 小题9: | | A．again | B．as usual | C．too | D．as well |
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| 小题10: | | A．lies | B．jokes | C．news | D．tales |
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| 小题11: | | A．bought | B．tested | C．found | D．needed |
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| 小题12: | | A．cutting | B．hammering | C．waving | D．circling |
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| 小题13: | | A．nodded | B．raised | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．brought | B．packed | C．sent | D．sold |
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| 小题15: | | A．clever | B．other | C．right | D．next |
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| 小题17: | | A．imagination | B．hand | C．voice | D．information |
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| 小题18: | | A．trying | B．proving | C．practicing | D．examining |
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| 小题19: | | A．for sure | B．at once | C．in fact | D．right now |
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| 小题20: | | A．clear | B．silly | C．slow | D．smart |
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, he used his 37 and asked for them. I've been 38 that on all my customers today, but I knew 39 I'd catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very 40 .”