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阅读理解A 1、What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear. We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often, and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. Parents should also be careful what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as That was a very clever thing you did or You are such a smart child. (1)、The words intelligent and brilliant in the first paragraph mean ______ while dull in the second paragraph means ______. A：bright and splendid...slow in thinking and understanding B：pretty and handsome...ordinary-looking C：great and mon D：hopeful and helpful...careless 答案：A (2)、According to the context we can guess that a genius is ______ while an idiot is ______. A：a normal person...a funny person B：a strong person...a weak person C：a highly intelligent person...a foolish or weak-minded person D：a famous person...an ordinary person 答案：C (3)、A person ______ is more likely to become a genius. A：whose parents are clever B：who often thinks about difficult problems C：who are often helped by his