新概念英语第四册15-04

assess:评估的意思 general ability:综合能力 random:随意

progressive:递进 gravity 重力

think:思想->reason:推理->judge:判断->analyse:分析->synthesize:综合

更侧重于 practical

连缀，两个以上如果做名词修饰，可以置后 连缀词可以做后置定语

complementary:互补 question:质问

西方教育强调 free talk

第 1 段做为重点

ability to solve puzzles and problems of various kinds

have taken

it will allow us

This became of particular importance 系表结构+of 结构

grammar school

became available to 前面一定是 sth.

eleven-plus

were felt...to be heavily weighted in favour of...

highly-academic academically biased

scholastically-acquired

think,reason,judge,analyse,synthesize

...by introducing problems which were not based on specifically scholastically-acquired knowledge. The intelligence test is an attempt to assess the general ability of any child to think, reason, judge, analyse and synthesize by presenting him with

situations, both verbal and practical, which are within his range of competence and understanding.