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英语六级阅读练习(1) Are?some?people?born?clever,?and?others?born?stupid?Or?is?intelligence?developed?by?our?environment?andour?experiences??Strangely?enough,?the?answer?toboth?these?questions?is?yes.?To?some?extent?ourintelligence?is?given?us?at?birth,?and?no?amount?ofspecial?education?can?make?a?genius?out?of?a?childborn?with?low?intelligence.?On?the?other?hand,?a?childwho?lives?in?a?boring?environment?will?develop?his?intelligence?less?than?one?wholives?in?rich?and?varied?surroundings.?Thus?the?limits?of?a?persons?intelligence?arefixed?at?birth,?but?whether?or?not?he?reaches?those?limits?will?depend?on?hisenvironment.?This?view,?now?held?by?most?experts,?can?be?supported?in?a?number?ofways. 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?tobe?in?intelligence.?Thus?if?we?take?two?unrelated?people?at?random(任意的)?from?thepopulation,it?is?likely?that?their?degrees?of?intelligence?will?be?completely?different.If?on?the?other?hand?we?take?two?identical?(完全相同的)?twins?they?will?very?likelybe?as?intelligent?as?each?other.?Relations?like?brothers?and?sisters,?parents?andchildren,?usually?have?similar?intelligence,?and?this?clearly?suggests?that?intelligencedepends?on?birth.Imagine?now?that?we?take?two?identical?twins?and?put?them?in?differentenvironments.?We?might?send?one,?for?example,?to?a?university?and?the?other?to?afactory?where?the?work?is?boring.?We?would?soon?find?differences?in?intelligencedeveloping,?and?this?indicates?that?environment?as?well?as?birth?plays?a?part.?Thisconclusion?is?also?suggested?by?the?fact?that?people?who?live?in?close?contact?witheach?other,?but?who?are?not?related?at?all,?are?likely?to?have?similar?degrees?ofintelligence. 26.?Which?of?these?sentences?best?describes?the?writers?point?in?Paragraph?1?A.?To?some?extent,?intelligence?is?given?at?birth.B.?Intelligence?is?developed?by?the?environment.C.?Some?people?are?born?clever?and?oth