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     Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent, person’s intelligence is 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 in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random(隨意地) 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 should 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.

68. 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

69. If a child is born with low intelligence, he is unlikely to      

     A. become a genius so long as he or she works hard enough

     B. still become a genius if he should be given special education

     C. go beyond his intelligence limits even in rich surroundings

     D. never reaches his intelligence limits in his life

70. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows

     A. the importance of their intelligence      

     B. the role of environment on intelligence

     C. the importance of their positions        

     D. the part that birth plays

71. What can be the best title for the text?

     A. Surroundings                            B. Intelligence

     C. Dependence on Environment               D. Effect of Education

假設(shè)你是本刊讀者Jack，請(qǐng)你根據(jù)所給的背景材料給Peter寫(xiě)封回信。內(nèi)容包括：

1.分析Peter父母不同意的理由；

2.你給Peter的具體建議。

背景材料：

Teenagers          總228（10/2009）期

編者按：本期刊登了Peter的來(lái)信，歡迎讀者就信中談到的問(wèn)題進(jìn)行分析并提出建議。

Dear Editor,

     I’m a boy of 18. I like arts, especially dancing. I want to attend a hip-hop（街舞） training course on the weekend, but my parents don’t permit me to. I’m very upset and need your advice.

                                                               Peter

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Dear Peter,

     You are very upset that your parents don’t permit you to attend a hip-hop training course on the weekend.                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                     Yours,

                                                                                         Jack

——Have we ________ water?

  —— Yes, ________. We’d better get some.

   A. given out; we have run it out          B. run out of; our water has run out

   C. used up; our water has been run out     D. run out; our water is running out

These wild flowers are so special that I would do       I can to save them .

 A. whatever    B. that    C. which    D. whichever

　　When did you last see a polar bear? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These "Polar Bears" are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3℃, and the water temperature was a bit higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, New York are usually about the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group, this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.

　　Doctors do not agree about the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body's temperature drops so low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter.

The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits (or advantages) of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system(循環(huán)系統(tǒng)) because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try cold-water swimming.

　　The main benefits(or advantages) of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears love to swim year-round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says. "When I go into the water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away."

51. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____ .

　A. they should be easy to make friends with

　B. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months

　C. they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February

　D. they must reach the age of 60

52. Doctors _____ .

　A. encourage people to take part in cold-water swimming actively

　B. point out the possible danger of blood illness during cold-water swimming

　C. believe swimming is helpful both in winter and in summer

　D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming

53. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _____ .

　A. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue

　B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter

　C. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high

　D. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water

54. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for _____ .

　A. they can remain young   B. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter

　C. they find it enjoyable and interesting D. they might meet fewer troubles in life

55. The passage is mainly about _____ .

a group of cold-water swimming lovers                  B. the polar bears' life  

　C. doctors' ideas about cold-water swimming            D. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club

We          our examination at this time next Monday.

   A. will be taking            B. will take

   C. to be given              D. will have been taken

---- Do you need any help, Lucy ?

  ------ Yes. The job is _______ I could do myself.

     A less than    B. more than     C. no more than   D not more than

_____ Child as he is, he knows a lot.

A. /  B. A C. The     D. Being

A bullet hit the soldier and he was wounded in _____ leg.

A. a B. one     C. the      D. his

19．Mrs．Brown is so_________about her housework that few servants Want to work for her．

A．skillful    B．neat   C．particular   D．Special