Psychological tests are tools. Like all tools, their effectiveness depends on the knowledge, skill, and sincerity of the user. A hammer can be used to build a beautiful kitchen cabinet of it can be used as a weapon of assault. Like a hammer, intelligence tests can be used for positive purposes or they can be abusive. It is important for both the test constructor and the test examiner to be familiar with the current state of scientific knowledge about intelligence and intelligence tests.
Even though they have limitations, intelligence tests are among psychology’s most widely used tools. To be effective, though, intelligence tests must be viewed realistically. They should not be thought of as a fixed, unchanging indicator of a person’s intelligence. They should also be used in conjunction with other information about a person and should not be relied upon as the sole indicator of whether a child should be placed in a special-education or gifted class. The child’s developmental history, medical background, performance in school, social competencies, and family experiences should be taken into account, too.
The single number provided by many IQ tests can easily lead to stereotypes and expectations about a person. Many people do not know how to sweeping generalizations about a person are too often made on the basis of an IQ score. Imagine, for example, that you are a teacher sitting in the teacher’s lounge the day after school has started in the a fellow teacher remarks that she had Johnny in class last year, and goes on to say that he was a dunce. You cannot help but remember this information, and it may lead you to think that Johnny Jones is not very bright so it is useless to spend much time teaching him. In this way, IQ scores are misused and stereotypes are formed.
26. According to the author, intelligence tests_______.
A. cannot be used as the indicator of a person’s intelligence.
B. Can be used for positive purposes and can also be misused.
C. Are widely used because it is the sole indicator of one’s intelligence.
D. Are not so effective due to their own shortcomings
27. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The knowledge, skill and the sincerity of the user are the factors determining the effectiveness of the psychological test
B. Since the intelligence tests have limitations, their results are not reliable although they are used very often.
C. A person’s intelligence can be measured with precision and accuracy if he or she takes an intelligence test.
D. Whether a child should be placed in a gifted class can easily be decided by his performance in the intelligence test.
28. The word “dunce”( Para. 3) stands for______.
A. an average student B. a slow learner
C. a dancing genius D . a lazy boy or girl
29. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that_______.
A. low score in intelligence test indicate that one is a slow learner
B. intelligence tests are not scientific and must be prohibited
C. teacher should not treat students unequally according to their intelligence difference
D. intelligence tests are often misused and often lead to stereotype
30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. The Merits of Intelligence Tests
B. The Use and Misuse of Intelligence Tests
C. The importance of Intelligence Tests
D. The Limitations of Intelligence Tests
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
31. She met with no challenge because her arguments sound facts.
A) put forward B) rested on C) made for D) conjured up
32. The teacher tried to explain the problem but her explanation did not to the students.
A) get across B) come around C) go by D) make out
33. It was such a hot day that everyone swimming in the river.
A) tended to B) was inclined to C) made for D) felt like
34. Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will .
A) pull through B) pull up C) pull back D) pull out
35. We often advise him not to drink more wine is good for his health.
A) as B) than C) that D) but
36. Please your remarks to the topic under discussion.
A) confess B) confirm C) confuse D) confine
37. Several special programs were designed to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21 to become more responsible, employable, and productive.
A) resist B) insist C) persist D) assist
38. He was at the of his career when he was killed in a traffic accident.
A) glamour B) extreme C) bloom D) peak
39. When do you think the President will you in office?
A) locate B) confirm C）reinforce D）qualify
40. Mary went through the report carefully to all spelling mistakes from it.
A) diminish B) withdraw C) eliminate D) abandon
41. He arrived very late at night, in the early hours this morning.
A) in conclusion B) or rather C) on the whole D) by and large
42. Mother always taught me to be thrifty and not to live .
A) beyond my means B) out of place C) at my leisure D) around the clock
43. President Banda’s background as a doctor has given him into the medical problems that face the country.
A) a view B) a vision C) an insight D) a sight
44. In New York there is a shifting population of vagrants usually with an unhealthy for alcohol.
A) attitude B) aptitude C) appetite D) altitude
45. Cars and motorcycles are similar they are both privately owned means of transport.
A) so that B) in that C) for that D) in which
46. The exhibition of poor sportsmanship a sense of disgust in all who witnessed it.
A) rose B) arose C) aroused D) raised
47. When the nurse took his temperature, it was two degrees above .
A) regular B) ordinary C) average D) normal
48. The traveler looks like an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him .
A) away B) out C) off D) over
49. We Americans do a lot of business lunch, but people here prefer to tell stories.
A) in B) over C) within D) without
50. He just cannot to the different life style here in America.
A) alter B) modify C) adapt D) adopt
51. The theory was attacked ten years ago when it was first _____, but gradually it was accepted.
A) promoted B) enhanced C) advanced D) conceived
52. _____preparations are now being made for the President’s official visit to three foreign countries.
A) Elaborate B) Graceful C) Royal D) Tedious
53. The bus is so crowded that there is _____sufficient room for you.
A) rarely B) seldom C) scarcely D) some
54. Poor health and lack of money may both be ______to educational progress.
A) restraints B) stains C) scarcities D) barriers
55. As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I can _____it with my own experiences of navigation.
A). deny B) reject C) object D) refute
56. In the past decades, the farms of the world have succeeded in producing enough food to feed
_____all of the planet’s people.
A) relevantly B) externally C) utterly D) virtually
57. The poor girl couldn’t _____from her tears any more when her mother showed up.
A) withdraw B) hold C) withhold D) refrain
58. We would contact your nearest relative _____any accident occurring.
A) in the event of B) in the course of
C) in the place of D) in the light of
59. The doctors drew the conclusion that the young man’s blindness was________.
A) consistent B) partial C) internal D) temporary
60. The Second World War, _____the earlier one of 1914, prompted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.
A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as
