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19．（36）CFrom 18-25，according to I．Q．scores；but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age．You are smartest in your 20's； around 30，your memory begins to go down，particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations（數(shù)學計算）．（37）EYour vocabulary at the age of 45，for example，is three times as great as when you graduated from college．At 60，your brain has almost four times as much information as it did at the age of 21．
（38）BYou have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24； the best professional sense from 40 to 49．Before the age of 24，we believe that our happiest years are yet to come；over 30，we believe that they are behind us．A National Health survey agrees：after the age of 30，we become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself．If we keep our health，achieve professional and emotional goals，happiness，we feel，will follow．
（39）AGenerally between 30 and 39，but the peak （頂峰）varies with different professions（職業(yè)）．Mozart wrote a symphony and four sonatas by the age of 8，and Mendelssohn composed his bestknown work A Midsummer Night's Dream at 17，but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39．
 Though the peak in most fields comes early，most Nobel Prize winners did their top research in their late 20's and 30's-creative people continue to produce work with high quality（質(zhì)量） throughout their lives．（40）G

A．When are you most creative？
B．When are you happiest？
C．When are you smartest？
D．Do you know what I．Q．refers to？
E．But your I．Q．for other tasks goes up．
F．Creative people usually produce a lot of works．
G．For the"wellconditioned mind"，there is no upper limit．（限制）

Answer 1

分析 本文敘述了人的智商在人的不同階段的變化情況，文中說明了一是什么時間人是最聰明的，隨之記憶力下降，但是人們的詞匯或其他方面開始上升．二是人最幸福的時間是什么時候．三是人最具有創(chuàng)造力的時間是什么時候．并且文中舉例說明了各個問題．

解答 36--40 CEBAG
36．C 考查上下文理解判斷能力．根據(jù)下文From 18-25，according to I．Q．scores；  but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age．可知，按照智商得分，從18歲到25歲，隨著年齡增長，你會更聰明和更有經(jīng)驗．上文應是：你什么時間最聰明．故選C．
37．E 考查上下文理解判斷能力．根據(jù)上文your memory begins to go down你的記憶力開始下降，及下文Your vocabulary at the age of 45，for example，is three times as great as then you graduated form college你的詞匯量增多．中間缺少一個過渡句，即：你其它方面的智商則上升．故選E．
38．B 考查上下文理解判斷能力．根據(jù)下文You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24； the best professional sense form 40 to 49可知，15歲至24歲之間你的身體感覺最好；40歲至49歲之間你對自己的職業(yè)感覺最佳．上文應是：人們什么時候最幸福？故選B．
39．A 考查上下文理解判斷能力．根據(jù)下文Mosart wrote a symphony and four sonatas by the age of 8，and Mendelssohn composed his best known work A Midsummer Night′s Dream，at 17，but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39．從這種例子中可以看出是人最具有創(chuàng)造性的時候．故選A．
40．G 考查上下文理解判斷能力．根據(jù)上文most Nobel Prize winners did their top research in their late 20′s and 30′---creative people continue to produce work with high quality throughout their lives．可知，大多數(shù)諾貝爾獎獲得都在二十幾歲和三十幾歲做出了他們重要的研究，創(chuàng)造性的人在他們的一生中會繼續(xù)做出高質(zhì)量的工作．下文應是：對于那些狀語良好的頭腦是沒有極限的．故選G．

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