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1、慧考博考博第一品牌 慧网 考博咨QQ：400 622 4468 第 1 共 4 2013年10月份中科院考博英真理解真Passage TwoLately I got a chance to mad People magazines most recent compilation of The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.It was fabulous.In addition to offering helpful glooming tips,the issue involves an attempt to answer one of the mo

2、at difficult questions of our time:Which is ultimately more influential,nature or nurture?Consider first the extreme nurturists,who abstain from the notion that anything is biologically fixed,Theres John Watson,famous for the statement:Give me a child and let me control the total environment in whic

3、h he is raised,and I will turn him into whatever I wish.A nurture viewpoint is also advanced by TV star Jenna Elfman,who attributes her beauty to drinking 100 ounces of rater a day,and using a moisturizer that costs$1,000 a pored,floweret,even a beginner in the study of human developmental biology m

4、ight easily note that no degree of expensive moisturizers would get,say,me on Peoples beauty list.Naturally.similarly strong opinions come from the opposing,nature faction-the genetic determinists among the Most Beautiful.Perhaps the cockiest of this school is Josh Brolin,an actor whose statement au

5、ld readily serve as a manifesto for those in his profession:I was given my dads good genes.”One searches the pages for a middle ground,for the interdisciplinary synthesizer who perceives the contributions of both nature and nurture.At last,we find 慧考博考博第一品牌 慧网 考博咨QQ：400 622 4468 第 2 共 4 Monica,a sin

6、ger,who has an absolutely wondrous skill for applying makeup.This,at first,seems like just more nurture propaganda.But where does she get this cosmetic aptitude?Her mother supplies the answer.its something thats inborn One gasps at the insight:There is a genetic influence on how one interacts with f

7、ile environment.Too bad a few more people cant think this way when figuring out what genes have to do with intelligent,substance abuse,or violence.In matters of human beauty,hardwired preferences matter but can be overdo.Novelist George Eliot was strikingly homely,but her magnetic character inspired

8、 Henry James to write in a letter:She is magnificently uglydeliciously hideous.She has a dull gray eye,a vast pendulous nose,a huge mouth,and full of uneven teeth.Now in this vast ugliness resides a most powerful beauty which,in a very few minutes,steals forth and charms the mind,so that you end as

9、I ended,in falling in love with her.42.The article suggests that People magazine regularly_.A.provides a list of the most beautiful people in file world B.gives advice about how to look like international beauties C provides guidance on answering complex questions D.offers help in dealing with marri

10、age or family problems 43.What John Watson said can best be interpreted as_.A.parent oversight guides a childs growth B.ones upbringing determines what they become C.a change of environment affects ones health D.child-raising is by no means easy 44.According to Paragraph 3,the author believes_.A.one

11、 can get prettier if drinking enough water every day慧考博考博第一品牌 慧网 考博咨QQ：400 622 4468 第 3 共 4 B.Jenna Elfmans experience is worth publicizing C.the secrets of beauty are found in human biology D.beauty must depend on more than one or two factors 45.According to the author,Josh Brolins statement shows

12、that the actor is_.A.over-ebbing B.over-assertive C.over-confident D.over-sensitive 46.As an example in favor of both mature and nurture,the author feels that Monicas mother is rather_.A.insightful B.absurd C justifiable D.irrelevant 47.As he wrote,Henry James fell in love with George Eliot because

13、of_.A.her unique ugliness B.her attractive character C.her masculine beauty D.her skillful writing中科院考博英真完形填空文章大意及参考答案【慧独家解析：文章大意】篇文章就美是由先天因素决定是后天因素决定展开。作者介了三种点，第一种先天，基因决定了是否美貌。第二种后天美是境造的；第三种美是受前两者的共同影响。文章最后一段，作者提到其外貌并没有人格魅力重要。【慧独家解析：参考答案】42.A 43.B 44.D 45.B 46.A 47.B 【慧考博独家解析】-解析慧中科院考博英一本通-系扣扣：4006

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