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For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement

Parade

has featured a column called “Ask

Marilyn.” People are invited to query Marilyn vos Savant, who at age 10 had tested at a mental level of someone

about 23 years old; that gave her an IQ of 228 – the highest score ever recorded. IQ tests ask you to complete verbal

and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among

other similar tasks. So it is a bit confusing when vos Savant fields such queries from the average Joe (whose IQ is 100)

as, What’s the difference between love and fondness? Or what is the nature of luck and coincidence? ①It’s not

obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that

have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.

在过去的几年，《星期日报》的增刊《漫步》开设了一个名为“询问玛丽琳”的专栏。人们被邀请去询

问玛丽琳•沃斯•萨文特，玛丽琳•沃斯•萨文特在10岁时测试的智力水平达到别人23岁时的水平，这使得她

的智商高达228――是有记录的最高水平。智商测试要求你完成口头和视觉分析，要求你在纸张被折叠、

剪切后想象它的形状，要求你推论数字的顺序，还有其他类似的项目。所以，当沃斯•萨文特面对普通人（智

商为100）提出的像“热爱与喜爱之间的区别是什么？”或者“运气与巧合的特征是什么？”这样的问题

时，她感到有点困惑。设想物体、判断数字模式的能力如何使一个人能够回答难倒了一些最杰出的诗人和

哲学家的问题，这可并不那么显而易见。

mental adj.精神的, 智力的

verbal adj.口头的

【记】verb（言语），＋al（形容词后缀）＝口头的；nonverbal：不用语言的

analogy n.类似, 类推

【习】have an analogy to/with具有与...相似之处;by analogy用类推法

【例】No analogy exists between them.

两者毫无相似之处。

envision vt.想象, 预想

numerical adj.数字的, 用数表示的

fondness n.爱好, 溺爱

coincidence n.一致, 相合, 同时发生或同时存在(尤指偶然)的事

【巧】co（together）+ incidence（incident）＝coincidence：两个小的事情同时发生，“巧合”

【例】What a coincidence.多巧啊。

elude v.躲避

1、It's not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer

questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.

【译文】 有些问题连一些最杰出的诗人和哲学家都难以回答，但是想象物体和计算数字模式的能力却能使

人找出答案，其中原因并不为人所知。

【析句】 这是一个简单句，It只是形式主语，真正的主语是how引导的主语从句。而在主语从句中，主语

是the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns，谓语是suits，宾语是one，to answer questions

是宾语补足语，而questions后又跟了一个定语从句。

【讲词】 visualize意为"想象"，是imagine的同义词。例如：He had a hard time to visualize the scene as it was

described.（他难以设想所描绘的场景。）

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elude表示"躲避"，也可表示"理解不了，想不起来"。根据句中的意思，可以译为"回答不了"。例如：The answer

to this question eluded me for a long time, perhaps because it was so simple.（这个问题的答案我想了许久，也许是

因为问题太简单了。）

Clearly, intelligence encompasses more than a score on a test. Just what does it mean to be smart? How much of

intelligence can be specified, and how much can we learn about it from neurology, genetics, computer science and

other fields?

毫无疑问，智力包含的不仅仅是一次测试所得的分数。而聪明意味着什么？可以明确显示智力有多少？

我们能够从神经学、遗传学、计算机科学以及其他领域了解的智力又有多少？

encompass v.包围, 环绕, 包含或包括某事物

The defining term of intelligence in humans still seems to be the IQ score, even though IQ tests are not given as

often as they used to be. The test comes primarily in two forms: the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler

Intelligence Scales (both come in adult and children’s version). Generally costing several hundred dollars, they are

usually given only by psychologists, although variations of them populate bookstores and the World Wide Web. ②

Superhigh scores like vos Savant’s are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population

distribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by

100. Other standardized tests, such as the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE),

capture the main aspects of IQ tests.

人类有关智力的定义性术语似乎仍然是智商分数，即使人们并不像以前那样经常进行智商测试。智商

测试主要表现为两种形式：斯坦福—比奈特智力衡量表和威斯勒智力衡量表（两种都包含成人和儿童测试

类型）。由于这些测试一般要花费几百美元，因此通常只有心理学家才进行这些测试，尽管这些测试的变种

存在于书店和环球网上。像沃斯•萨文特得到这样的超高分数也再不可能，因为现在的分数依据的是相同年

龄者的统计学群体分布状况，而不是简单地通过实足年龄乘以100来划分智能年龄。其他标准测试，比如

学术能力检测以及研究生入学考试，包含了智商测试的主要方面。

statistica adj.统计的, 统计学的n.统计量

peer n.同等的人

2、Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population

distribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by

100.

【译文】 再也不可能出现vos Savant测得的智力高分了，因为评分标准是根据同年龄中人口分布统计数据

而制定，而不是简单根据时间年龄除以智力年龄，再乘以100。

【讲词】 这句话中包含一些术语，如：scoring（得分，即智力测验的得分），statistical population distribution

（人口分布统计），age peers（同龄人），mental age（智力年龄），chronological age（时间年龄或日历年龄）。

Such standardized tests may not assess all the important elements necessary to succeed in school and in life,

argues Robert J. Sternberg. In his article “How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?”, ③Sternberg notes that

traditional test best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge,

components also critical to problem solving and life success. Moreover, IQ test do not necessarily predict so well once

populations or situations change. Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given

under low-stress conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership – that is, it

predicted the opposite. Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it’s

knowing when to guess or what questions to skip.

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罗伯特•杰•斯顿伯格认为，这样的标准测试不可能评估在学校和生活中取得成功所需的所有重要因素。

在其名为“智力测试如何明智？”的文章中，斯顿伯格指出，传统的测试最恰当地评估了分析能力和语言

表达能力，但没有测量创造性和实际知识，这些也是解决问题和在生活中取得成功的关键因素。而且，一

旦种群或环境发生变化，智商测试就不一定预测得那么准确。研究发现，如果在低压力状况下进行智商测

试，那么这种测试就可以预测出领导才能，但是，在高压力状况下，智商测试所得的结果与领导才能的关

系是否定的，也就是说，它预测的结果是相反的。任何经历过学术能力检测的人都会认为，应试能力也很

重要，无论是知道何时应该进行推测，还是知道应该忽略什么问题。

elements n.原理, 基础

predict v.预知, 预言, 预报

【巧】pre（先）＋dict（说）＝predict（在发生之前就说了，也就是预言）

【例】predict rain for tomorrow预告明天有雨

3、Sternberg notes that traditional tests best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical

knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life success.

【译文】 Sternberg认为传统的测试最能评定分析技能和语言技能，但却无法测定创造力和实际知识，而这

些部分对解决问题和人生的成功也起着至关重要的作用。

【析句】 Sternberg是全句的主语，谓语是notes，宾语是that引导的从句。而在从句中，主语是traditional tests，

第一个谓语assess接宾语analytical and verbal skills，第二个谓语fail接不定式to measure creativity and practical

knowledge，句末的成分作creativity and practical knowledge的同位语。同位语的完整结构是components (that are)

also critical to problem solving and life success。

【讲词】note作动词，可以译为"注意到"或"认为"。类似的动词有observe, maintain, argue, point out等。

asses意为"评估，估定"，其名词是assessment。assess的同义词有evaluate, determine, gauge, measure等。

26. Which of the following may be required in an intelligent test?

[A] Answering philosophical questions.

[B] Folding or cutting paper into different shapes.

[C] Telling the difference between certain concepts.

[D] Choosing words or graphs similar to the given ones.

26.[D]判断题。请问在智商测试中要求我们做到什么?根据IQ测试，返回原文第一段第三句‘IQ tests ask you

to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical

sequences, among other similar tasks.”选项[A]“回答一些哲学问题”是一个文中未提及的信息;选项[B]提词义

的曲解，原文是想象纸张在折叠或者裁剪后形状，而此选项去除了“envision想象”的概念;选项[C]“区分

特定概念的区别”是一个文中未提及的信息。选项[D]“选择与已给出单同或者图表相类似的那一个”中的

words对应原文的verbal ,graphs对应原文中的visual, similar to对应原文中的analogy，因此[D]为正确答案。

26题问：智力测试要做什么样的题？ 从首段文章中可得知：智力考试考人们的想象（to envision）、推

断（to deduce）一些图形或数字的能力；或进行文字和图像的类比，当然不用回答哲学问题A；也不要你

动手去折叠或去剪一张纸B；C文中并未提到。关于首段的末句，虽然与问题无关，但要彻底看懂它，对

今后的阅读理解，显然是有益处的。 句中：It为主语(形式主语)，is not 为谓语，obvious为宾语（或称

为表语）。本句可译为：“人们非常不清楚的是（）”。在主语从句中，how为引导词，这个主语从

句中的“主+谓+宾”分别是the capacity(主)+suits(谓) +one to answer questions(双宾语)。

27. What can be inferred about intelligence testing from Paragraph 3?

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