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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word (s) for each of the blanks
INTELLIGENCE TEST
Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much
knowledge we have (41) ____. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that
some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (42)____ sense? Intelligence is the speed at
which we can understand and (43)____ to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although
scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the
present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person’s IQ is their intelligence as it
is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded
in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1300 members in Britain. Today there are 44000 in Britain and 100000
worldwide, largely in the US. People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and
those score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (44)___ at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of
six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (45)____
enough time. But that’s the problems – the whole point of the tests is that they’re against the clock
Question 41:A. fetched B. gained C. attached D. caught
Question 42: A. natural B. bright C. sharp D. common
Question 43: A. accord B. react C. answer D. alter
Question 44:A. adds up B. turns to C. comes up D. works out
Question 45: A. allowed B. spared C. let D. provided
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 46: She gets up early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to school on time.
A. Despite her getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot come to school on time.
B. Because she wanted her children to come to school on time, she gets up early to prepare breakfast.
C. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.
D. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on.
Question 47: The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year. B. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
C. My going to the museum lasted a year. D. At last I went to the museum after a year.
Question 48: I think you should stop smoking.
A. If I am you, I will stop smoking. B. If I had been you, I would stop smoking.
C. If I were you, I would stop smoking. D. If I were you, I will stop smoking.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
A. John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill.
B. Because of his illness, John should have been here yesterday.
C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
Question 50: It doesn’t make any difference if it rain. They will still go.
A. The difference is their going in the rain. B. Whether it rains or not, they will still go.
C. But for the rain, they would have gone. D. But for the rain, we would not have gone.