B
"Have you done the MBTI personality test?" "Yes, I'm an INTJ," replied Ms Gu in a recent interview. Ms Gu's response became a hot topic online and drew people's attention to the test.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a test designed to discover a person's personality type. The test result is based on four sets of opposing qualities: Extraversion (外向) vs Introversion, Sensing vs Intuition (直觉), Thinking vs Feeling and Judging vs Perceiving (感知). After answering more than 90 questions, test-takers get their four-letter personality result, including a detailed description. Ms Gu's result of INTJ is one of the possible personality types that the test shows.
Developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers in the US in the 1940s, the test grew to become the standard for personality tests. Many companies and organizations use it to help them choose people for certain positions. And now in China, internet users are using it as a tool to guide their lives and relationships.
The key problem with the MBTI is that the test is too "black and white". The results place people into only one of each of the four categories, for example, someone is either an introvert or an extrovert. But many people would surely sit somewhere in the middle of these two. In short, the MBTI only gives a "simplified view of human personality", claimed one article. It can only really describe the surface of who people are. And don't forget that people's behaviour and characteristics also change over time. Tests and tools that help people better understand who they are and how they think are very powerful and can still help in some parts of life. As science and technology develop, people can look forward to more accurate (精确的) tests that truly embrace how wonderfully complex and ever-changing humans really are.
( ) 5. Why does the writer mention Ms Gu in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the MBTI personality test.
B. To prove the MBTI personality test is helpful.
C. To show the MBTI personality test is liked by people.
D. To call on more people to do the MBTI personality test.
( ) 6. What does the article tell us about the MBTI?
A It was developed about years ago.
B It has been supported by psychology experts.
C It groups people into different personality types.
D It was created to help companies choose people for certain positions.
( ) 7. The underlined word "simplified" in the last paragraph probably means " ".
A. in general
B. in detail
C. being more difficult to understand
D. being easier to understand
( ) 8. What is the purpose of writing this article?
A. To find out how to practise MBTI.
B. To explain why MBTI is becoming popular.
C. To generally describe the MBTI personality test.
D. To help readers understand themselves through MBTI.
"Have you done the MBTI personality test?" "Yes, I'm an INTJ," replied Ms Gu in a recent interview. Ms Gu's response became a hot topic online and drew people's attention to the test.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a test designed to discover a person's personality type. The test result is based on four sets of opposing qualities: Extraversion (外向) vs Introversion, Sensing vs Intuition (直觉), Thinking vs Feeling and Judging vs Perceiving (感知). After answering more than 90 questions, test-takers get their four-letter personality result, including a detailed description. Ms Gu's result of INTJ is one of the possible personality types that the test shows.
Developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers in the US in the 1940s, the test grew to become the standard for personality tests. Many companies and organizations use it to help them choose people for certain positions. And now in China, internet users are using it as a tool to guide their lives and relationships.
The key problem with the MBTI is that the test is too "black and white". The results place people into only one of each of the four categories, for example, someone is either an introvert or an extrovert. But many people would surely sit somewhere in the middle of these two. In short, the MBTI only gives a "simplified view of human personality", claimed one article. It can only really describe the surface of who people are. And don't forget that people's behaviour and characteristics also change over time. Tests and tools that help people better understand who they are and how they think are very powerful and can still help in some parts of life. As science and technology develop, people can look forward to more accurate (精确的) tests that truly embrace how wonderfully complex and ever-changing humans really are.
( ) 5. Why does the writer mention Ms Gu in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the MBTI personality test.
B. To prove the MBTI personality test is helpful.
C. To show the MBTI personality test is liked by people.
D. To call on more people to do the MBTI personality test.
( ) 6. What does the article tell us about the MBTI?
A It was developed about years ago.
B It has been supported by psychology experts.
C It groups people into different personality types.
D It was created to help companies choose people for certain positions.
( ) 7. The underlined word "simplified" in the last paragraph probably means " ".
A. in general
B. in detail
C. being more difficult to understand
D. being easier to understand
( ) 8. What is the purpose of writing this article?
A. To find out how to practise MBTI.
B. To explain why MBTI is becoming popular.
C. To generally describe the MBTI personality test.
D. To help readers understand themselves through MBTI.
答案：5. A
6. C
7. D
8. C
6. C
7. D
8. C