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. |
A new word is becoming more and more popular on the Internet in China - but no one knows quite what it means. The word "duang" is so new that you can’t even find it in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread(传播) like fire on the Chinese Internet , appearing more than 8,000,000 times on Weibo, where 15,000 users had more than 312,000 discussions. On Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. But what does it mean?
"Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like I’d better go back to school now," said Weibo user Fahmida.
Another user asked: "Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang."
"To duang or not to duang, that is the question," wrote user Beatrice.
"Duang" seems to be imitating (模仿) a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 appeared in a shampoo ad (洗发水广告) where he used the sound “duang” to describe his soft and black hair. The word came to people again recently(最近) after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to visit Chan's Weibo page with comments (评论).
The word seems to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect (完美的) Chinese meaning for it, but you could use it to give emphasis (强调) to the word that follows it. A kid might be "duang cute", for example. According to the passage, _________ users joined in the discussion on Weibo.
A.312,000 | B.15,000 | C.600,000 | D.8,000,000 |
In 2004, Jackie Chan used “duang” to _________.
A.show he was very popular |
B.describe his hair |
C.ask people to buy the shampoo |
D.reply to Weibo users’ comments |
Mary got a gift from her old friend and said “I am duang surprised”. She might mean that she was_________ according to the passage.
A.not surprised at all | B.a little surprised |
C.quite surprised | D.no longer surprised |
The best title of this passage may be “_________”.
A.A New Word — Duan |
B.Jackie Chan and His Shampoo Ad |
C.Learning Chinese Culture |
D.A New Name for Jackie Chan |
Not only a popular singer was Yao Beina, but also she was an energetic and warm-hearted angel. She had her corneas(眼角膜) donated to two men who needed them, which helped them see the world clearly again.
Yao was born in a music family on Sept. 26, 1981 in Wuhan. She started to learn the piano at the age of 4, and she sang her first song on the stage when she was 9 years old. Yao did quite well in singing, so she took part in the thirteenth Youth Singing Competition and won the first prize.
She became well-known to the public after making a series of songs for the hit TV drama “The Legend of Zhenhuan” in 2012, and the mandarin version(中文版本) of “Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen”. In July 2013, she competed in The Voice of China II and finally got the second place in Na Ying’s team. She had won a lot of music awards before she was famous.
Yao Beina was unfortunate to be diagnosed(诊断) with breast cancer(乳腺癌) and had a successful operation in 2011. Since then, she has fought against the disease for about four years while keeping singing, but sadly she failed. She originally thought of donating all of her organs(器官) to save others’ lives, but failed to do it because of her serious illness.
She’s gone, even though she had never stopped struggling with cancer. Heaven just got another beautiful angel, with her beautiful voice and kindness. Yao Beina had her __________ donated to save others.
A.two corneas | B.all organs |
C.heart | D.kidney |
How old was Yao Beina when she started to sing for people?
A.Four. | B.Nine. | C.Thirteen. | D.Thirty. |
Which is TRUE about Yao Beina according to the passage?
A.She started to play the piano at the age of 5. |
B.She had great voice and won a lot of awards in music. |
C.She was a weak and selfish girl. |
D.She won over the breast cancer in the end. |
What’s the passage mainly about?
A.Yao Beina’s family. |
B.Yao Beina’s disease. |
C.Yao Beina’s teacher. |
D.Yao Beina’s art achievements. |
If you want to study English well, you need to do the following things.
Joining an English club is a good idea and joining an international club (where English is in use at least some of the time) is, for many people, even better.
In order to learn English well, you should keep practicing it as much as possible. There are several good ways to help you with the English study.
First, you may take notes of any mistakes made by you, so as to get familiar with the correct usage of the English language.
Second, it’s important to improve your ability, especially the ability of reading comprehension(理解). By reading more English articles, you will build your sense of English.
Third, try to form a reciting(背诵) habit. Well-written paragraphs are worth reciting. By memorizing them, you will find that writing English articles is not so difficult.
Last but not the least, you should always use a dictionary with both Chinese and English explanations. It will tell you the differences between these two beautiful languages.Who may be the most suitable readers of this article?
A.Anyone who likes maths. |
B.Anyone who wants to learn English well. |
C.English teachers. |
D.Anyone who wants to learn Chinese well. |
From this article, we know we can use the following ways to learn English well except__________.
A.going abroad to learn English |
B.joining an English club |
C.Keeping practicing it as much as possible |
D.trying to form a reciting habit |
By reading more English articles, you will build _____________.
A.your knowledge of English grammar |
B.your ability of English writing |
C.your ability of singing English writing songs |
D.your sense of English |
What’s the best title of the article?
A.We should take notes of any mistake made by us. |
B.We should read English more. |
C.How to learn English well. |
D.We should buy a dictionary with both Chinese and English explanations. |
Food is very important . Everyone needs to eat well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is knowledge(知识).
When we are very young, we start getting knowledge. Young children like watching and listening . Color pictures especially interest them. When children are older, they enjoy reading. When something interests them, they love asking questions.
Our minds, like our bodies ,always need the best food. Studying on our own brings the most knowledge. If someone is always telling us answers, we never learn well. When we study correctly and get knowledge on our own, we learn more and understand better. Why does everyone need to eat well ? It can help people _________?
A.to be healthy | B.to study well |
C.to enjoy learning | D.to like color pictures |
What kind of food do our minds need?____________
A.Pictures | B.Books | C.Rice | D.Knowledge |
You won’t learn well, if you ____________.
A.study on your own | B.study correctly |
C.ask questions | D.are always told the answers |
Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it, so the old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, “Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, “A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter brought the horse some fish.
All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said, “Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”The people in the restaurant all ran out because___________.
A.they wanted to see the old man |
B.they wanted to see the horse eat fish |
C.the waiter said there came the horse |
D.there was no fire over the stove |
All the people in the restaurant rushed out ________but _________ didn’t.
A.to see the horse sing… the old man |
B.to watch the horse play games… the waiter |
C.to look for the horse… the old man |
D.to see the horse eat fish… the old man |
Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ________.
A.his horse liked eating fish |
B.he was cold |
C.he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first |
D.he himself also liked to eat fish |