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（CNN）----A 12-year-old girl who had a feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right.
Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of 162 on Mensa，s Cattell III B paper, suggesting she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. The comparison the British student, who’s currently in Year 8 at Colchester County high school, a selective girl’s grammar school in Essex, England.
"I don't think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. They’ve achieved so much. I don’t think it’s right," Lydia told CNN.
Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays, after raising the idea with her parents and pestering (纠缠）them for the best part of a year. It turns out the test wasn't that hard after all.
"I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard. But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than I thought it was going to be," she said.
Lydia’s not quite sure what she wants to do when she leaves school, although she’s leaning toward something "based around Maths, because it’s one of my favorite subjects. " "All I，m going to do is work as hard as I can, and see where that gets me," she said.
To explain Lydia’s mark’s level, the top adult score in the Cattell III B test, which primarily tests verbal(语言) reasoning, is 161. A top 2% score 一 which allows entry to Mensa, the club for those with high IQs 一 would be 148 or over. Lydia scored 162, placing her in the top 1% of the population.
24.Lydia wanted to have an IQ test because,
A. she felt that she might have a high IQ
B. all people around thought that she was smart
C. her parents strongly wanted her to do so
D. the grammar school advised her to do so
25. What does the underlined words mean in the second paragraph?
A.is not accepted by.B.is not related to.C. does not satisfy.D. does not affect.
26. What is Lydia's plan about the future according to the text?
A. She doesn’t have to work hard with her high IQ.
B. She is quite sure about what to do in the future.
C. She has a tendency to focus around Maths.
D. She will drop out of the grammar school.
27. What do we know from the last paragraph?
A. No one has achieved a higher IQ than Lydia,
B. Whoever has a high IQ can enter Mensa.
C. Only adults with high IQs can enter Mensa.
D. Mensa is a club for those with high IQs at least 148.
B ★★★
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