Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?
Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.
She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!
Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!
Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”
Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.
Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.
Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.
“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.Alexis Martin is a girl who .
| A．has many hobbies | B．has a high IQ |
| C．is good at telling stories | D．likes reading |
According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as .
| A．158 | B．159 | C．160 | D．101 |
Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at .
| A．the age of 2 | B．the age of 1 |
| C．one and a half years old | D．the age of 3 |
What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?
| A．She would refuse to listen. |
| B．She would try to recite it. |
| C．She would correct him. |
| D．She would laugh at it. |
Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?
| A．She is accepted by the Mensa Club. |
| B．She has made a lot of friends. |
| C．She learned to read at the age of 2. |
| D．She learned a foreign language by herself. |
阅读短文，完成下列表格。
I have many pen pals in many countries. Do you know the girl on the bike in the photo? She is one of my pen pals. Her name is Reiko. She is a Japanese student. We are the same(相同的) age - 13 years old. She lives in Tokyo. She has two brothers. They live with their parents.
I like Reiko very much. But I don’t know Japanese, and Reiko doesn’t know Chinese, either(也). But we know English. So we write letters in English. Sometimes(有时) we talk on the phone. My favorite subject is math. Her favorite subject is music. We have the same hobbies. We like seeing comedies, playing volleyball and eating hamburgers.
My pen pal
| 1. Name: _________________________________ |
| 2. Age: _________________________________ |
| 3. From: _________________________________ |
| 4. Languages:_____________________________ |
| 5. City: _________________________________ |
| 6. Family members:________________________ |
| 7. Favorite sport:________________________ |
| 8. Favorite kind of movies: ______________ |
| 9. Favorite subject:______________________ |
| 10. Favorite food:________________________ |
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Hello, everyone(每个人)! My name is Bob. I live in Toronto, Canada. It’s a very beautiful city. My parents are from France. They speak French. And I can speak English and French.
I am 13 years old and my birthday is in November. I’m a middle school student. There are thirteen girls and fifteen boys in my class. They are from five countries. They all come to learn English. There are eight Chinese students in my class and six of them are my good friends. I like China very much because it is a great country. I want to learn Chinese. And I want to go to China. Where is Bob from?
A. France. B. Canada. C. China. How many students are there in Bob’s class?
A. Thirteen. B. Fifteen. C. Twenty-eight.What does Bob want to do?
A. He wants to go to China. B. He wants to learn English. C. He wants to go to France. What languages can Bob speak?
A. English and Chinese. B. English and French. C. Chinese and English. How many Chinese friends does Bob have?
A. Five. B. Six. C. Eight.
Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how
soon I’ll get to town?”
“Go.” Aesop answered.
“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”
“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.
“This man must be mad(疯的),” the traveler thought and went on.
After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距离), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”
The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”
“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.
| A．stopped | B．found | C．met | D．saved |
The traveler asked Aesop______________.
| A．to show him the way to town |
| B．how long it would take him to get to town |
| C．to give him some money |
| D．to tell him where the town was: |
Why didn’t Aesop give the traveler the answer at first? Because he__________.
| A．thought the traveler a was rude man |
| B．didn’t know the distance |
| C．wanted to tell him later |
| D．didn’t know how fast the man could walk |
When did Aesop give the traveler the answer?
| A．After the traveler got to town |
| B．After the traveler had walked some distance. |
| C．when he wasn’t angry. |
| D．When the traveler asked him a third time. |
American Schools
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects(学科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college(大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.How long is each term?
| A．Two months. | B．Three months. | C．Four months. | D．Five months. |
How old are the students when they graduate(毕业) from high school?
| A．Five years old |
| B．Seven or eight years old. |
| C．Seventeen or eighteen years old. |
| D．Twenty years old. |
How many subjects do the high school students have each term?
| A．Three or four. | B．Five or six. | C．Six or seven. | D．Four or five. |
What do many college students do after class in America?
| A．Many of them read books after class. |
| B．Many of them go to work to get money for their studies. |
| C．Many of them go to parties. |
| D．Many of them go out with their friends. |
Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a holiday.
One day he was not feeling well. So he was to the clerk at the desk of his hotel and said, “I want to see a doctor. Can you give me the name of a good one?”
The clerk looked in a book, and said, “Dr. Grey.”
“Is he expensive?”
“Well,” the clerk answered, “he always asks for his patients two pounds for their first visit to him, and 1.5 pounds for later visit.”
Henry decided (决定) to save 50 pence. When he went to see the doctor he said, “I’ve come again, doctor.”
For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face carefully without saying anything. Then he nodded and said, “Oh, yes.” He examined (检查) him and then said, “Everything’s going as it should do. Just continue (继续)with the medicine (药) I gave you last time.”Henry came to London___________.
| A．to do some shopping | B．to visit friend |
| C．to spend his holiday | D．to find a job |
He wanted to see a good doctor because__________.
| A．he was feeling bad |
| B．he could save 50 pence |
| C．he wanted to take some medicine home |
| D．a good doctor was very expensive |
The first visit to the doctor cost_____________ later visit.
| A．as much as | B．less than |
| C．more than | D．no more than |
Henry tried to make the doctor believe that___________.
| A．he wasn’t ill |
| B．It is the second time for him to go to his clinic(门诊部). |
| C．he saw a friend of his |
| D．he wasn’t feeling well |