单选题 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 boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in     27    and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are     28    at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be     29    in a number of ways.
    It is easy to show 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     30    . Thus if we take two unrelated people at random (随意) from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be     31    different. Relations, on the other hand, like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence     32    on birth.
    Imagine now that we take two     33    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     34    and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This     35    is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close     36    with each other, but who are not relations at all, are likely to have the similar degree of intelligence.
    A. development
    B. slightly
    C supported
    D. depends
    E. contact
    F. lively
    G. focuses
    H. conclusion
    I. examined
    J. rich
    K. ielligence
    L. fixed
    M. complely
    N. identical
    O. distance
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【正确答案】J
【答案解析】形容词。空格处所填词与varied并列,用来修饰名词surroundings。前半句提到boring environment,由less than可知,此空应该填一个与 boring语义相反,并与varied语义相近的词。根据词义,rich符合文意,故选项J正确。
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【正确答案】L
【答案解析】形容词。此处需要形容词。fixed(固定的)与文意符合。即“一个人的智力范围在出生时就固定了”。故选项L正确。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】动词。由文章后两段所列举的血统及环境对智力的影响可知,应该是“有许多方法可以支撑大多数专家所持有的这个观点”。所以supposed符合文意。故选项C正确。
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【正确答案】K
【答案解析】名词。分析句意可知,空格所在句应该是在说血缘关系与智力水平之间的关系:即两个人之间的血缘关系越近,他们的智力水平越接近,因此空格处应填intelligence。故选项K正确。
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【正确答案】M
【答案解析】副词。分析句子结构可知此处需要填入副词。备选项为选项B和M。比较词义可知completely符合文意,即:两个没有关系的人,他们的智力水平很可能完全不同。故选项M正确。
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【正确答案】D
【答案解析】动词。句子缺少谓语,且主语为单数,故所填词应该是动词的单数形式。从选项 D和G两项中选。该句意为“两个毫无关系的人智力水平很可能完全不相同,但兄弟姐妹,父母与孩子之间通常会有相似的智力水平,这点清晰地表明了智力取决于血统”,故选depends。
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【正确答案】N
【答案解析】形容词。此处需要形容词来修饰名词twins,根据句意应该选identical,identical twins意思是同卵双胞胎。
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【正确答案】A
【答案解析】名词。备选项的几个名词中只有development与intelligence 搭配与文意符合。意为“很快我们就会发现他们在智力发展方面的不同。”其他几个名词备选项都不能与intelligence搭配。故选项A正确。
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【正确答案】H
【答案解析】名词。由空格的is可知此空填单数或不可数名词,再根据该空前的内容通过一个假设的例子说明环境和血统一样也会影响智力的发展。该空所在句子承上进一步说明,所以此处应该填conclusion。故选项H正确。
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【正确答案】E
【答案解析】名词。所填词与close一起作in的宾语,in close contact with与…有密切联系,即:相互联系密切但又根本不是亲戚的人们,很可能会有相似水平的智力,这一事实暗示了这一结论, 故选项E正确。