Passage 6
Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts formal education and bookish excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results. We have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is very good at some form of school discipline, is "intelligent"; yet mental hospitals are filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of every day.
If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it’s worth, then you are
A. is a widely held but wrong concept
B. will help eliminate intellectual prejudice
C. is the root of all mental distress
D. will contribute to one’s self-fulfillment
| Taking charge of yourself involves
putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion
that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to
read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations
quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts formal education and bookish
excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encourages a kind of
intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results. We
have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is
very good at some form of school discipline is "intelligent". Yet mental
hospitals are filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered
certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happy life
lived each day and each present moment of A. is a widely held but wrong concept. B. will help eliminate intellectual prejudice. C. is the root of all mental distress. D. will contribute to one’s self-fulfillment. [单项选择]Where is this passage most probably taking place
A. In a theater. B. In a sitting-room. C. In a classroom. D. In a library. [单项选择]Passage Two
After taking a six-week, fully paid maternity leave (产假) earlier this year, Francine Gemperle was anxious to resume her job but reluctant to be away from her baby daughter, Veronika. Fortunately, she did’t have to choose between them. Maya Design, a Pittsburgh based creative consulting firm, allows parents to bring newborns into the office.
“If I’d had to leave my children after my maternity leave ended, I would never have goes back to work,” says Gemperle, a designer and researcher, who brought her son Milo into the office after he was born.
She’s not the only parent taking advantage of the benefit. Senior analyst Jon West brings his 10-mouth-old son, Owen, to the several times a month. In fact, when West considered using only part of his paternity leave, his co-workers urged him to take all six weeks.
“I had pressure to take that leave,” recalls West, “People told me, it’s an important part of your life and you need to experience it.”
“No matter how quiet the baby
A. It hires women with families. B. It has some overseas branches. C. It provide consulting services. D. It encourages the staff to work at home. [填空题]According to the passage, fear of taking test may give rise to ______.
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