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Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were brought up in the same way

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问题     Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed (紧抱的) flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages, I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
    Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystal-clear memory of dogs, the farm animals, the local birds and above all, the insects.
    I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil, reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle (谜), because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
    But curiosity, a keen eye-,, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist; one of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of born worlds.
Which of the following statement is true?
选项 A、The author believes that a born naturalist cannot be a scientist.
B、The author’s brothers and sisters were good at music and languages.
C、The author read a lot of books about the natural world and the oil industry.
D、The author spent a lot of time working on riddles.
答案B
解析 本题考查考生对文意的理解。作者的主要观点是：“博物学家”是天生的，而“科学家”是后天培养的。而文章并未提到天生的博物学家是否能够成为科学家，因此A项是错误的。B项可以根据第一段的“Unlike them，I had no ear for music and languages，I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic”得出。C项错在“and the oil industry”。第三段的“burning the midnight oil”是“开夜车，点灯夜读”的意思，而不是“石油工业”。D项作者花大量时间解答谜语，这一选项的迷惑性较大。它是对第三段“Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle”的误解。文章原意是作者通过大量的观察、讨论和阅读之后，会突然发现自己找到了这些谜团的答案，因而感到欣喜和快乐，而不是花大量的时间空想这些谜团应如何解答。
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