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  3. What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less【C1】______, intelligent, or able to read a map? Al

What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less【C1】______, intelligent, or able to read a map? Al

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问题 What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less【C1】______, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were【C2】______. The study of how genes and environment interact to influence【C3】______activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important【C4】______ to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.
Any research that suggests that【C5】______to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can【C6】______based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how【C7】______they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the【C8】______to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture, by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science indicates that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born【C9】______like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it【C10】______ appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning. This conclusion might be somewhat disappointing, for no matter how hard we try, we may not be able to change ourselves much.
A. abilities B. achieve C. extent D. ease
E. contributions F. raised G. essentially H. basically
I. smart J. psychological K. grown L. bold
M. level N. gain O. eventually
【C6】
选项
答案B
解析 achieve，词义辨析题。根据词性，此处应当填入动词。根据下文“But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced，how 7 they are，or what career they are likely to choose?”可见基因不仅决定人的性别、种族等生理特点，而且决定婚姻、职业发展，故空格处应当填入表示所取得成就的词。选项中gain强调“获益，赢得”，侧重有所收获；achieve表示所获成就，可高可低，语义更加客观中立，故选achieve。
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