School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much knowledge we have ...1. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a ........2 that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any ........3 sense? Intelligence is the speed ........4 which we can understand and .........5 to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing ..........6 computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, ........7 tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person’s IQ is their intelligence .......8 is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are ........9 by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it .......10 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, ........11 in the US. People taking the tests are judged in ........12 to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This ......13 at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if .......14 enough time. But that’s the problem - the whole .......15 of the tests is that they’re against the clock. 1. a. fetched b. gained c. attached d. caught 2. a. case b. fact c. circumstance d. truth 3. a. natural b. bright c. sharp d. common 4. a. on b. to c. in d. at 5. a. accord b. react c. answer d. alter 6. a. advanced b. forward c. ahead d. upper 7. a. at this age b. for the present c. at the time d. now and then 8. a. how b. that c. as d. so 9. a. appointed b. commanded c. run d. steered 10. a. held b. had c. kept d. belonged 11. a. largely b. enormously c. highly d. considerably 12. a. concern b. relation c. regard d. association 13. a. adds up b. turns to c. comes up d. works out 14. a. allowed b. spared c. let d. provided 15. a. reason b. point c. matter d. questio