What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I __36 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against__37 of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not__38 have scored more than 80. __39  , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always__40it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man  __41 questions for some intelligence tests. By  every one of them I'd prove myself a __42. In a world where I have to work with my__43  , I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man __44 . He had a habit of telling __45 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-umb(聋哑) man__46  some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made__47 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He __48 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk__49  him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the __50 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). __51  do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his__52 and asked for them. I've been__53 hat on all my customers today, but I knew __54 I'd catch you.”“Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very __55  .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
36.  A. failed         B. wrote         C. received      D. chose 
37.  A. an average     B. a total       C. an exam       D. a number 
38.  A. always         B. possibly      C. certainly     D. frequently 
39.  A. Then           B. Thus          C. Therefore     D. Yet 
40.  A. fixed          B. checked       C. drove         D. changed 
41.  A. answered       B. practised     C. designed      D. tried
42.  A. teacher        B. doctor        C. winner        D. fool 
43.  A. brains         B. effort        C. hands         D. attention 
44.  A. again          B. as usual      C. too           D. as well 
45.  A. lies           B. jokes         C. news          D. tales 
46.  A. bought         B. tested        C. found         D. needed 
47.  A. cutting        B. hammering     C. waving        D. circling 
48.  A. nodded         B. raised       C. shook         D. turned 
49.  A. brought        B. packed        C. sent          D. sold 
50.  A. clever         B. other         C. right         D. next 
51.  A. What           B. How           C. Who           D. Which 
52.  A. imagination    B. hand          C. voice         D. information 
53.  A. trying         B. proving       C. practising    D. examining 
54.  A. for sure       B. at once       C. in fact       D. right now 
55.  A. clear          B. silly        C. slow          D. smart