智能检测(八)SportsⅠ.单项填空1．HepractisedhisEnglishdayandnightand________thecompetitionatlast.A．beatB．gotC．wonD．defeated2．________tooursurprise，hewentoverallhisnotesinsuchashorttime，________forthenextday’sexamination.A．Very；preparingB．Much；preparedC．Greatly；tobepreparedD．Rather；beingprepared3．—ShallIofferyouahandrightnow，Julia?—Definitely.Suchalotofworkis________Icouldmanagemyself.A．lessthanB．ratherthanC．morethanD．nomorethan4．Marywantedtotravelaroundtheworldallbyherself，butherparentsdidnot________hertodoso.A．forbidB．allowC．followD．ask5．China，whichhasthelargestpopulationoftheworld，joinedtheWTOlastweek，________15yearsoftalks.A．toendB．endedC．endingD．ends6．Ifyouwishforany________explanation，youhadbettergotoaskinformationdesk.A．furtherB．fartherC．farthestD．furthest7．—Didyoutake________partintheEnglishspeechcontest?—Yes，but________resultwasnotasgoodasexpected.A．/；/B．a；theC．a；/D．/；the8．Whenyoung，themanwasstrongenoughtoliftastone________asmuchas300pounds.A．weighingB．weighedC．measuringD．measured9．Thoughasbusyasabee，hegoesbacktohishometowntoseehisparents________otherweek.A．someB．everyC．onceD．each10．Studyshowsthatmorethan100millionChinesenowsurftheInternetathome，________firstintheworld.A．makingB．takingC．standingD．ranking11．It’simportanttodeveloptourism，butweshouldalsotakeseriouslythesideeffectsitmighthave________thewildlifeinthearea.A．withB．onC．forD．to12．Hehasbeenworkinginthecompanyforover10yearsandnowholdsthe________ofassistantmanager.A．situationB．occasionC．positionD．condition13．________thewarmandsunnyweather，orangesgrowverywellhere.A．ExceptforB．BecauseofC．AswellasD．Inpreparationfor14．—Whomwouldyourather________withyou，JimorBruce?—Both.Ihopethethreeofuscangotheretogether.A．havetogoB．tohavegoC．havegoD．tohavetogo15．—WhatdoesVOA________？—Oh，it’sshortforVoiceofAmerica，aprogrampopularwithmanyEnglishlearners.A．standforB．standbyC．standoutD．standupⅡ.阅读理解(2010届重庆第二次诊断，B)Doesyourolderbrotherthinkhe’sclevererthanyou？Well，he’sprobablyright.AccordingtoanewresearchpublishedinthejournalIntelligence，theoldestchildreninfamiliesarelikelytohavethehighestIQsandtheyoungestthelowest.AnumberofstudieshavesuggestedthatIQscoresdeclinewithbirthorder.Inthemostrecentstudy，atVrijeUniversity，Amsterdam，researcherslookedatmenandwomenwhoseIQhadbeentestedattheagesof5,12and18.Theresults，whichshowedatrendfortheoldesttoscorebetterthantheyoungestineachtest，involvedabout200,000people.Thatshowedthatfirst-bornshadathreepointIQadvantageoverthesecondborn，whowasapointaheadofthenextinline.Theorderofbirthcanalsoaffectpersonality，achievement，andcareer，withfirstbornsbeingmoreacademicallysuccessfulandmorelikelytowinNobelprizes.However，eldestchildrenarelesslikelytoberadicalandpioneering.CharlesDarwin，forexample，wasthefifthchildofsix.Exactlywhythereshouldbesuchdifferencesisnotclear，andthereareanumberoftheoriesonenvironmentalinfluencesonthechild.Thesocalleddilution(稀释法)theorysuggeststhatasfamilyresources，bothemotionalandphysical，aswellaseconomic，arelimited，itfollowsthat，asaresult，asmorechildrencomealong，thelevelsofparentalattentionandencouragementwilldrop.Anothertheoryisthattheintellectual(智力的)environmentinthefamilyfavorsthefirstbornwhohas，atleastforsometime，thebenefitofindiv...
