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1、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
2、.Ontheotherhand,achildwholivesinaboringenvironmentwilldevelophisintelligencelessthanonewholivesinrichanddifferentsurroundings.Thusthelimitsofpersons’intelligencearefixedatbirth,andwhetherornothereachesthoselimitswilldependonhisenvironment.Thisidea,nowheldbymostexperts,canbesupportedinanumberofways.I
3、tiseasytoshowthatintelligenceistosomedegreesomethingwearebornwith.Thecloserthebloodrelationshipbetweentwopeople,theclosertheyarelikelytobeintelligent.Thusifwetaketwounrelatedpeopleatrandomfrompopulation,itislikelythattheirdegreeofintelligencewillbecompletelydifferent.If,ontheotherhand,wetaketwotwins
4、,theyareverylikelytobeasintelligentaseachother.Relationslikebrothersandsisters,parentsandchildren,usuallyhavesimilarintelligence,andthisclearlysuggeststhatintelligencedependsonbirth.Imaginenowthatwetaketwoidenticaltwinsandputthemindifferentenvironments.Wemightsendone,forexample,toauniversityandtheot
5、hertoafactorywheretheworkisboring.Wewouldsoonfinddifferencesinintelligencedeveloping,andthisshowsthatenvironmentaswellasbirthplaysapart.Thisconclusionisalsosuggestedbythefactthatpeoplewholiveintouchwitheachother,butwhoarenotrelatedatallarelikelytohavesimilardegreeofintelligence.16.Ifachildisbornwith
6、lowintelligence,hecan_______.A.becomeageniusB.notreachhisintelligenceinhislifeC.reachhisintelligencelimitsinrichsurroundingsD.stillbecomeageniusifheshouldbegivenspecialeducation17.InParagraph2,theunderlinedsentence“ifwetaketwounrelatedpeopleatrandomfrompopulation”means“_______.”A.ifwepickanytwoperso
7、nsB.ifwetakeouttwodifferentpersonsC.ifwechoosetwopersonswhohaverelationsD.ifwechoosetwopersonswithdifferentintelligence18.Theexampleofthetwinsgoingtoauniversityandtoafactoryseparatelyshows_______.A.th
