In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ___1___, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ___2___ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ___3___ much better than an IQ test. We ___4___ that Michael’s score must have been a ___5___ and we should treat him ___6___ as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ___7___ grades in the school, especially ___8___ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael ___9___ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ___10___. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ___11___ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ___12___ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ___13___, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ___14___ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then ___15___ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had __16___ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ___17___.
Children often do as ___18___ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ___19___ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ___20___”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.
| 小题1: | | A．joy | B．surprise | C．dislike | D．disappointment |
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| 小题2: | | A．tearfully | B．fearfully | C．cheerfully | D．hopefully |
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| 小题3: | | A．student | B．son | C．friend | D．doctor |
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| 小题4: | | A．argued | B．realized | C．decided | D．understood |
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小题5:A. joke B. mistake C. warning D wonder
| 小题6: | | A．specially | B．strictly | C．naturally | D．carefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．poor | B．good | C．average | D．standard |
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| 小题9: | | A．visited | B．chose | C．passed | D．entered |
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| 小题10: | | A．allowed | B．described | C．required | D．offered |
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| 小题11: | | A．missed | B．held | C．delayed | D．attended |
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| 小题12: | | A．high | B．same | C．low | D．different |
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| 小题13: | | A．curiously | B．eagerly | C．calmly | D．jokingly |
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| 小题14: | | A．faith | B．interest | C．pride | D．delight |
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| 小题15: | | A．looked for | B．asked for | C．waited for | D．prepared for |
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| 小题16: | | A．received | B．accepted | C．organized | D．discussed |
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| 小题17: | | A．imperfect | B．impossible | C．uncertain | D．unsatisfactory |
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| 小题18: | | A．honestly | B．much | C．well | D．bravely |
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| 小题19: | | A．hear | B．learn | C．expect | D．speak |
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| 小题20: | | A．wise | B．rude | C．shy | D．stupid |
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