单选题 Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to 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 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, 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 show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is, 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 degree 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 now that 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 their intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays an important 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 degree of intelligence.
单选题 If a child is born with low intelligence, he can______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。从文章第一段倒数第二句可知,人的智商除了与遗传有 关之外,与环境也有很大关联。通过丰富多样的环境可以改变智商,由此可知,选项 B符合文义。
单选题 "If we take two unrelated people at random from the population"(Para. 2)means if we______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:词语理解题。理解这句话的意思关键在于句中两个重要的单词 “unrelated(无亲戚关系的),random(任意的)”。本句意为:如果我们从人群中随意 找两个毫无关系的人。故选D。
单选题 The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。文中第三段为了说明环境对人的智商起着非常重要的作 用,举了一个双胞胎的例子。故选C。
单选题 The writer is in favor of the view that man' s intelligence is given to him______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。通过文章第二段和第三段的分别论证,我们知道作者赞成的 观点是智商的高低是由遗传和环境共同决定的。从第二段第一句“It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with.”和第三段第三句“…and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays an important part.”可得知选B项。
单选题 The best title of this passage can be______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:主旨大意题。通读全文可知,文章讨论的中心问题是围绕智商展开的。 A、B、D项均太过片面。故选C。