Passage 2
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to both 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, 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 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 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 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 degree of intelligence.
76.Which of the following best describes the writer’s point in Paragraph One?
A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.
B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.
C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.
D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.
77.In the first paragraph,＂no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence＂suggests that________.
A. the difference in men’s intelligence depends on the amount of their education
B. no environment can change the least able into the most able
C. if a person is born clever, he is certain to be a genius
D. if a person is born stupid, nothing can change him into an educated person
78.It is suggested in this passage that________.
A. close relations usually have similar intelligence
B. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence
C. the closer the blood relationship between two people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence
D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence
79.The last paragraph mainly indicates________.
A. the importance of education
B. the relationship between environment and birth
C. the relationship between intelligence and environment
D. the writer’s final conclusion
80.The best title for this passage would be________.
A. Dependence on Environment B. Effect of Education
C. Surroundings D. Intelligence
六、英汉句子互译（共15分）
（一）将下列句子译成中文
81.Monopoly and competition are very generally regarded, not simply as antithetical, but as mutually exclusive.(4分)
82.When we are very frightened and worried, our bodies produce certain chemicals to help us fight what is troubling us.（4分）
（二）将下列句子译成英文
83.我们相信，我们的产品在品质和价格方面都有足够的吸引力。（4分）
84.去年，尽管在有形贸易方面存在贸易差额，英国没有出现赤字。（3分）本新闻共 6页,当前在第 6页 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
