Question

      For years scientists have been arguing about whether nature or nurture (后天) decides what people

    will be like. Is it nature —what people are 1 with—that decides what they will be like? 2 is it nurture—what 3 to people when they are born —that decides what they will be like?

     Scientists have been studying twins to 4 if they can Hnd the answer,because twins start out with the 5 DNA. Sometimes twins don't live together at birth and grow up in different 6 and different places —so the nature is the same for both,but the nurture is different.

    When scientists 7 these twins in their later life,they some times find some surprising 8 .

    Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted (收養) by two different families at birth. They first met each other again thirty-nine years 9 and discovered they had a lot in 10 . Both had been 11  twice. Their first wives were both named Linda and their second wives were both named Betty!

    Each twin had a son —one called his son James Alan and the 12 called his son James Alan,too. Their children each had a dog called “Toy”. They even arrived at their first 13 in the same color of car.

      So far twin 14 seem to show that both nature and nurture are important. What we have from birth,and how and where we live help to build 15 we are.

() 1. A. born   B. grown   C. taught   D. made

() 2. A. So   B. And   C. If   D. Or

() 3. A. pretends   B. happens   C. falls   D. depends

() 4. A. hear   B. win   C. see   D. plan

() 5. A. nice   B. same   C. full   D. free

() 6. A. families   B. cities   C. countries   D. nations

() 7. A. believe   B. suggest   C. receive   D. compare

() 8. A. numbers   B. discoveries   C. results   D. decisions

() 9. A. ago   B. later   C. forward   D. behind

() 10. A. common   B. fact   C. danger   D. trouble

() 11. A. mentioned   B. married   C. succeeded   D. interviewed

() 12. A. either   B. else   C. other   D. only

() 13. A. competition   B. education   C. purpose   D. meeting

() 14. A. studies   B. movies   C. challenges   D. mysteries

() 15. A. what   B. when   C. where   D. who

Answer 1

1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. D

[解析]文章用一對雙胞胎的例子，說明了先天和后天對人的影響。

1. A 考査詞組；be born with天生的，和nature — 致。選A.

2. D考査連詞，可能是天生的，或者是環境因素，選D.

3. B考査動詞：人生下來后發生的事情。選B.

4. C考査動詞：科學家一直在研究雙胞胎看是否能 找到答案。選C.

5. B 考査形容詞：因為雙胞胎DNA是一樣的。 選B.

6. A考査名詞：有時雙胞胎在出生后生長在不同 的家庭。選A.

7. D考査動詞：科學家對比雙胞胎以后的人生。 選D.

8. C考査名詞：他們有時有驚人的發現。選C.

9. B 考查詞組：thirty-nine years later 39 年后。 選B.

10. A 考查詞組：have a lot in common ,有很多相似 處。選A.

11. B從后面的句子：Their first wives可知是marked 結婚 。選 B.

12. C考査形容詞：和one對應用the other。選C.

13. D考査名詞：meeting是見面。選D.

14. A考査名詞：這是對雙胞胎的研究。選A.

15. D考查疑問詞：我們天生的東西一樣，后天的環 境可以決定我們成為什么人，用who。選D.