第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I   21        an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against an average of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him — and he always   22                it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a   23          . In a world where I have to work with my hands， I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man again. He had a habit of telling   24          . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man   25           some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made         26          movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk         27          him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the next man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. How 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   28        and asked for them. I’ve been   29           that on all my customers today, but I knew for sure I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked.  “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very   30           .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
21. A. failed                 B. wrote                       C. received                   D. chose
22. A. fixed                 B. checked          C. drove                       D. changed
23. A. teacher               B. doctor               C. winner                     D. fool
24. A. lies                           B. jokes                        C. news                        D. tales
25. A. bought               B. tested                       C. found                D. needed
26. A. cutting               B. hammering        C. waving                     D. circling
27. A. brought                     B. packed                     C. sent                         D. sold
28. A. imagination        B. hand                        C. voice                       D. information
29. A. trying                 B. proving                    C. practising                 D. examining
30. A. clear                         B. silly                         C. slow                        D. smart