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[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(一)模拟159 Section Ⅰ Use of English You and your parents can stop worrying-Pasteur, Edison, Darwin and lots more were far from being geniuses in their teens.  History books 1 mention it, but the truth is that many of our greatest figures were 2 beatniks when they were teenagers. They were given to daydreaming, indecision, plain dullness, and they showed no 3 of being doctor, lawyer or Indian chief.  So, young men and women, if you suffer from the same 4 , dont despair. The world was built by men and women whose parents worried that they would never 5 to a hill of beans. You dont hear too much about their early failure because parents prefer to cite more 6 examples.  If you take piano lessons and your attitude towards practicing is 7 by laziness, your parents might 8 complain and flaunt before you the famous picture of little Mozart in his ruffled nightshirt, playing the piano at midnight in the attic. 9 the point is, your parents would not show you a picture of a certain party who never showed a 10 of interest in music during his 11 years. In fact he never showed 12 in any direction whatever. Finally put to studying law, he 13 passed his final exams. It was not until he was 22 that he suddenly became fired 14 a great passion for music, and his name was Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky.  In the sciences, there have been hundreds of geniuses who aimed straight at the 15 from earliest years, and hundreds who showed no 16 at all. There were the teenage Mayo brothers, who actually 17 their father in his crude country operating room. 18 Harvey Cushing, one of the worlds greatest brain surgeons, might have become a professional ballplayer if his father hadnt 19 that he give 20 a try. 1.A.seldomB.oftenC.alwaysD.uniquely答案:A语义逻辑题，考查词义辨析。but表转折，根据该句but后的句意，很多大人物小时候都是“垮掉的一代”，可推知前面想表达的是