What is IQ—and how much does it matter?
IQ tests can also help identify students who would do well in fast-paced “gifted education” programs.
| A．IQ plays a role in how successful we become. |
| B．IQ is a measure of a person’s reasoning ability. |
| C．Every student can learn, no matter how intelligent. |
| D．Intelligence helps, but so does interest and patience. |
| E．It’s tempting for people to read a lot into someone’s IQ score. |
| F．In a word, intelligence matters, but not as much as you might think. |
| G．Many colleges and universities also use exams similar to IQ tests to select students. |
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【推荐1】In language learning, it is found that when you're a beginner, you usually feel proud and pleased about how much you can understand and say. However, when you get better, you realize that you still have so much to learn.
Think back to why you started learning the language. There must have been at least a few reasons why you devoted yourself to learning a whole new language. Physically writing a list of the reasons will give you a chance to think and remember why.
Try something new. Sometimes doing the same old thing can be really boring.
| A．Language learning does require lots of motivation. |
| B．Have a look back at your old work. |
| C．You might even come up with some new reasons too! |
| D．Set a small goal each day and keep on learning just a few new words a day. |
| E．Sometimes for one reason or another, you can find that it is gone. |
| F．This can feel a bit overwhelming and, hence, lead to depression. |
| G．Memorizing a long vocabulary list, for instance, will make you lose your motivation. |
【推荐2】A few good grades could develop a positive attitude — which could result in better grades down the line, a new study shows. The findings suggest that developing a positive, cando attitude about math can help students master the subject.
Reinhard Pekrun, a psychologist at the University of Munich in Germany, and his colleagues followed 3,425 German students from fifth through ninth grades. At the end of each year, the researchers asked the students whether they enjoyed it — or if it angered or worried them. Students also were asked whether they took pride in their math achievements or felt ashamed. The scientists then compared the students’ reported feelings about math to their grades.
It turns out that those feelings were linked with their math grades. The reverse (相反的情况) also was true. How kids felt about the subject in one year was linked to their math grades the next. Those who had gotten poor grades felt bad about math. And those who had dark emotions performed poorly. These associations between feelings and math grades showed up in both boys and girls. But girls were more likely to suffer from bad feelings about the subject. “The likely reason is gender stereotypes (有关性别的旧框框),” Pekrun says. “There’s a stereotype that girls can’t do math.” That’s not true. Large international studies show girls do just as well as boys in math.
“It does a lot to tell us how emotions might predict grades over time, (and how) doing well, in turn, predicts the emotions you’re experiencing,” says Lisa LinnenbrinkGarcia, a psychologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing. This is the first time that a study has shown that the feedback (反馈) between grades and emotions can go on for years.
Teaching math isn’t just about numbers and formulas (公式), Pekrun says. How students feel about those numbers — whether they approach them with curiosity or fear, also matters. Teachers can help by teaching concepts clearly, of course. But they also can help by grading students based on how much they improve over time. And it helps if teachers themselves have positive feelings about math, Pekrun says.
1. What does the text begin with?| A．The results of the study. |
| B．The purposes of the study. |
| C．The processes of the study. |
| D．The background of the study. |
| A．It lasted as long as about six years. |
| B．It surveyed the students on math each year. |
| C．It focused on the positive feelings about math. |
| D．It ignored the effects of grades on students’ feelings. |
| A．Their bad academic performance. |
| B．Their poor mathstudying abilities. |
| C．No positive attitude toward studies. |
| D．Misunderstandings about their math abilities. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Confused. |
| C．Positive. | D．Dissatisfied. |
【推荐3】Like many other people, I love my smart phone, which keeps me connected with the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop，because it holds all of my writing and thoughts. In spite of this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices and truly communicate with others.
On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the materials and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule—no laptop, ipads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.
Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it, so I can relate to my students.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course materials and the class discussion.
I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course materials beyond the classroom.’
I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I’m sticking to my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
1. Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with________.| A．the course materials | B．the author’s class regulations |
| C．discussion topics | D．others’ misuse of technology |
| A．The author made the rule since he was against technology. |
| B．The author made the rule mainly because of his unpleasant experiences. |
| C．The author’s history class received low assessment. |
| D．The students think highly of the author’s history class. |
| A．allow students to get on well with each other |
| B．improve teaching and offer more help |
| C．help students to better understand complex themes |
| D．prohibit students being involved in class |
| A．The author will continue his plan until a good reason comes up. |
| B．Some students will be punished according to the rule. |
| C．More and more students will be absent in history class. |
| D．The author will help students concentrate on what they learn. |
【推荐1】Sometimes picking the right music or lighting for a dinner date can be daunting, but research suggests you should be focusing on the color of your napkins too.
A new report examining the relationship between colored napkins and the flavor of food found that color is a powerful contributor. The report reveals which colors pair best with which dishes to help give your dinners that extra bit of flavor. Napkin brand Tork partnered with Swedish food stylist and chef, Linda Lundgren, who paired dishes with a range of colored napkins.
She told trade magazine The Caterer: “How do you make a strawberry mousse sweeter and richer-tasting? The answer isn’t more strawberries and sugar. Instead, try serving the dish with a coral pink napkin. The color actually increases the perception of sweetness and decreases bitterness, making it perfect for desserts.”
“The experiments found that aqua blue napkins enhance the flavor of eggs and Indian food. This is because it brings out orange and yellow as contrast colors and makes the dishes seem less salty,” Ms Lundgren said.
Coral pink helps to decrease the bitterness of dishes like grapefruit and makes meals taste sweeter, while pink or rose red work best with desserts.
Mustard yellow helps to improve the flavor of green dish such as sprouts and salads, as well as tart flavors including fish and sea food. Anthracite grey helps to contrast the tones of lighter colored table settings and meals, meaning grey napkins give Mediterranean food a richer taste.
1. What color napkins would you choose if your guest comes from India?| A．Yellow. | B．Blue. | C．Pink. | D．Grey. |
| A．To make you not hungry. | B．To enhance the flavor of eggs. |
| C．To decrease the perception of bitterness. | D．To increase the perception of sweetness. |
| A．How to make napkins colorful. |
| B．The importance of colors. |
| C．The relationship between colored napkins and the flavor of food. |
| D．Colored napkins can increase sweetness. |
| A．colored napkins and food | B．music and food |
| C．lighting and food | D．environment and food |
【推荐2】Soft skills are personal qualities that influence how well you can work or interact with others.
The modern workplace is interpersonal. Skills such as active listening, presenting ideas clearly and communicating with people effectively are all highly valued in the modern workplace.
Customers and clients demand soft skills. Thanks to the development of online shopping, consumers have a number of choices of where to buy the desired items. For these consumers, convenience and low prices are easy to come by, so customer service is often what influences the choice to use a particular business.
The future workplace will depend on soft skills.
| A．Soft skills benefit career progression. |
| B．We need to improve our own hard skills. |
| C．The term “soft skills” covers a wide range of skills. |
| D．Good communication with customers is therefore quite vital. |
| E．Automation and AI will result in lots of jobs relying on soft skills. |
| F．These skills help you form relationships with people and create trust. |
| G．Strong soft skills ensure a productive and healthy work environment. |
【推荐3】Paper bags remain an option in grocery stores and are preferred by many consumers for convenience.
Ten billion paper bags are used every year in the United States alone.
Paper bags are mostly made from original wood pulp (木浆) because recycled pulp is not strong enough, so their production begins with cutting down trees.
| A．It takes 14 million trees to meet this demand. |
| B．But experts advise using plastic bags instead of paper bags. |
| C．Paper bag production harms the environment in two ways. |
| D．They can be reused as garbage bags or for groceries several times. |
| E．Paper bags and plastic bags have their own strengths and weaknesses. |
| F．The production of a paper bag requires four times as much energy as a plastic bag. |
| G．Some people assume they are less damaging to the environment than plastic bags. |
