Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels;and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts formal education and bookish excellence as the true measures of self fulfillment. It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results. We have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is very good at some form of school discipline is"intelligent." Yet mental hospitals are filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of every day.
　　If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it's worth, then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful help to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to resolve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself, or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelligent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon against the big N. B. D. --Nervous Break Down.
　　Intelligent people do not have N.B.D.'s because they are in charge of themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression, because they know how to deal with the problems of their lives.
　　You can begin to think of yourselfas truly intelligent on the basis of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Every one who is involved with other humanbeings in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflictsand compromises are a part of what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old,sickness, deaths, natural disasters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences, while others collapse or have an N. B.D. Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don' t measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know; also, the most rare.

　　26. According to the author, the conventional notion of intelligence measured in terms
　　of one' s ability to read, write and compute ________.
　　A) is a widely held but wrong concept
　　B) will help eliminate intellectual prejudice
　　C) is the root of all mental distress
　　D) will contribute to one's selffulfillment 

　　27. It is implied in the passage that holding a university degree ________.
　　A) may result in one's inability to solve complex reallife problems
　　B) does not indicate one's ability to write properly worded documents
　　C) may make one mentally sick and physically weak
　　D) does not mean that one is highly intelligent 

　　28. The author thinks that an intelligent person knows ________.
　　A) how to put up with some very prevalent myths
　　B) how to find the best way to achieve success in tire
　　C) how to avoid depression and make his life worthwhile
　　D) how to persuade others to compromise
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　　29. In the last paragraph, the author tells us that ________.
　　A) difficulties are but part of everyone's life
　　B) depression and unhappiness are unavoidable in life
　　C) everybody should learn to avoid trying circumstances
　　D) good feelings can contribute to eventual academic excellence 

　　30. According to the passage, what kind of people are rare?
　　A) Those who don't emphasize bookish excellence in their pursuit of happiness.
　　B) Those who are aware of difficulties in life but know how to avoid unhappiness.
　　C) Those who measure happiness by an absence of problems but seldom suffer from N. B. D. ' s.
　　D) Those who are able to secure happiness though having to struggle against trying circumstances.

　　答案：ADCAB