首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability t
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability t
admin
2015-12-01
72
问题
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a life, a way of behaving in various situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.
The intelligent person, young or old, meeting a new situation or problem, opens himself up to it. He tries to take in with mind and senses everything he can about it. He thinks about it, instead of about himself or what it might cause to happen to him. He grapples with it boldly, imaginatively, resourcefully, and if not confidently, at least hopefully; if he fails to master it, he looks without fear or shame at his mistakes and learns what he can from them. This is intelligence. Clearly its roots lie in a certain feeling about life, and one’s self with respect to life. Just as clearly, unintelligence is not what most psychologists seem to suppose, the same thing as intelligence, only less of it. It is an entirely different style of behavior, arising out of entirely different set of attitudes.
Years of watching and comparing bright children with the not-bright, or less bright, have shown that they are very different kinds of people. The bright child is curious about life and reality, eager to get in touch with it, embrace it, unite himself with it. There is no wall, no barrier, between himself and life. On the other hand, the dull child is far less curious, far less interested in what goes on and what is real, more inclined to live in a world of fantasy. The bright child likes to experiment, to try things out. He lives by the maxim that there is more than one way to skin a cat. If he can’t do something one way, he’ll try another. The dull child is usually afraid to try at all. It takes a great deal of urging to get him to try even once; if that try fails, he is through.
Nobody starts off stupid. Hardly an adult in a thousand, or ten thousand could in any three years of his life learn as much, grow as much in his understanding of the world around him, as every infant learns and grows in his first three years. But what happens, as we grow older, to this extraordinary capacity for learning and intellectual growth? What happens is that it is destroyed, and more than by any other one thing, it is destroyed by the process that we misname education—a process that goes on in most homes and schools.
The writer believes that "unintelligence" is______.
选项
A、similar to intelligence
B、less than intelligence
C、the common belief of most psychologists
D、a particular way of looking at the world
答案
D
解析
本题的依据是第2段的最后两句话:Just as clearly,unintelligence is not what mostpsychologists seem to suppose,the same thing as intelligence,only less of it.It is an entirelydifferent style of behavior,arising out of entirely different set of attitudes.从中可以推知D项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/dKLO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
46.Theonrushofcheapcommunications,powerfulcomputersandtheInternetallexplainwhymanypeoplefeelthat,nowadays,cha
ThehistoryofAfrican-Americansduringthepast400yearsistraditionallynarrated【21】anongoingstraggleagainst【22】andindif
Moderntechnologymaynothaveimprovedtheworldallthatmuchbutitcertainlyhasmadelifenoisier.Unmuffledmotorcycles,b
EveryyearNewZealanderslivinginLondoncanbeseenloadingupKombivansandheadingofftoexperiencethe"classicEuropean
Sixyearslater,inanabout-face,theFBIadmitsthatfederalagentsfiredteargascanisterscapableofcausingafireatthe
Inspiteof"endlesstalkofdifference",Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis"thedemocrat
Accordingtoonesurveyof12,000people,about30percentofthosemakingNewYear’sresolutionssaytheydon’tevenkeepthem
Manhaslongwishedtopredictearthquakes.Recentfindingsindicatethatreliableearthquakepredictionisalmostareality.B
Today,theTowerofLondonisoneofthemostpopulartourist【C1】______andattractsoverthreemillionvisitorsayear.Itw
随机试题
Oneofthemostimportantfeaturesthatdistinguishesreadingfromlisteningisthenatureoftheaudience.【C1】______thewriter
上颌后堤区的形成方法,不正确的是
为提高安全治理能力与治理体系的现代化、科学化水平,企业积极出台加强和创新安全管理的措施。下列措施中不属于创新安全管理的是()。
本工程施工现场东南两侧应设置不低于( )m的围档。按有关规定,本工程屋面防水使用年限为( )年。
WindowsXP已经成为目前市场上PC机的主流操作系统。()
销售部的汪洁四季度的业务完成量是40万元,而她的同事赵刚为36万元,赵刚的完成情况不如汪洁,这种分析工作绩效的方法是()。
电池辐射强度超过一定限度或产生累积效应时,会对人体健康产生不良影响。下对对人体辐射影响最大的是:
=_________。
Somepsychologists(心理学家)maintainthatmentalactssuchasthinkingarenotperformedinthebrainalone,butthatone’smuscles
A、Fantasticsettings.B、Specialeffects.C、Mysteriouscostumes.D、Mysteriousweapons.B
最新回复
(
0
)