Passage 6 (上海格致中学2010届高三第一学期期中考试) 完形填空

Some personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one’s intelligence.But people fail to realize the importance of training these factors in young people.

The so-called “non-intelligence factors” include one’s feelings, will, motivation, interests and habits.After a 30-year follow up study of 8,000 males, American psychologists __50__ that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence __51__ , but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will power and self-confidence.

__52__ people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention to     __53__ these factors.

Some parents are greatly worried when their children fail to do well in their studies.They blame either genetic factors, malnutrition(营养不良) or laziness, but they never take __54__ consideration these non-intelligence factors.At the same time, some teachers don’t inquire into these, as reasons __55__ students do poorly.They simply give them more courses and exercises, or __56__ criticize or laugh at them.After all, these students lose self-confidence.Some of them just feel defeated and __57__ themselves up as hopeless.Others may go astray(堕落)because they are sick of learning.An investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 percent of them were __58__ of learning, because of examinations, 36.4 percent lacked persistence, initiative and consciousness and 10.3 percent were sick of learning.

It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main __59__ to intelligence development in teenagers.It even causes an imbalance between physiological and __60__ development among a few students.

If we don’t start now to __61__ the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only affect the development of the intelligence of teenagers, but also affect the quality of a whole generation.Some experts have put forward __62__ about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors.

First, parents and teachers should __63__ understand teenage psychology.On this basis, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning,__64__ their interests and toughening their willpower.

50.A.came out B.found out C.made out D.worked out

51.A.in itself B.by itself C.itself D.on its own

52.A.Though B.Nevertheless C.However D.Moreover

53.A.believing B.studying C.cultivating D.developing

54.A.for B.in C.into D.over

55.A.why B.that C.when D.how

56.A.ever B.even C.still D.more

57.A.put B.get C.handle D.give

58.A.afraid B.ahead C.aware D.ashamed

59.A.difficulty B.question C.threat D.obstacle

60.A.intelligent B.characteristic C.psychological D.physical

61.A.practice B.thrust C.strengthen D urge

62.A.projects B.warnings C.suggestions D.decision

63.A.fully B.greatly C.very D.highly

64.A.insuring B.going C.encouraging D.exciting

答案  50-54 B C A C C    55-59 A B D A D    60-64 C C C A D