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  3. For the past several years, the Sunday Newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called "Ask Marilyn". People are invite

For the past several years, the Sunday Newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called "Ask Marilyn". People are invite

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问题     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 ? 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.
    Clearly, intelligence encompasses more than a score on a test. Just what does it means 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 ?
    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. 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.
    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 ? " 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. Moreover, IQ tests 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.
What can be inferred about intelligence testing from Paragraph 3 ?
选项 A、People no longer use IQ scores as an indicator of intelligence.
B、More versions of IQ tests are now available on the Internet.
C、The test contents and formats for adults and children may be different.
D、Scientists have defined the important elements of human intelligence.
答案C
解析 段落主题推理题，考查考生对文章第三段的理解。本段的意思是：尽管智力测验没有以前那么普遍，但是智力测验结果仍然被看成是人类智力的表现。智力测验有两种形式：斯坦福——比奈(智力)测验和Wechsler智力量表(这两种形式都分别有成人版和儿童版)。尽管书店和网上有这两种智力测验的各种变体，人们通常还是花上几百美元去心理医生那里做。现在已经不可能有人再得vos Savant所得的那种超级高分了，因此现在的计分方式是根据相同年龄段的人在统计意义上的分布来定的，而不是简单的用心理年龄除以实际年龄再乘以1000其他一些标准化测试(如美国大学入学考试、研究生入学考试)具有智力测验的一些主要特征。选项A与第一句的意思相违背；选项B与本段第二、三句的意思不符；选项D在本段没有涉及。选项C正是第二句中所表达的意思，因此是答案。
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