大学英语读写译2 试题六

Part Ⅰ Writing （20 points）

Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write an essay entitled Life-long learning.You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

1．你如何看待终身学习

2．你认为终身学习有哪些方式

3．你会采取哪种方式

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) （10 points）

Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet.

For questions 1—7, mark

Y(for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N(for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG(for Not GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.

For questions 8---10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Geniuses

Without a doubt, Einstein was a genius.So was Isaac Newton----as any fan of ―Star Trek:The Next Generation‖ can tell you, he invented physics. He also played a big role in the development of calculus, which some people have trouble comprehending even after extensive classroom study. Another genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, started composing music when he was 5 years old.Mozart wrote hundreds of pieces before his death in 1760 at age 35.

The understanding of genius

According to conventional wisdom, geniuses are different from everyone else.They can think faster and better than other people. In addition, many people think that all that extra brainpower leads to eccentric or quirky behavior.And although geniuses are fairly easy to spot,defining exactly what makes one person a genius is a little trickier.Figuring out how that person became a genius is harder still.

There are two big things that make it difficult to study genius.First,the genius label is subjective.Some people insist that anyone with an intelligence quatient(IQ) higher than a certain value is a genius.Others feel that IQ tests measure only a limited part of a person’s total intelligence.Some believe high test scores have little to do with real genius.Second,genius is a big-picture concept.Most scientific and medical inquiries,on the other hand,examine details.A concept as subjective as genius isn’t easy to quantify,analyze or study.

So,when exploring how geniuses work,it’s a good idea to start by defining precisely what a genius is.For the purpose of this article,a genius isn’t simply someone with an exceptionally high IQ. Instead, a genius is an extraordinarily intelligent person who breaks new ground with discoveries,inventions or works of http://www.77cn.com.cnually, a genius’ work changes the way people view the world or the field in which the work took place.In other words, a genius must be both intelligent and able to use that intelligence in a productive or impressive way.

Genius and the Brain

The cerebral cortex , which is the outermost part of your brain,is where thought and reasoning

happen.These are your brain’s higher functions－the lower functions,which relate to basic survival , take place deeper in the brain.Your cerebral cortex is the largest part of your brain , and it’s full of wrinkles and folds that allow it to fit in your skull. If you removed and stretched out an adult human’s cerebral cortex , it would be about as large as a few pages of a newspaper . It’s pided into several lobes , and different regions within these lobes handle specific tasks related to how you think.

Researchers have so far only figured out a few things about how the brain affects intelligence.

A 2004 study at the University of California , Irvine found that the volume of gray matter in parts of the cerebral cortex had a greater impact on intelligence than the brain’s total volume. The findings suggest that the physical attributes of many parts of the brain－rather than a centralized ―intelligence center‖－ determine how smart a person is.

A 2006 paper in the journal Nature theorized that the way the brain develops is more important than the size of the brain itself.A person’s cerebral cortex gets thicker during childhood and thinner during adolescence.According to the study,the brains of children with higher IQs thickened faster than those of other children.Studies also suggest that,to some extent,children inherit intelligence from their parents.Some researchers theorize that this is because the physical structure of the brain can be an inherited trait.In your brain to wire itself to handle that particular task better.

Genius and Intelligence

Like genius,intelligence can be difficult to quantify.Psychologists and neuroscientists study intelligence extensively.An entire field of study,known as psychometrics,is devoted to studying and measuring intelligence.But even within that field,experts don’t always agree on exactly what it is or how best to analyze it.And while intelligence is central to genius,not all geniused score well on intelligence tests or perform well in school.

Intelligence testing has existed for thousands of years.Chinese emperors used aptitude testing to evaluate civil servants as early as 2200 BC.The tests we know as IQ tests got their start near the end of the 19th century.Today,IQ tests generally measure a person’s memory as well as language,spatial and mathematical abilities.

IQ tests are also standardized so that most people score between 90 and 110.When placed on a graph,the IQ test scores of a large group of people will generally resemble a bell curve,with most people scoring in the average range.A common perception is that anyone scoring above a certain number----often140----is automatically a genius.But in spite of the existence of high-IQ organizations,many scientists caution that there is no such thing as a genius-level IQ.

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