Are some people bom clever,and others bom stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough,the answer to these questions is yes. In some degree,our intelligence is given to us at birth,and no education can make a genius out of a child bom with low intelligence. On the other hand,a child who lives in a poor environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in a rich environment. Therefore,the limits (限度) of people's intelligence are fixed at birth. Whether he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This point of view now is held by most experts.

   It is easy to show that intelligence is something that we are bom with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is,the closer their degrees of intelligence are. If we take two strangers by chance from the population,it seems that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If,on the other hand,we compare two twins,they are very likely to be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters,parents and children,usually have similar degree of intelligence,and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

    Imagine now that we take two 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 would soon find differences in intelligence developing,and this shows that environment as well as birth plays an important part. This result is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other but are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.

53. The limits of man's intelligence are fixed .

   A. at birth.

   B. through education.

   C. both at birth and through education.

   D. neither at birth nor through education.

54. According to the passage,if a child is born with low intelligence,what might happen to him later?

   A. He might become a genius.

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

   C. He might reach his intelligence limits in rich environment.

   D. He might never reach his intelligence in his life.

55. What statement is TRUE in the passage?

   A. No education can help make a genius.

   B. Personality is as important as intelligence which was given to people at birth.

   C. People who have similar degree of intelligence must be relatives.

   D. Environment influences people in intelligence developing.

   English surnames have an interesting history. In early times people had just one name that they were given at birth. It might have been John or Hilda,for example. One name was quite enough. If someone mentioned Hilda or John,everyone knew who was meant because there would be only one Hilda or one John in a tiny village. But as time went on,small villages grew into towns. Then there might be five or six Johns and five or six Hildas all living in the same place. How were people to know which John or which Hilda was meant then?

   One way of getting over the difficulty was by adding the name of the work the person did. Thus the man who was a cook might be called John the Cook. The man who weaved clothes might be called John the Weaver. Second names or,surnames as we now call them,had come into being. At that time these surnames were given to a man's children. So John Weaver's children would,perhaps,be called Hilda Weaver and Charles Weaver. And this is how we still use surnames today.

    Another way of telling one person from another with the same name was by adding the place where they lived. Thus the two men in the same village,both with the name of Tom,might be known as Tom by the Wood and Tom in the Field. This would give rise to such surnames as Wood,Field,Street,Tree,Pond,Lake,Forest,etc.

    The origin of many surnames is easy to find. But how others started is difficult to know. Only scholars who have studied the history of words can tell the origin of the more difficult ones,and even then they can't always be sure.

50. In early times English people.

   A. had only one name given at birth

   B. had two names： John and Hilda

   C. had two given names at birth

   D. had no name at birth

51. People use Wood as their surnames because.

   A. they lived near a place where many trees grew

   B. they were farmers

   C. they lived in a village

   D. it was a common thing

52. The passage mainly tells us about .

   A. how some English names started

   B. why so many people were named John and Smith

   C. the history of the English words

   D. the history of the English people

   Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver,he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back,she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few of his friends liked gambling (賭 博) and he learned it soon. He was interested in it and almost forgot everything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television,watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn9t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was sent down. After he came out of the lock-up,he hated his wife very much and the woman had to leave him.

    It was New Year's Day. Mr. Lang didn't go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn't think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly the door opened and in came a few policemen.

     "I saw there wasn’t any policeman outside,Daddy," said the boy, " so I went to the crossing and asked some to come."

46. Mr. Lang was paid much because.

  A.he was a driver           B. he worked in a factory

 C.he haim lot of work to do    D. he had worked there for a long time

47. Mrs. Laftg all the housework because .

   A. she c6udn’t find any work

   B. she thought her husband was tired

   C. her husband spent all time in gambling

   D. she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling 

48. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because .

   A. he didn't love her any longer

   B. he wouldn’t stop gambling

   C. he had been put into the lock-up

   D. he was dismissed (解雇) by the factory 

49. Which of the following is right?

   A. The boy hoped his father to be put into the lock-up again.

   B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

   C. The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon.

   D. The boy hoped his mother to come back.

第一節(jié):閱讀下面一篇短文，判斷下列句子是否符合短 文內(nèi)容，符合的用” A”表示，不符合的用"B”表示。

   Very few people came to eat at the White Rose Restaurant,and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality,but nobody seemed to want to eat there.

   Then he did something that changed all that,and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady,a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu. The menu looked exactly the same on the outside,but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine,while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price!So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine,the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.

41. People didn't come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first because of the high price.

42. According to the passage,the people who ate at this restaurant were mostly men with their girl friends.

43. The difference between the two kinds of menu lay in the food.

44. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends ate at this restaurant,the food was paid either by the men or by the ladies.

45. According to the passage we can know that,generally speaking,women like their male friends to be generous.

    When my family moved to Ohio over the summer,I feared going to another new school and knowing no one because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and huge glasses. Besides,I was 31 and not very popular.

   Getting on the school bus that first day,I felt that all eyes were on me. I could hear the words”She's huge!” Clearly,the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus 32 in silence.

   The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a rope across the aisle (通道) and then I fell down first on the bus,33 everything I was carrying.

34 I was uneasily gathering my things,I could hear the laughter,and then the words n That felt like an earthquake!" Anyway,I managed to find a seat. Looking out of the window,I held back the tears running out of my eyes.

   From then on,I began walking everywhere. I would walk through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a church. I began 35 the afternoon school bus on purpose,walking home instead. Then,36 , I started losing weight.

   And as I became satisfied with myself,I began making 37 One of my newly-found friends also fought with her weight. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and 38 together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing 39 the way — different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to be perfect. I just had to be me,and be happy with myself.

    While I would no longer want to experience that time of loneliness and sadness again,I am 40 I made it through. Whenever I fight with any other problem in life,I always remember the saying " This also shall pass."

31. A. outgoing   B. overweight   C. smart   D. friendly

32. A. drive   B. lift   C. ride   D. travel

33. A. taking   B. losing   C. leaving   D. dropping

34. A. While   B. Though   C. Since   D. Because

35. A. catching   B. missing   C. driving   D. stopping

36. A. unexpectedly   B. uncertainly

   C. unluckily   D. uninterestedly

37. A. changes   B. friends   C. efforts   D. decisio継備

38. A. run   B. play   C. chat   D. walk

39. A. along   B. across   C. around   D. above

40. A. interested   B. worried   C. proud   D. regretful

30. —Do you know next term?

—I don't know. But I want a teacher who can make me .

   A. who will teach us math;understand

   B. who will teach us math;understood

   C. who teaches us math;understood

   D. who taught us math;understand

29. She is American and she makes unbelievable progress in Chinese.

   A. an;an   B. a;a   C. an; /   D. an; a 

 28. — the population of your city?

—5 million.

   A. What is   B. How much is

   C. What are   D. How many are

27. —Taiwan and Japan are both separated from the main- land.

—But we should know clearly Taiwan is China and Japan is the east of China.

   A. to;to   B. in;in   C. in;to   D. to; in

26. It's time for to from school.

   A. you and he;graduates   B. you and him;graduate  

   C. your and his;graduating   D. yours and his;graduating