Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough，the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent（程度）our intelligence is given to us at birth，and special education can never make a genius(天才) 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 say 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 degrees 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 that now 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 degrees of intelligence.
小題1:By using the example that two people closer in blood relationship are closer in intelligence that writer wants to prove    _    .
A．intelligence can be developed by environment
B．intelligence is given at birth
C．intelligence can be developed by experience
D．education plays an important part in the development of education
小題2:A child who lives in rich and varied surroundings turns out higher in intelligence because ________.
A．his family is rich and therefore can afford to develop his intelligence
B．he can break the limits of intelligence fixed at birth
C．his family is rich and provides him with various healthy food
D．these surroundings are likely to help him reach the limits of their intelligence
小題3:In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population．．．” means “if we ____．”
A．choose two persons who are relative
B．take out two different persons
C．choose two persons with different intelligence
D．pick any two persons
小題4:The best title for this passage might be __________.        
A．Birth and EnvironmentB．Intelligence
C．The Answer to a QuestionD．Intelligence and Education

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B

小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段可知人的智力受出身的影響，也首環(huán)境的影響。舉這個例子是想告訴我們?nèi)说闹橇κ鞘壮錾碛绊懙摹?br />小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段人的智力受出身的影響，也首環(huán)境的影響。一個生活在富有的多樣化的環(huán)境中的人智力更高，這個例子想說明環(huán)境對人的智力的影響。故D正確。
小題3:C 推理題。本題是指找兩個沒有任何關系的人。因為沒有任何關系，意味著他們的智力可能完全不一樣，故C正確。
小題4:B 主旨大意題。主旨主要講述的就是影響智力的因素，故Ｂ正確。
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