36 Every day, hundreds of people are ________ their lives to cross vast spans of water, struggling to reach the European
shore from North Africa and the Middle East to live a better life.
(A) spending (B) taking (C) risking (D) making
37 For a long time, the two parties have been ________ that their policy meets the people's needs better.
(A) concealing (B) arguing (C) agreeing (D) conducting
40 Profile pictures on social networking sites are the ________ projection to friends of who you are and what you are like.
(A) visual (B) auditory (C) odorous (D) tactile
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About 20 minutes west of Quebec City in Canada, there is a unique place—the only hotel in North America made
entirely of ice and snow. It was freezing. The outside temperature was -28ºC! But it was warmer inside than outside—
about 14ºC. This is 41 the walls. They are 120 centimeters 42 . And the hotel was absolutely wonderful! The
floors and ceilings were ice. There were beautiful ice sculptures everywhere. There were also two art galleries, a movie
theater, a skating rink, and a wedding chapel. 43 the drinking glasses were made of ice! And in the rooms? Yes,
the beds were made of ice. Hotel guests slept 44 a cozy sleeping bag on a mattress. It was a lot of fun! They build
the ice hotel every year in December, and guests can stay there from January to March. In past years, more than 4,000
guests stayed 45 one night. Beaches, mountains, lakes, museums--boring! The place to go is the ice hotel.
【題組】41 (A) according to (B) in addition to (C) because of (D) on behalf of
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For hundreds of years, psychologist and ordinary people have never stopped debating this fascinating question.
Some people think personality develops as a result of the environment—the combination of influences that we learn
from, such as our families, our culture, our friends, and our education. The people who believe this theory believe that
all babies are born without a personality and that it’s the environment that determines, or forms each child’s personality.
This school of thought is called the “nurture school.”
At the other end of the continuum we find people who believe that personality is determined by “nature,” or the
characteristics we receive, or “inherit,” from our parents biologically, through their genes. These people believe that our
personality is not determined by the environment, but rather by genetics, and that each baby is born with a personality.
The nature-nurture controversy is very old. Experimental psychologists have tried to discover which of these two factors,
genetics or the environment, is more important in forming our personality. However, it’s very difficult, if not impossible,
to conduct research on real people with real lives. There’s just no way to put people in a laboratory and watch them
develop. For this reason, there’s no scientific way to settle the nature-nurture controversy. Recently, however, most
researchers have come to believe that both the environment and the genes —nurture and nature—work together and are
both important.
【題組】46 What could be the best title for the passage?
(A) Personality: Nature or Nurture?
(B) What Is Personality?
(C) Personality Inherited from Parents
(D) Learning Determines Personality
【題組】47 According to the passage, why is it impossible to settle the nature and nurture controversy?
(A) Because researchers don’t have enough funding to conduct research.
(B) Because most of the researchers have their own biases.
(C) Because most of the researchers believe that a baby is born without a personality.
(D) Because researchers can’t keep people in a lab and observe them grow.
【題組】48 According to the perspectives of the nurture school, which of the following factors may NOT be the one that
influences our personality?
(A) Our parents. (B) Our genes. (C) Our education. (D) The world around us.
【題組】49 For people who believe in nature, which of the following statements is true?
(A) Personality is determined by the environment.
(B) Personality is not determined by genetics.
(C) Each baby is born with a personality.
(D) Each baby is born without a personality.
【題組】50 What do most researchers believe nowadays?
(A) Personality development is black and white.
(B) The environment is more important than genetics in personality development.
(C) Nature is more important than nurture in personality development.
(D) The environment and the genes are both crucial.
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