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8. According to the author, the timbre of a musical sound is dependent on .
A. speed
B. amplitude
C. frequency
D. overtones
9. According to the passage ultrasonic frequencies are
A. unhearable
B. excessively
C. characterized by a great amplitude
D. less than 20,000 Hz
10. Which of the following individuals would most likely use terms like Mach 5 or Mach 9?
A. a helicopter pilot.
B. a musician
C. an astronaut
D. a submarine navigator
Passage 3
Both Mercy Warren and Abigail Adams admired Catherine Macaulay, the radical author of A History of England, who supported the cause of the American patriots. Under Macaulay's influence Mercy Warren conceived her plan to write a history of the American Revolution, living to complete it in 1805. Abigail Adams rejected literary ambitions for herself and never lost her sense of inferiority about her poor spelling and ignorance of Latin. Yet her letters, rather than Warren's plays and verse, have become the greater source in documenting signs of a dawning feminist consciousness.
Abigail Adams welcomed every advance for women and foresaw more than could be realized in her life time. She urged her husband, the second President of United States, to "remember the ladies" in the new code of laws, and to give married women protection from tyrannical husbands. As she pointed out, the terrible deficiencies in education for women were felt at all levels, she finally made the significant request to her husband, that the new constitution "be distinguished from Learning and Virtue", and suggested that "if we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women." This awareness of education's value, rooted in the Enlightenment faith in human potentiality, had feminist implications before there was a feminist ideology.
11.The main topic of the passage is .
A. Abigail Adams' life
B. women historians
C. early sources of feminist thinking
D. the literary ambitions of Judith Sargeant Murray
12. What does the author mean by the statement that Abigail Adams "foresaw more than could be realized in her lifetime" (lines 1—2, para. 2)?
A. No progress was made during her life.
B. She made predictions that eventually came true.
C. Her life was very short.
D. She didn't want to become a public figure.
13. Judith Sargeant Murray's position can be best expressed by .
A. women should be well educated in order to support themselves
B. women's rights must be protected by new laws
C. the accomplishments of women are ignored in most historical documents
D. women need to become more active in political affairs
14. What did Mercy Warren, Abigail Adams, and Judith Sargeant Murray have in common?
A. They all wrote books.
B. They were all responsible for the financial support of their families.
C. They were all interested in women's accomplishments.
D. They all had influential families.
15. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. American women were not treated as equals of their male counterparts in the 18th century
B. there were many female scholars in America in the 18th century
C. Abigail Adams lived to see her dreams come true
D. Abigail Adams was not satisfied with her husband because of his tyranny
Passage 4
In an effort to make up for some of the glaring limitations of IQ tests, researchers have begun to develop new ways to measure the kinds of emotional factors and psychological attitudes that lead to success in everyday life. while IQ tests remain excellent predictors of how well one will do in school, they have little or nothing to do with who will earn the money or prestige or have the most satisfying social life or relationships. The new tests are intended to assess the more practical intelligence that underlies these accomplishments.
The new approach goes beyond purely mental skills to assess emotional factors and psychological attitudes that can either interfere with or facilitate the use of those skills. It has fostered new theories of what it means to be smart.
The old theories focused on academic skills such as verbal or mathematical quickness. But the new theories describe a spectrum of practical talents such as the ability to pick up the unspoken rules that govern success in a corporate or professional career or the habits of mind that foster productivity. "IQ and success in living have little to do with each other", says Seymour Epstein, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts. "Being intellectually gifted does not predict you will earn the most money or achieve the most recognition, even among college professors. "
One factor emerging as crucial for life success is what might be called emotional intelligence. "How well people manage their emotions determines how effectively they can use their intellectual ability," Dr. Epstein says. "For example, if someone is skilled at solving problems in the quiet of her office, but falls apart in a group, then she will be ineffective in a great many situations."
16. According to the passage, old IQ tests are to assess .
A. one's emotional factors
B. one's practical talents
C. one's mental skills, especially academic skills
D. one's verbal quickness
17. The assumption that "IQ and success in living have little to do with each other" means .
A. that IQ tests are always not reliable
B. that persons of high IQ seldom get great success in life
C. that IQ tests and success in living are two different things
D. that being intelligently gifted does not predict being surely successful in one's future life and career
18. According to the passage, the crucial factor for life success is .
A. psychological attitudes
B. emotional intelligence
C. practical talents
D. academic skills
19. As the author points out, the limitations of IQ test are .
A. very noticeable
B. deplorable
C. insignificant
D. massive
20. The design of new test is intended to test.
A. replace
B. refute
C. compensate the limitations of
D. revoke the limitations of
