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　　About the time that schools and others quitereasonably became interested in seeing to it that allchildren, whatever their background, were fairlytreated.intelligence testing became unpopular.

　　Some thought it was unfair to minority children.Through the past few decades such testing has gone out offashion and many communities haveindeed forbidden it.

　　However. paradoxically. just recently a group of black parents filed lawsuit(诉讼)in Californiaclaimingthat the state's ban on IQ testing discriminates against their children by denying themthe opportunity totake the test (They believed correctly, that IQ tests are a valid method ofevaluating children for special education classes.) The judge, therefore. reversed, at leastpartially. his original decision.

　　And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groupsto have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting. evenfacilitating, such testing. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to usvery important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence. or whether someother factor is the cause.

　　What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It isnot discriminative to evaluate either a child's physical condition or his intellectual level.

　　Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us todo variesfrom time to time. The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other thanintelligence. Thirty years or so ago. for instance, white families were encouraged co adoptblack children. It was considered discriminative not to do so.

　　And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular, andsocial agencies felt that black children should go to black families only. It is hard to say whatare the best procedures.But surely good will on the part of all of us is needed.

　　As to intelligence. in our opinion, the more we know about any child's intellectual level, thebetter for the child in question.

　　1. Why did the intelligence test become unpopular in the past few decades?

　　A) Its validity was challenged by many communities.

　　B) It was considered discriminative against minority children.

　　C) It met with strong opposition from the majority of black parents.

　　D) It deprived the black children of their rights to a good education.

　　2. The recent legal action taken by some black parents in California aimed to

　　A) draw public attention to IQ testing

　　B) put an end to special education

　　C) remove the state's ban on intelligence tests

　　D) have their children enter white schools

　　3. The author believes that intelligence testing_____________.

　　A) may ease racial confrontation in the United States

　　B) can encourage black children to keep up with white children

　　C) may seriously aggravate racial discrimination in the United States

　　D) can help black parents make decisions about their children’s education

　　4. The author's opinion of child adoption seems to be that________________.

　　A) no rules whatsoever can be prescribed

　　B) white families should adopt black children

　　C) adoption should be based on IQ test results

　　D) cross-racial adoption is to be advocated

　　5. Child adoption is mentioned in the passage to show that_________________.

　　A) good will may sometimes complicate racial problems

　　B)social surroundings are vital to the healthy growth of children

　　C) intelligence testing also applies to non-academic areas

　　D) American opinion can shift when it comes to sensitive issues

　　参考答案：

　　1.[B]根据文章第2段“有些人认为智力测验对少数民族儿童不公平。因此，在过去的几十年里，智力测验已不再流行，在有些社区甚至被禁止了”，这里的it指代前面的intelligence testing。因此，B与文章所表达的意思一致。

　　2.[C]根据文章第3段第2句“最近，一群黑人父母提出诉讼，声称该州禁止智商测验剥夺了他们的孩子接受这种测验的机会，是对孩子的歧视”，由此可判断黑人父母要求取消对智力测试的禁令。故此，应该选C。

　　3.[D]根据文章第4段末句和第5段首句“如果任何一种肤色的小孩在学校的成绩不好，弄清楚是由于他的智商低.还是由于其他原因引起的对我们来说似乎很重要;学校和家庭只有弄清楚孩子成绩不好的原因才能帮助孩子”，因此，应选D。

　　4.[A]根据文章第7段末句“因此，很难说到底怎样才是最好的。但肯定无疑的是，我们大家都需要有善意”，由此可推断，人们并不能制定某种规则来限制它，故此，A与文章的意思相符。

　　5.[D]文章第6段前两句，作者提出“智商水平似乎是个敏感的问题。法律允许我们不时改变观点。在智商以外的其他领域也存在着这种来来回回不断变化的情况”，儿童收养问题只是作者举的一个例子，旨在说明在一些敏感问题上，人们的观点可以不断变化的情况。故选D。

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