VIII.智力测试(Intelligence test)(共5小题,计5分)
回答下列英语智力题。
96.Who can stop many trucks with one hand?
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这是一个“脑筋急转弯”题。谁能用一只手拦住许多卡车呢?当然,只有“警察”。答案应为:A policeman.
97.Mary is 12 years old.Two years ago,she was twice as old as her brother Jack.How old is Jack now?How old will Mary be when Jack is twice his present(现在的)age?
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本题稍有点绕弯子,句型结构是“as...as”,还涉及倍数关系(twice)。Mary现在是12岁,两年前(10岁)是Jack的两倍,Jack五岁,现在应是七岁;七年之后,Mary应是19岁。答案:Jack is seven now,and Mary will be nineteen.
98.Dada drew four pictures of the solar eclipse(日食).Only two of them are right.Say which two pictures are wrong.
做本题除了能读懂试题外,还要懂一些有关“天文”的知识。日食是太阳、月亮、地球运行到一条线上时形成的。我们看到的是月球暂时遮盖太阳的景色,月球是圆的,我们看到的应是圆形的阴影。因此,Picture 1和Picture 3是错误的。
99.The pictures in the square(方格)are quite different.Is their area(面积)same or different?
认真观察图形,不难发现:方格的大小是一样的;黑体部分虽然形状不一,但它们均由三角形、半圆和椭圆组成,所以它们各在方格内所占的面积是一样的。故答案为:Same.
100.How time flies!Time and tide wait for no man,so we must study hard and make proGREss every day!What's the Chinese for“time and tide wait for no man”?
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这又是一个“词义猜测”题。本题必须借助“time and tide wait for no man”前后的语境进行猜测。“How time flies!”意思是“时间过得真快啊!”(或“日月如梭,光阴似箭”);后面的“so we must study hard and make proGREss every day”基本没有问题(make progress意思是“取得进步”),那么,“time and tide wait for no man”中的“wait for”我们比较熟悉,是“等待”的意思。这有助于我们联想到一句与时间有关的谚语,即“岁月不待人”或“时间不等人”。