"Intelligence" at best is an assumptive construct--the meaning of the word has never been clear. It is generally agreed that a person of high intelligence is one who can grasp ideas (1) , make distinctions, reason logically, and (2) verbal and mathematical symbols in solving problems. An intelligence test is a rough measure of a child’s (3) for learning, particularly for learning the kinds of things required in school. It does not (4) character, social adjustment, physical endurance, manual skills, or artistic abilities. It is not (5) to--it was not designed for such (6) . To criticize it for such failure is roughly (7) criticizing a thermometer for not measuring wind velocity.
The other thing we have to notice is that the assessment of the intelligence of the (8) is essentially a comparative affair.
(9) the assessment of intelligence is a comparative matter we must be sure that the (10) with which we are comparing our subjects provides a "valid" and " (11) " comparison. It is here (12) some of the difficulties which interest us begin. Any test (13) involves at least three factors: the (14) to do one’s best, the knowledge required for understanding what you have to do, and the (15) ability to do it. In school populations in our culture these assumptions can be made fair and reasonable, and the value of intelligence testing has been (16) thoroughly. Its value (17) , of course, in its providing a satisfactory basis for prediction. No one is (18) interested in the marks a little child gets on his test; what we are interested in is whether we can (19) from his mark on the test that the child will do better or worse than other children of his age in (20) which we think require "general intelligence".
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A] , [B] , [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET I.20（）
A．respects
B．honors
C．angles
D．distinctions
参考答案：A
解析：
语义衔接题。分号前的分句指出没人关心孩子们在这项考试中取得的分数高低，后一分句开头what we are interested in...与上一分句no one is...interested in...形成对比，will do better or worse也与上文的marks形成对比。否定人们对分数高低感兴趣，下文必然需要交待人们所感兴趣的方面，故选[A]respects，在这里即为“方面”之意。[C]angles“角度”，在表示“从…角度”时与from而非文中的in搭配。[B]honors，“荣誉”；[D]distinctions“区别，特点，名誉”，均与文意不符。