Marry is eight years old now. This autumn she begins to go to school. She likes her teachers and has some friends. She studies hard and is good at her classes. So we think she's a good girl.

It's Sunday today. It's fine and after breakfast the girl and her parents are going to the zoo. She likes to watch the animals very much. Now they're standing at the bus stop and waiting for the bus. She sees her friend Jim and his grandpa there.

"Good morning, grandpa!" says the girl. "Are you going to the zoo, too?"

"Yes, we are," says the old man. Then he says to Mary's father, "You have a polite daughter. How old is she?"

"Eight, grandpa." answers the girl.

"Eight?" the old man says with a smile. "But you're shorter than my stick!"

"How old is your stick, then?" says the girl.

1.Mary is a ________.

2. Mary is in Grade _______ now.

3.We think Mary is a good girl because _________.

4.Mary and her parents are going to the zoo by _________.

5. Mary's parents and the girl are going the zoo because _________.

Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence (智力) developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. In some degree, our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no 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 environment. Therefore, the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This point of view, now is held by most experts.

It is easy to show that intelligence is something that we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence. If we take two strangers by chance from the population, it seems that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we compare two 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 now that we take two twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory separately where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays an important role. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact (接触) with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.

1.How is man’s intelligence given?

2.What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?

3.According the passage, if a child is born with low intelligence, what might happen to him later?

4.What can we learn from the example of the twins going to a university and to a factory?

5.What statement is TRUE according to the passage?

Mr. and Mrs. Long had one daughter. Her name was Lena. She was eighteen years old. Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she didn’t like any of the boys very much.

One day she met a very nice man. He was young. His name was Watts and he worked in a post office. They became friends and he came to Lena’s parents house twice. Last week Lena said to her father, “I’m going to marry（嫁给） Watts, Daddy. He was here yesterday.”

“Oh, yes.” her father answered. “He’s a nice boy, but has he got much money?”

　　“Oh, no, both of you are the same,” the daughter answered angrily. I met Watts on the first day of June and the next day he asked me, “Has your father got much money?”

1.Mr. and Mrs. Long had a ______.

2.Lena worked _________.

3.Lena had a few friends before she came to know Watts, but she _____.

4.Last week Lena asked her father _______.

5.Lena got angry because ______.