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  3. For this task, you will write a response to a question about a reading passag

For this task, you will write a response to a question about a reading passag

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问题    For this task, you will write a response to a question about a reading passage and a lecture．You may take notes, and you may use your notes to help you write your response．Your response will be scored on the quality of your writing and on how well you connect the points in the lecture with points in the reading． Typically, an effective response will have 150 to 225 words．
   At the beginning of the twentieth century, French psychologist Alfred Binet devised the first test of human intelligence．The test consisted of problems of increasing difficulty that were designed to measure children’s judgment, reasoning, and comprehension．Shortly after Binet’s original work, psychologist Lewis Terman of Stanford University refined and standardized the test for American children．This test became known as the Stanford—Binet Intelligence Scale, which was first published in 1916 and revised several times after that．
   Terman and his colleagues developed the idea of the IQ, or intelligence quotient．IQ is a measurement of general intelligence, a number representing the ratio of mental age (performance on the test)to actual chronological age in years．IQ has proven to be an accurate measurement of a child’s potential to achieve in school and later in professional life．The most recent version of the Stanford—Binet test is still being used today and remains one of the world’s most widely used and accurate tests of general intelligence．It has produced reliable results for individuals from age two through adulthood．
   Intelligence testing has caused great excitement within the scientific community and the larger society．Many psychologists agree that intelligence testing is psychology’s greatest achievement．Intelligence testing and IQ are important scientific developments with great social utility beyond the prediction of school achievement．Intelligence tests are now available to evaluate people for specific purposes, such as military service, placement in industrial organizations, and even social companionship．
   Now listen to the recording．When you hear the question．begin your response．You may look at the passage during the writing time．

   Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard explaining how they cast doubt on points made in the reading．
Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a psychology class.
   Today,  most psychologists think intelligence tests are limited in what they can measure and what they can be used for. Intelligence tests can’t be used to predict success in life. Even some of the people who first developed the tests started to see this. For example, as early as 1947, Lewis Terman and his colleagues realized that IQ alone couldn’t always predict a person’s achievement in life. Terman designed a long-term study of children who scored in the highest range—the top one percent—of the Stanford-Binet Test. This means the children all had an IQ of 140 or higher. The purpose of the study was to see whether a high IQ would predict genius and great achievement in adulthood. The researchers found that this high-IQ group of people did become more academically and professionally successful than their peers of average intelligence. However, none of them achieved true genius. On the contrary, some of the subjects didn’t fulfill their potential or make much of themselves. What these results point
out is that intelligence tests alone can’t predict greatness or achievement in life.
   A major problem with intelligence tests is that there’s a lot of disagreement on just how to define intelligence. Many psychologists now think that most intelligence tests are really just testing a child’s ability to do well in school—what we might call "school—house intelligence." The concept of IQ is useful in identifying school—house intelligence, but IQ can’t explain the source of original ideas and beautiful creations.
   In the past thirty years,  psychologists have been coming up with new definitions and theories of intelligence. One of the most prominent theories is that a person’s motivation and creativity are more important than a high IQ in predicting achievement. Creativity is the ability to think about something in new ways and come up with unique solutions to problems. Psychologists believe that most intelligent people are motivated people. They have high energy and drive and are interested in many things. They know how to use their skills to find creative solutions to real-life problems.
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答案    The lecture states that intelligence tests alone,  particularly IQ tests,  cannot predict greatness or achievement in life. This casts doubt on the point in the reading that IQ is an accurate measurement of a child’s potential to achieve in school and later in professional life.
   The lecture states that many psychologists think that most intelligence tests are really just testing a child’s ability to do well in school. This casts doubt on the point in the reading that intelligence tests can evaluate people for purposes such as the military,  placement in industrial organizations,  and social companionship.
   The lecture states that the concept of IQ is useful in identifying "school-house intelligence, " but IQ cannot explain the source of original ideas and beautiful creations. This casts doubt on the point in the reading that IQ is a measurement of general intelligence.
   The lecture states that a new theory of intelligence considers a person’s motivation and creativity more important than a high IQ in predicting achievement. This casts doubt on the point in the reading that IQ is an accurate measurement of the potential to achieve in school and in professional life.
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