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Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same
Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same
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Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed 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 the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favourite 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, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honour 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, up to point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he ______.
选项
A、has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic
B、comes up with solutions in a most natural way
C、lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
D、just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries
答案
C
解析
细节题。作者在最后一段指出one of the outstanding and essential qualities required is serf-discipline,a quality I lack,由此可知C为正确答案。
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