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

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.
The first paragraph tells us that the author______.
选项 A、lost his hearing when he was a child
B、didn’t like his brothers and sisters
C、was born to a naturalist’s family
D、was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
答案D
解析 本题考查考生对段落大意的把握。A项是对“I had no ear for music and languages”的曲解，句子本意是“没有音乐和语言的天赋”，而不是“自幼失聪”。B项是对“Unlike them”的误读，句子本意是“和他们不一样”，而不是“不喜欢他们”。C项文章中未提及。用排除法并结合下文可知答案为D。
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