2013高考英语考前50天（阅读理解）训练秘笈（3）及答案阅读理解(A)Aresomepeopleborncleverandothersbornstupid?Orisintelligencedevelopedbyourenvironmentandourexperience?Strangelyenough,theanswertothesequestionsisyes.Tosomedegreeourintelligenceisgiventousatbirth,andnoamountofeducationcanmakeageniusoutofachildbornwithlowintelligence.Ontheotherhand,achildwholivesinaboringenvironmentwilldevelophisintelligencelessthanonewholivesinrichanddifferentsurroundings.Thusthelimitsofpersons’intelligencearefixedatbirth,andwhetherornothereachesthoselimitswilldependonhisenvironment.Thisidea,nowheldbymostexperts,canbesupportedinanumberofways.Itiseasytoshowthatintelligenceistosomedegreesomethingwearebornwith.Thecloserthebloodrelationshipbetweentwopeople,theclosertheyarelikelytobeintelligent.Thusifwetaketwounrelatedpeopleatrandomfrompopulation,itislikelythattheirdegreeofintelligencewillbecompletelydifferent.If,ontheotherhand,wetaketwotwins,theyareverylikelytobeasintelligentaseachother.Relationslikebrothersandsisters,parentsandchildren,usuallyhavesimilarintelligence,andthisclearlysuggeststhatintelligencedependsonbirth.Imaginenowthatwetaketwoidenticaltwinsandputthemindifferentenvironments.Wemightsendone,forexample,toauniversityandtheothertoafactorywheretheworkisboring.Wewouldsoonfinddifferencesinintelligencedeveloping,andthisshowsthatenvironmentaswellasbirthplaysapart.Thisconclusionisalsosuggestedbythefactthatpeoplewholiveintouchwitheachother,butwhoarenotrelatedatallarelikelytohavesimilardegreeofintelligence.16.Ifachildisbornwithlowintelligence,hecan_______.A.becomeagenius1B.notreachhisintelligenceinhislifeC.reachhisintelligencelimitsinrichsurroundingsD.stillbecomeageniusifheshouldbegivenspecialeducation17.InParagraph2,theunderlinedsentence“ifwetaketwounrelatedpeopleatrandomfrompopulation”means“_______.”A.ifwepickanytwopersonsB.ifwetakeouttwodifferentpersonsC.ifwechoosetwopersonswhohaverelationsD.ifwechoosetwopersonswithdifferentintelligence18.Theexampleofthetwinsgoingtoauniversityandtoafactoryseparatelyshows_______.A.thepartthatbirthplaysB.theimportanceoftheirrelationsC.theimportanceoftheirintelligenceD.theroleofenvironmentonintelligence19.Thebesttitleofthepassagecanbe“_______”.A.SurroundingsB.IntelligenceC.DependenceonEnvironmentD.EffectofEducation(B)WhenRussellLyonsvolunteeredforthefirsttime,hereadGoodnightMoontoaclassofSanDiegopreschoolers.Anditwasn’treading—he’dmemorizedthebookandwasrecitingitoutloud.Hewas4.Still,hesaiditfeltgoodupthere,infrontoftheotherkids,lendingahand.Hewantedmoreofthatfeeling.Thirteenyearslater,he’sgettingalotofit.He’sonafive-monthroadtripacrossAmerica—notsightseeing,butvolunteering.TheUniversityCityresidenthasspenttimeatananimalreserveinUtah,awomen’sshelterinSt.Louis,asoupkitcheninNewYork,aretirementhomeinTucson.Thisweekhe’sinLosAngeles,ataprogramthatsupportsdisabled2youth.“IjustlikehelpingpeopleandfeelingthatsomethingIdoismakingadifference,”hesaid.Heresiststheideathathis“DoGoodAdventure”isallthatunusual.Itbothershimthatthemediaoftendescribesyoungpeopleaslazy,self-centeredandmaterialistic.Soheseeshistripasachancetomakeastatement,too.“About55percentofteensdovolunteerwork,higherthantherateofadults,”hesaid,accordingtoa2002study.“Noteverybodyknowsthat.”Ofcourse,someteensdovolunteerworkbecauseitlooksimpressiveontheircollegeapplications.Lyonssaidhemention...
