When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores in certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or anxious situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.

For example, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he can't make things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed that he fails; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook(人生觀) on life, special feeling about life, and knows how he fits into it.

If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call “bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out more about life—he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream－world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.

1. According to this passage, intelligence is the ability ________.

A. to behave immediately        B. to do well in school

C. to deal with life              D. to know what to do

2. In a new situation, an intelligent person ________.

A. knows more about what might happen to him

B. is sure of the result he will get

C. concentrates on the situation

D. cares more about himself

3. According to the passage the biggest difference between “bright” children and “not bright” children lies in ________.

A. the amount of intelligence

B. the different situations they face

C. the different attitudes to life

D. the background of life

4. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. What's real meaning of intelligence?

B. What's the “bright” children's behaviour?

C. What's a special outlook on life?

D. How to live and behave in a new situation?

5. In the next part of the passage, the author might continue to talk about ________.

A. how to determine what intelligence is

B. how education should be changed

C. how to judge whether a person is intelligent

D. how an unintelligent person should be taught

1. 解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。A項中的immediately與原文的意思有出入；根據(jù)文章第一段第一句“When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores in certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school”可知，聰明并非意味著在某些考試中得高分或者在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)好，由此排除B項；由第一段最后一句可知D項不正確；由文章第一段第二句“By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or anxious situation”可知C項正確：聰明指的是處理生活中實際事物的能力。

2. 解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句“For example, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him”可知C項正確，且可以排除A、D兩項；根據(jù)文章第二段第三句“He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries”可排除B項。

3. 解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段最后兩句可知，聰明的孩子想真正了解生活，他努力接觸身邊的一切事物；而不聰明的孩子則脫離生活，讓自己的生活限制在一個封閉和自我夢境的世界里。他們對待生活的態(tài)度是截然不同的，由此可推知C項正確。

4. 解析：選A。主旨大意題。本文主要講述了什么才是真正的聰明這一話題。故答案為A。其他選項過于片面。

5. 解析：選D。推理判斷題。文章已經(jīng)探討了聰明的含義以及什么樣的人是聰明的，故排除A項和C項；文章的中心思想并未涉及教育問題，故排除B項；故選D項(如何教導(dǎo)不聰明的人)很可能是作者接下來要討論的話題。

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