39.
The
best part of Terry’s job is
.
A. The
books they give him B.
getting to work with his friends
C. The
chance of promotion
D.
the pay, lunch, and quitting time
B
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 extent our intelligence is given to us at
birth，and no amount of
special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On
the other hand，a child who lives in a borning 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 extent 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.