2015年职称英语考试强化模拟题及答案（18）
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Intelligence
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 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 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, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be #pletely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely to 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.
31 The writer is in favor of the view that man's intelligence is given to him ＿＿＿＿＿。
A at birth
B through education
C both at birth and through education
D neither at birth nor through education
32 If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ＿＿＿＿＿。
A be#e a genius
B still be#e a genius if he should be given special education
C reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings
D not reach his intelligence in his life
33 In the second paragraph, the underlined sentence means “if we ＿＿＿＿＿。”
A pick any two persons
B take out two different persons
C choose two persons who are relative
D choose two persons with different intelligence
34 The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows ＿＿＿＿＿。
A the importance of their intelligence
B environment influences
C the importance of their positions
D the part that birth plays
35 which is true according to the passage?
A Environment plays a more important role than birth
B two identical twins have the same intelligence no matter where they are
C two unrelated persons is more likely to have different intelligence
D Education has no effect on low intelligence person
参考答案：31 C32 C33 A34 B35 C
