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Whatdeterminesthekindofpersonyouare?Whatfactorsmakeyoumoreorlessbold,intelligent,orabletoreadamap?Alloftheseareinfluencedbytheinteractionofyourgenesandtheenvironmentinwhichyouwere__1__.Thestudyofhowgenesandenvironmentinteracttoinfluence__2__activityisknownasbehavioralgenetics.Behavioralgeneticshasmadeimportant__3__tothebiologicalrevolution,providinginformationabouttheextenttowhichbiologyinfluencesmind,brainandbehavior.Anyresearchthatsuggeststhat__4__toperformcertainbehaviorsarebasedinbiologyiscontroversial.Whowantstobetoldthattherearelimitationstowhatyoucan__5__basedonsomethingthatisbeyondyourcontrol,suchasyourgenes?Itiseasytoacceptthatgenescontrolphysicalcharacteristicssuchassex,raceandeyecolor.Butcangenesalsodeterminewhetherpeoplewillgetdivorced,how__6__theyare,orwhatcareertheyarelikelytochoose?Aconcernofpsychologicalscientistsisthe__7__towhichallofthesecharacteristicsareinfluencedbynatureandnurture(养育),bygeneticmakeupandtheenvironment.Increasingly,science__8__thatgeneslaythegroundworkformanyhumantraits.Fromthisperspective,peopleareborn__9__likeundevelopedphotographs:Theimageisalreadycaptured,butthewayit__10__appearscanvarybasedonthedevelopmentprocess.However,thebasicpictureistherefromthebeginning.[A]abilities[B]achieve[C]appeal[D]complaints[E]contributions[F]displayed[G]essentially[H]eventually[I]extent[J]indicates[K]proceeds[L]psychological[M]raised[N]smart[O]standard答案解析：1.[M]raisedraise在这里的意思是养育，theenvironmentinwhichyouwereraised意思是你成长的环境。2.[L]psychologicalpsychologicalactivity意思是心理活动，全句意思是研究基因和外部环境如何相互作用影响人心理活动的学科被称为行为遗传学。3.[E]contributionsmakecontributionsto为固定搭配，意为为……做贡献。4.[A]abilitiesabilityto…意思是做某事的能力，在此处，全句意思是任何一篇宣称人类做出某种行为的能力是基于生物学的研究都是有争议的。5.[B]achievelimitationstowhatyoucanachieve意思是对你所能达到的水平的限制。6.[N]smart此处需填一个形容词，而且用来形容人，根据题意，smart符合题意，表示机灵，可爱。7.[I]extent此处填extent，主要是因为后面有to，totheextent…译为……的程度。8.[J]indicatesindicate意思是表明，显示。全句意为越来越多的科学(现象)表明基因对人类很多特征有基础作用。9.[G]essentiallyessentially的意思是实际上，本质上。全句意为从这个角度来讲，人一出生，本质上就像是还没洗出来的照片：相已经照了，但是最终会呈现多少就在于显影的过程了。10.[H]eventuallyeventually副词，意思是最终，最后。Withtheworld'spopulationestimatedtogrowfromsixtoninebillionby2050,researchers.businessesandgovernmentsarealreadydealingwiththeimpactthisincreasewillhaveoneverythingfromfoodandwatertoinfrastructure(基础设施)andjobs.Underlingallthis__1__willbethedemandforenergy,whichisexpectedtodoubleoverthenext40years.Findingtheresourcestomeetthisdemandina__2__.sustainablewayisthecornerstone(基石)ofournation'senergysecurity,andwillbeoneofthemajor__3__ofthe21stcentury.Alternativeformsofenergy-bio-fuels,windandsolar,tonameafeware__4__beingfundedanddeveloped,andwillplayagrowing__5__intheworld'senergysupply.Butexpertssaythatevenwhen__6__,alternativeenergysourceswilllikelymeetonlyabout30%oftheworld'senergyneedsby2050.Forexample,evenwith__7__investments,suchasthe$93millionforwindenergydevelopment__8__intheAmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct,importantalternativeenergysourcessuchaswindandbio-fuels__9__onlyabout1%ofthemarkettoday.Energyandsustainabilityexpertssaytheanswertoourfutureenergyneedswilllikelycomefromalotof__10__bothtraditionalandalternative.[A]stable[B]solutions[C]significant[D]role[E]progress[F]marvelous[G]included[H]growth[I]exactly[J]consist[K]comprise[L]competitions[M]combined[N]challenges[O]certainly答案解析：1growth2stable3challenges4certainly5role6combined7significant8included9comprise10solutions【解析】这是一篇讨论能源资源的说明文，话题是考生比较熟悉的能源问题，不断增长的人口与可再生资源的矛盾该如何解决。文中指出能源的一些可替代形式如生物能源、风能太阳能等可再生资源将在未来发挥越来越重要的作用。但是专家指出，即使这些资源储备量惊人，但是到2050年也只能满足世界30%的需求。文章最后两段探讨了各能源在市场上的需求，以及解决未来能源需求的其他方案。总体来说，这篇文章理解难度不大，填空难度适中，所选词汇也都是四级考纲的词汇。选项较具有干扰项，多为c和s开头的单词，考生在考试时要特别注意。Whatdeterminesthekindofpersonyouare?Whatfactorsmakeyoumoreorlessbold,intelligent,orabletoreadamap?Alloftheseareinfluencedbytheinteractionofyourgenesandtheenvironmentinwhichyouwere__1__.Thestudyofhowgenesandenvironmentinteracttoinfluence__2__activityisknownasbehavioralgenetics.Behavioralgeneticshasmadeimportant__3__tothebiologicalrevolution,providinginformationabouttheextenttowhichbiologyinfluencesmind,brainandbehavior.Anyresearchthatsuggeststhat__4__toperformcertainbehaviorsarebasedinbiologyiscontroversial.Whowantstobetoldthattherearelimitationstowhatyoucan__5__basedonsomethingthatisbeyondyourcontrol,suchasyourgenes?Itiseasytoacceptthatgenescontrolphysicalcharacteristicssuchassex,raceandeyecolor.Butcangenesalsodeterminewhetherpeoplewillgetdivorced,how__6__theyare,orwhatcareertheyarelikelytochoose?Aconcernofpsychologicalscientistsisthe__7__towhichallofthesecharacteristicsareinfluencedbynatureandnurture(养育),bygeneticmakeupandtheenvironment.Increasingly,science__8__thatgeneslaythegroundworkformanyhumantraits.Fromthisperspective,peopleareborn__9__likeundevelopedphotographs:Theimageisalreadycaptured,butthewayit__10__appearscanvarybasedonthedevelopmentprocess.However,thebasicpictureistherefromthebeginning.[A]abilities[B]achieve[C]appeal[D]complaints[E]contributions[F]displayed[G]essentially[H]eventually[I]extent[J]indicates[K]proceeds[L]psychological[M]raised[N]smart[O]standard答案解析：1.[M]raisedrais