2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读专题优化训练：日常生活类阅读8.doc

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读专题优化训练：日常生活类阅读8 Being able to call on the old boys network helps you get your foot in the door，but has little impact on your later success.Having good connections does change your possibility of being offered a higher wage when you start working，but has no impact on your eventual wage.Coming from a wealthy background has little impact on lifetime earnings.Over time，brain power soon overtakes(超过)elligence. The study monitored earnings and promotions over the course of 25 years.Scores were used to assess the Socio-Economic Background(SEB)－wealth and connections－and standard Army intelligence tests used to assess intelligence.The study is sure to infuriate(激怒)those angered by wealthy groups such as Oxfords upper－crust(上流社会)Bullingdon Club Professor Yoav Ganzach says that these findings have a positive message for those，who cant rely on nepotism(裙带关系)for their first job.“Your family can help you start your career and you do get an advantage” he says.When intelligence and SEB are pitted directly against once another(相互较量) 1．How many factors which may influence ones career are mentioned in the passage? C．3. D．4. 2．Who will be encouraged most after reading the passage? B．People who cant depend on nepotism. C．People with high intelligence. D．People with wide connections. 3．Whats the main idea of the passage? B．A study conducted by Professor Yoav Ganzach. C．SEB is very important in ones first career. D．Success is determined by your own brain power. 【答案】 1． 2． 3． 【解析】　文章主要阐述了智力对个人事业的发展起决定作用。 1．C　细节理解题。根据第一段可知对一个人的职业有影响的因素有：good connections、a wealthy background、intelligence三个方面。 2．B　细节理解题。根据第三段的首句“...these findings have a positive message for those(裙带关系)for their first job.”可知答案。 3．D　主旨归纳题。第一段提出了主题——强调智商的重要性；第二段用例子说明了对该主题部分反对的声音；第三段与主题段相互呼应。可以看出文章三段都是围绕“智商决定人的事业”展开的。 y one great person out of 10，000 at best，and most probably much less than that. The reason why there are only few of them is that most people do not pay the price of greatness.There ar