来源：文都四级系列图书 作者：郭崇兴
模拟练习十
It is often said that a good thinker is born, not made.
Though there is some truth in this, the idea is essentially
false. Some people with more talent for thinking than others,1.
and some learn more quickly. As a result, over the years
one person may develop his or her thinking ability to a greater
extent than another. Nevertheless, affective thinking is2.
most a matter of habit. Research proves that the qualities3.
of mind they takes to think well can be mastered by anyone.4.
It even proves that original can be learned. Most important,5.
it proves that you dont need a high IQ to be a good thinker.
It has been shown that fully 70 percent of all creative people
score above 135 on IQ tests. The difficulty of improving6.
your thinking depends on your habits and attitudes.
Chances are you have had no direct training in the art of thinking.
So you bond to have acquired some bad habits and attitudes.7.
Some of the common barriers of good, clear thinking include:8.
1) Putting yourself down. Think you cant think is the biggest9.
barrier. 2) Being a stranger to your own brain.
3) Avoiding mental exercise. Lots of people neglect their brains.
They see activities of puzzles and riddles as a waste of time10.
just because they serve no obvious practical purpose.
【答案及解析】
1.【答案】with改为have
【解析】本题考查语法规则。本句由“and”连接两个并列的简单句。既然是句子就应该有谓语部分，而修改前构成本句的第一个简单句没有谓语动词，介词“with”可以表示伴随，意为“有着”，但不能充当谓语，应将“with”改为动词“have”。
2.【答案】affective改为effective
【解析】本题考查词汇用法。辨析拼写或意思相近的词是常见的考点。名词“effect”意为“效果，效用”，其形容词形式为“effective”,意为“有效的”。
“affect”是动词，意为“影响，感动，爱好”，且其不能通过加tive变为形容词。根据文意，应把“affective”改为“effective”。
3.【答案】most改为mostly
【解析】本题考查词汇用法。“most”作形容词或副词时只有“最多”之意，是“many”或“much”的最高级形式，而这个意思与句意不符。副词“mostly”意为“主要地，大部分，通常地”因此应将“most”改为“mostly”。
4.【答案】they改为it
【解析】本句考查固定搭配、指代关系及语义逻辑。修改前句中出现的“they”看似指代“qualities”,但通过分析可知这种可能性与句子逻辑不符，同时与“takes”这种动词第三人称单数形式也不一致。本句考点在于固定句型“It takes...to do”,用“it”作形式主语，应此应把“they”改为“it”。
5.【答案】original改为originality
【解析】本题考查语法规则。形容词不能充当句子的主语，因此应该将形容词“original”改为名词“originality”。
6.【答案】above改为below
【解析】本题考查语义逻辑。上一句提到“善于思考的人并不一定智商高于普通人”，本句是对上一句子的例证补充，应表达与上句相同的意思，故应把“above”改为“below”,意为“百分之70很有创造力的人智商都低于135”。
7.【答案】bond前加are
【解析】本题考查固定搭配。“be bond to”为固定词组，需要补充出be动词“are”。
8.【答案】of改为to
【解析】本题考查固定搭配及语义理解。由句意可知，作者想表达的意思是“常见的阻碍思考的因素如下”，句中不需要“of”表示所有格，而应用介词“to”, “barrier to...”意为“对……的阻碍”或“做某事的阻碍”。
9.【答案】think改为thinking
【解析】本题考查语法规则。本句的主语由从句充当，主语从句中“think”并不充当谓语，故应该改为非谓语形式“thinking”。
10.【答案】of改为like
【解析】本题考查语义理解及语法规则。句中“activities”与后文的“puzzles and riddles”并不具有所有格的关系，“puzzles”, “riddles”是对“activities”的举例说明，故应把“of”改为“like”<
