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　　There are two factors which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is reared. If an individual is handicapped envionmentally ,it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.

　　The importance of environment in determining an individual's intellingence can be demonstrated by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and Mark X. Being identical, the twins had identical brains at birth, and their growth processes were the same. When the twins were three months old , their parents died, and they were placed in separate foster homes. Peter was reated by parents of low intelligence in an isolatedcommunity with poor educational pooprtunities.Mark was reared inthe home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. He was read to as a child , sent to good schools, and given every opportunity to be stimulated intellectually.This enviromental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens, when they were giben tesets to measure their intelligence. Mark's I.Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his identical brother. Given equal opportunities , the twins , having identical brains,would have tested at roughly the same level.

　　1.This selection can best be titled_________.

　　a.Measuring Your Intelligence

　　b.Intelligence and Environment

　　c.The Case of Peter and Mark

　　d.How the brain Influences Intelligence

　　2.The beststatement of the main idea of this passage is that _____.

　　a.human brains differ considerably

　　b.the brain a person is born with is improtant in determining his intelligence

　　c.environment is crucial in determining a person's intelligence

　　d. persons having identical brains will have roughly the same intelligence

　　3.According to the passage , the average I.Q.is _____.

　　a.85 b.100 c.110 d.125

　　4.The case history of the twins appears to support the conclusion that _______.

　　a.individual with identical brains seldom test at same level

　　b.an individual's intelligence is determined only by his enviroment

　　c.lack of opportunity blocks the growth of intelligence

　　d.changes of enviroment produce changes in the structure of the brain

　　5.This passage suggests that an individual 's I.Q.______.

　　a.can be predicted at birth

　　b.stays the same throuthout his life

　　c.can be increased by education

　　d.is determined by his childhood

　　答案：bcbcc

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　　In the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. They wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. epual. Some of them decided to "drop out" of American society and form their own societies . They formed utopian communities , which they called "communes," where they could follow their philosophy of "do your own thing." A group of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called "Drop City." Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller they built domeshaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, the followers fo San Francisco poet Steve Gakin, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old school huses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm become famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskin's followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the gruop were arrested for growing marijuana.

　　Not all communes believed in the philosophy of "do you own thing," however . Twin Oaks , a commune founded in Virgiania in the late 1960s, was based on the ideas of psychologist B.F.Skinner. The people who lived at Twin Oaks were carefully controlled by Skinner's "conditioning" techniques to do things that were good for the community. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri began to build Arcosanti, a utopian city Arizsona where 2500 people will live closely together in one large building called an "archology" Soleri believes that people must live closely together so that they will all become one.

　　1.Why did some young Americans decide to "drop out" of scoiety during the 1960s?

　　a.They were not satisfied with American society.

　　b.They wanted to grow marijuana.

　　c.They wanted to go to the Vietnam War.

　　d.They did not want all people to be equal.

　　2.Where did the members of the Hog Farm commune live?

　　a.In dome-shaped house

　　b.In old school huses

　　c.On a farm inTennessee

　　d.In an archology in Arizona

　　3.Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to bulid dome-shaped house?

　　a.Paolo Soleri

　　b.B.G.Skinner

　　c.Steve Gaskin

　　d.Buckminster Fuller

　　4.What was the Twin Oaks commune base on ?

　　a.The philosophy of "do your own thing"

　　b.Virginaia in the late 1960s

　　c.The ideas of psychologist

　　d.The belief that people must live closely togerher.

　　5.What is an "archology"?

　　a.A person who studies archaeology

　　b.A large building where people live closely together

　　c.A city in A rizona

　　d.A technique to contorl people

　　答案：abdcb