1.
Scientists have been arguing about intelligence since ______________.
( B
)
(a)
the book The Bell Curve was published
(b)
Charles Spearman suggested that aspects of cognitive
performance are guided by a single, general mental ability
(c)
Robert Plomin reported the first evidence of
a gene linked to high IQ
(d)
Michael Owen came to work at the Institute of Psychiatry
in London.
2.
The Bell Curve published in 1994 _________. ( B
)
(a)
first aroused the nature-nurture debate
(b)
brought back the nature-nurture discussion again
(c)
was based on the research of Robert Plomin
(d)
led scientists to the search for "smart" genes
3.
The study of how, in all living things, the characteristics
and qualities of parents are given
to their children by their genes, is called ________.
( B
)
(a)
behavioral genetics
(b)
genetics
(c)
biology
(d) heredity
4.
The purpose of the study of heredity patterns for traits
is to ___________. ( D
)
(a) compare identical twins who are brought up together
and apart
(b)
compare the traits of adopted children with those of their
own parents and foster parents.
(c)
find hereditary factors that determine thought processes
(d)
find the genes that are responsible for a certain pattern
of inheritance for a trait
5.
The search for smart genes gets complicated because of all
of the following EXCEPT that
___________. ( D
)
(a)
heredity patterns are imperceptible, as intelligence is
not governed only by a few genes
(b)
intelligence is a permanent and dependable part of
human behavior
(c)
so far as we know, intelligence is the most important mental
quality that can be inherited
(d)
only 1 percent of the heritability of intelligence can be
explained by any of the majority of mart
genes
6.
Which of the following is NOT true? ( C
)
(a)
Plomin compared two groups of children, linking their genes
to their traits by using DNA markers.
(b)
The different versions of each marker are equal to different
versions of nearby genes.
(c)
Whether a person with a particular allele of a DNA marker
has a certain trait or not determines the similarity of
a gene for that trait with the marker.
(d)
Michael Owen─s proposal made it possible to carry out
large-scale studies to discover even smaller
genetic contributions.
7.
According to the writer, the implications of smart genes
for science__________.( C
)
(a)
are not as great as the social implications
(b)
enable people to better understand the neural pathways that
attribute to global reasoning, learning, and memory
(c)
include tests of determining people'
information
(d)
help schools to choose kids by means of DNA tests instead
of IQ tests
8.
Which word best describes the writer's attitude toward the
prospect of the search for
smart genes? ( C
)
(a)
Critical.
(b)
Doubtful.
(c)
Hopeful.
(d)
Hostile.
C.
Understanding vocabulary.
Choose
the correct definition according to the context.
1.
It helps determine where you work, whether you wind
up in jail. ( C
)
(a)
work
(b)
deceive
(c)
end
(d)
annoy
2.A
single, general mental ability governs many aspects of cognitive
performance, scientists and society have bickered
long and often about intelligence. ( D
)
(a)
thought
(b)
discussed
(c)
researched
(d)
quarreled
3.
Most recently, the controversy incited by the 1994 book
The Bell Curve has revived the nature-nurture
debates: Is intelligence malleable or genetically
programmed? ( C
)
(a)
inflexible
(b)
stubborn
(c)
easily trained
(d) hardly adapted
4.
Already, his work has provoked visions ─ and
fears ─ of DNA doctors tinkering with the gears of cognition.
( C
)
(a)
angered
(b)
subdued
(c)
stirred up
(d)
hindered
5.
Plomin's quest is one of the most audacious
in the field of behavioral genetics. ( D
)
(a)
question
(b)
experiment
(c)
suggestion
(d)
pursuit
6.
Another method compares the traits of adopted
children with those of their biological and adoptive parents
and siblings. ( A
)
(a)
characteristics
(b)
trails
(c)
patterns of inheritance
(d)
genetics
7.
Michael Owen suggested scrapping the laborious
genetic profiling of individual subjects. ( C
)
(a)
preserving
(b)
arguing against
(c)
throwing away
(d)
keeping
8.
Owen proposed pooling subjects
