honors.
A few had even dropped out, but nearly half of these had returned to graduate. Of the men, 80 per
cent were in one of the professions or in business management or semiprofessional jobs. The
women who had remained single had office, business, or professional occupations. The group had published 90 books and 1,500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary
magazines and had collected more than 100 patents.
In a material way they did not do badly either. Average income was considerably higher among the
gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth.
In fact, far from being strange, most of the gifted were turning their early promise into
practical reality.
23. The old idea that talented children \themselves out\in the early years is ________.
[A] true in all senses [B] refuted by the author [C] medically proven [D] a belief of the author
24. The survey of bright children was made to ________.
[A] find out what had happened to talented children when they became adults [B] prove that talented children \themselves out\[C] discover the percentage of those mentally ill among the gifted
[D] prove that talented children never burn themselves out
25. Intelligence tests showed that ________.
[A] bright children were unlikely to be
mentally healthy
[B] between childhood and adulthood there was a considerable loss of intelligence [C] talented children were most likely to become gifted adults
[D] when talented children grew into adults, they made low scores Section III Close Test
For each numbered blank in the following passage there are four choices labeled [A], [B], [C], and
[D], choose the best one and put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. Read the whole passage before making your choice. (10 points) No one knows for sure what the world would be like in the year 2001. Many books have been
written __26__ the future. But the 19th-century French novelist Jules Verne may be called a
futurologist in the fullest __27__ of the word. In his fantastic novels \Trip to the
Moon\
Days Around the World,\detail the aeroplane and even the helicopter. These
novels still have a great attraction __28__ young readers of today because of their bold imagination and scientific accuracy. Below is a description of what our life will be in the year 2001 as predicted by a __29__ writer.
In 2001, in the home, cookers will be set so that you can cook a complete meal at the touch of a switch.
Television will provide information on prices at the __30__ shops as well as news and
entertainment. Videophones will bring pictures as well as __31__ to telephone conversations.
Machines will control temperature, lighting, entertainment, security alarms, laundry and
gardening.
Lighting will provide decoration as well as wallpaper.
At work, robots will take __32__ most jobs in the manufacturing industries. Working hours will
fall to under 30 hours a week. Holidays will get longer; six weeks will be the normal annual
holiday. Men and women will retire at the same age.
Our leisure will be different too. The home will become the center of entertainment through
television and electronic games. More people will eat out in restaurants __33__ they do today;
also they will have a much wider variety of food available. There will be a change of taste towards
a more savoury-flavored menu. New synthetic foods will form a __34__ part of people's
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