Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　When we think about people who are leaders，we often get a mental picture of someone who is older，smarter，and wiser than ourselves．Studies of leadership，though，have usually found that there is almost no relationship between skill as a leader and traditional measures of intelligence．

　　Some recent research by psychologist Red Fiedle and his colleagues suggests that both intelligence and experience may be importantbut just now how important depends upon how stressful the work situation is and what kind of task is to be accomplished．The researchers obtained measures of intelligence，experience，performance，and stress．

　　Overall，these variables did not relate to one another Men with high and low intelligence were equally likely to give good performance，as were men with more and less experience，or more and less stress with their bosses．However，when you look separately at those men who have high stress with their bosses，the picture changes．

　　In high stress situations，here was no association between intelligence and performance，but there was between experience and performance．In other words，in difficult situations，it was helpful to“know the ropes．”In low stress situations，the findings were just the opposite．Experience was not related to good performance，but intelligence was．That is，when things are going well，intelligence is very useful in leadership．

　　A study of fire fighters'performance under high and low stress conditions also found the experienced officers performed best under situations of stress．None of this is really very surprising．lf you have have ever had a supervisory job，you probably found that at least as much energy went into handling(管理)people as went into handling the job itself．Tests of intelligence at least the ones we have nowdo not predict success in handling people．

1．What kind of people can do the best job in stress situation？

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A．intelligent people

B．experienced people

C．calm people

D．skilled people

2．In the second sentence of the last paragraph，“a supervisory job”refers to．

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A．a management job

B．an advisory job

C．a teaching job

D．an organizing job

3．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？

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A．In stress situations，there are no association between experience and performance．

B．Some recent research suggests that most leaders are lack of intelligence．

C．In low stress situations，intelligence plays an important role in leadership．

D．Generally speaking，leaders are likely to be cleverer than ordinary people．

4．In the second sentence of the fourth paragraph，“to know the ropes” most probably means________．

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A．to understand the situation

B．to control the situation

C．to get rid of the situation

D．to make sure what to do about the situation

Answer 1

答案：B;A;C;D
解析：

该篇文章讲述经过研究所发现的人的智力、经验在各种情况下与工作中的表现的关系。由第四段的前二句可知该题选B。 　　该词词意可以从两个方面推断，一是super是“超级”之意，supermarket“超市”；二是后面注解有handling(管理)一词，再比较四个选项可知选A。 　　由第四段最后一句可知。 　　由上下旬可判断出 know the ropes之意是 experience，该短语的意思。是：(从经验中)得到秘诀通晓内情。有了经验就能拿得准该做什么，所以选D。