Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes.To some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius (天才) out of a child born with low intelligence.On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings.Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment.This view, now held by most experts can be supported in a number of ways.

It is easy to say that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with.The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different.If on the other hand we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other.Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

Imagine that now we take two identical twins and put them in different environments.We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring.We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part.This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.

By using the example that two people closer in blood relationship are closer in intelligence, the writer wants to prove _________.

       A.intelligence is given at birth

       B.intelligence can be developed by environment

       C.intelligence can be developed by experience

       D.education plays an important part in the development of education

A child who lives in rich and varied surroundings turns out higher in intelligence because ________.

       A.his family is rich and therefore can afford to develop his intelligence

       B.he can break the limits of intelligence fixed at birth

       C.his family is rich and provides him with various healthy food

       D.these surroundings are likely to help him reach the limits of their intelligence

The writer of this article believes that _________.

       A.the development of one’s intelligence is determined by many things working together

       B.environment plays the most important role in the development of intelligence

       C.education plays the most important role in the development of intelligence

       D.birth plays the most important role in the development of intelligence

The best title for this passage might be __________.

       A.The Answer to a Question     B.Birth and Environment

      C.Intelligence             D.Intelligence and Education

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
It was a rainy day and I was riding on a bus downtown to go to work. I was_36_next to a man in a business suit and J paid little attention_37_ we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same news-stand to get a morning_38_.
The man running the stand was obviously having a_39_day. He was rude and unsmil­ing as we bought our papers,which only_40_ more gloom (郁闷) to my day. The business­man_41_my gloomy feeling and smiled brightly,_42_the news-stand owner for the paper and for being open on such a( n) _43_to make sure we were able to get our papers.
As we_44_away,I asked this man why he was so_45_to the newsman when he didn't _46_his expression of thanks and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said,"Why would I let someone else _47_what I say and what I feel?"
We then_48_to go to our own work places. To this day,I still don't know who that businessman was,or_49_he worked. He appeared briefly in my life and disappeared just as_50_. But I've never forgotten the words he said and his_51_which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.
That was a good 25 years_52_,but the effect this had on my life has lasted. I_53_had a chance to thank him personally,but the way I look at life has changed _54_those words. I have learnt that we cannot control people and_55_that come to us, but we can always control our response to them. 

【小题1】
A.whispering B.sitting C.driving D.weeping
【小题2】
A.since B.after C.unless D.until
【小题3】
A.paper B.suit C.call D.coffee
【小题4】
A.good B.nervous C.bad D.long
【小题5】
A.providedB.offered C.added D.returned
【小题6】
A.breathedB.called C.noticed D.took
【小题7】
A.thankingB.envying C.asking D.blaming
【小题8】
A.evening B.afternoon C.morning D.midnight
【小题9】
A.turned B.passed C.drove D.ran
【小题10】
A.cruel B.serious C.pleasant D.rude
【小题11】
A.stick to B.refer to C.get used to D.respond to
【小题12】
A.explain B.understand C.control D.correct
【小题13】
A.attempted B.sought C.continuedD.separated
【小题14】
A.where B.why C.whether D.how
【小题15】
A.gently B.quickly C.regularly D.strangely
【小题16】
A.humor B.smile C.business D.help
【小题17】
A.ago B.before C.later D.after
【小题18】
A.often B.seldom C.once D.never
【小题19】
A.in search of B.in memoryof C.for the purpose ofD.as a result of
【小题20】
A.situations B.statements C.possibilities D.positions


第二节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
About 70 scientists worked on a very busy project. They were really 36.______ because of the pressure of work and the demands of their 37.______. However, everyone liked him and did not 38.______ quitting their job.
One day, one scientist came to him and said, “Sir, I have promised my 39.______ that I will take them to an exhibition, 40.______ I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm.”
His boss said, “You’re 41.______ to leave the office early today.”
The scientist started working. He 42.______ his work after having lunch. 43.______, he had such a heavy work load that he looked at his 44.______ only when he felt he was about to 45.______ the work. The time was 8:30 pm. 46.______, he remembered the promise he had 47.______. He hurriedly left the office, feeling 48.______ to have disappointed the ones he loved so much. He got home, but only his wife was in.
“Where are they?” he asked.
His wife 49.______, “You don’t know? Your boss came here at 5:15 pm and took them to the exhibition.”
What had really happened was like this. The boss noticed him working 50.______ at 5:00 pm. He thought to himself, “This person will not 51.______ the work. But if he has promised his children, they should enjoy the 52.______ to the exhibition.” So he offered to take them to the exhibition.
The boss does not have to do it 53.______, but once it is done, loyalty(忠诚)is established. That is why all those scientists continued to work 54.______ him even though the work was too 55.______.
36.   A. afraid B. angry  C. tired   D. bored
37.   A. boss    B. partner       C. teacher       D. company
38.   A. keep on      B. set off C. make up     D. think of    
39.   A. students     B. friends       C. children     D. parents
40. A. as       B. so       C. but     D. if
41.   A. meant B. refused       C. allowed      D. fired
42.   A. continued   B. finished      C. checked      D. reduced
43. A. So far B. As a result  C. As usual     D. For example
44.   A. timetable    B. watch  C. tools   D. papers
45.   A. design B. report C. hate    D. complete
46.   A. Suddenly   B. Strangely   C. Unexpectedly     D. Unfortunately
47.   A. done   B. set      C. made  D. had
48.   A. painful       B. shy     C. excited       D. sorry
49.   A. begged       B. replied       C. whispered   D. shouted
50.   A. carelessly   B. skillfully    C. unhappily   D. seriously
51.   A. value  B. leave   C. choose       D. like
52.   A. promise     B. way    C. visit    D. interest
53.   A. every time  B. on purpose C. at once       D. in turn
54.   A. on      B. at       C. under  D. in
55.   A. dangerous  B. boring C. worthless    D. much

Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick,just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him,his head warm on Bertie’s feet,when Father cleared his throat and began, “You’ll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We’ve found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England. ”

His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?”

“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you, ” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.

“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would! ” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.

Bertie felt completely betrayed (出卖). He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels,he crept (蹑手蹑脚地移动) downstairs,took down his father’s rifle (步枪) and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.

“Be wild now”,he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you. I promise I will. ” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie climbed down the hill and walked away.

When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.

There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth,he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.

1.Bertie’s mother was sad probably because she _____.

A.had been seriously ill recently

B.had decided to send Bertie to school

C.knew Bertie would hate to go to England

D.knew selling the lion would upset Bertie

2.The underlined word “they” in Para. 4 probably refers to _____.

A.other animals      B.some audience     C.Bertie’s parents   D.circus owners

3.In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to _____.

A.threaten the lion back to the wild           B.kill the lion out of fear

C.protect himself from the lion               D.show his anger towards his father

4.The passage intends to show that _____.

A.animal-hunting is popular in Africa

B.parents are sometimes cruel to their children

C.people and animals can be faithful to each other

D.animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses

 

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