Question

【題目】 What we know of prebirth training makes all this attempt made by a mother to influence the character of her unborn child by studying poetry，art，or mathematics during pregnancy seem totally impossible. How could such extremely complex influences pass from the mother to the child？There is no connection between their nervous systems. Even the blood vessels of mother and child do not join directly. An emotional shock to the mother will affect her child，because it changes the activity of her glands(腺) and the chemistry of her blood. Any chemical change in the mother's blood will affect the child for better or worse. But we can not see how a looking for mathematics or poetic genius can be dissolved(溶解) in blood and produce a similar liking or genius in the child.

In our discussion of instincts(本能) we saw that there was reason to believe that whatever we inherit(繼承) must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior. It is certain that no one inherits a knowledge of mathematics. It may be，however，that children inherit more or less of a rather general ability that we may call intelligence. If very intelligent children become deeply interested in mathematics，they will probably make a success of that study.

As for musical ability，it may be that what is inherited is an especially sensitive ear，a special structure of the hands or the vocal(發(fā)聲的) organs connections between nerves and muscles. If these factors are all organized around music，the child may become a musician. The same factors，in other circumstance，might be organized about some other center of interest.

The rich emotional equipment might find expression in poetry. The capable fingers might develop skill in surgery. It is not the knowledge of music that is inherited，then nor even the love of it，but a certain bodily structure that makes it comparatively easy to acquire musical knowledge and skill. Whether that ability shall be directed toward music or some other fields may be decided entirely by forces in the environment in which a child grows up.

【1】What can we learn from the first paragraph？

A.Mothers' prebirth training is totally unlikely to influence the character of unborn children.

B.A pregnant mother needn't have prebirth training because of no nervous connection with her child.

C.A mother can't help her child become a talented poet just by studying poems during pregnancy.

D.An emotional shock to the mother has little effect on her unborn child for their unconnected vessels.

【2】It can be concluded from the passage that a child may not inherit ________ from mother.

A.sensitive earsB.capable fingers

C.intelligenceD.a knowledge of maths

【3】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？

A.Role of InheritanceB.Role of the Environment

C.An Unborn ChildD.Inherited Talents

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章講述的是遺傳的作用。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句What we know of prebirth training makes all this attempt made by a mother to influence the character of her unborn child by studying poetry， art， or mathematics during pregnancy seem totally impossible.可知，母親不能僅僅通過在懷孕期間學習詩歌來幫助孩子成為一個有才華的詩人。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段It is certain that no one inherits a knowledge of mathematics.可知，從這篇文章可以得出結(jié)論，孩子不可能從母親那里繼承數(shù)學知識。故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句But we can not see how a looking for mathematics or poetic genius can be dissolved(溶解) in blood and produce a similar liking or genius in the child.和第二段第一句In our discussion of instincts(本能) we saw that there was reason to believe that whatever we inherit(繼承) must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.可知，本文講述的是關(guān)于遺傳的作用。故選A。

對于暗含在文章中的人物的行為動機、事件的因果關(guān)系及作者未言明的傾向、意圖、態(tài)度、觀點等要進行合乎邏輯的判斷、推理、分析，進一步增強理解能力，抓住材料實質(zhì)性的東西。本題第1小題，根據(jù)第一段第一句What we know of prebirth training makes all this attempt made by a mother to influence the character of her unborn child by studying poetry， art， or mathematics during pregnancy seem totally impossible.可知，母親不能僅僅通過在懷孕期間學習詩歌來幫助孩子成為一個有才華的詩人。故選C。