四、阅读（共7小题，每小题2分，满分14分。）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。

When we talk about intel1igence (智力), we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intel1igence we mean a way of living and behaving (表现),especially in a new situation. If we want to test intel1igence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.

For cxample, when in a new situation, an intel1igent person thinks ahout thc situation, not about himself or what might happen to him.He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts irnmediately and tries to do somothing about it. He probably isn'tsure howit will all work out, but at least he trics. And if he cannot rnake things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed(羞愧 )that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is vcry young, has a special outlook (看法) on life,a spccial feeling about life, and how he fits into it.

If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call" bright" childrcn and" non-bright" children. Thcy are actually two dif[erent kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world: hc seems to havc a wall bctwcen him and life in general.

( )56. According to this passage, inteIligence is the ability to_____________ .

A. get some high scores on some tests

B. do well in school

C. deal with lifc

D. have a lot of book knowledge

( )57. In a new situa1ion, an intelligent person_________ .

A. knows more about what might happen to him

B. is surc of the result he will get

C. cares more about himself

D. keeps his mind on what to do about the situation

( )58.If an intelligent person failed, he would ___________ .

A. try not to feel sahamed

B.learn from his mistakes

C. try to find all he could

D. make sure what result he would get

We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Fivc. Before we moved, we took him to spend haIf a day at his new school. There he saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the almost 150-kilometer drive home, he told us that he had told some of the students the date when we would move there. And he had also invited them to visit us.

The moving day, a Saturday, was a busy day. But wc arrived at our new house at noon. Ahout an hour later, kids began to come and soon one of thcm invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon.

By the time he returned, he knew where most of the kids lived and all of their family histories.

On Monday morning, thc door bell rang just before the time hc would leavc for school. Then it rang again and again.

. By the time he was ready, we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day.They all lived near us.

I asked them if their parents had sent them. The answers surprised and pleased me, "No, we just came so that he would have people to walk with. "and "lt is the right thing to do."

The startings of lasting (持续的 ) friendships wcre formed (形成) that day. We have lived here nearly six years and thc same group of kids stil1 plays together, goes to parties on weekends together, and surfs together.

I still get thinking how welcoming and kind those kids wcre. And how lucky my son is to havc thcm as fricnds !

( )59.Before thc family moved to the new area, the son was takcn to his ncw school_____________ .

A. to invite the teachers to visit them

B. to play with his classmates

C.to see if thc school was far

D.to get to know it

( )60. What did the son know about other kids after they played for the afternoon ?

A.Their 1iving places and family histories.