浙江自考《英语（二）》题型测试031题，由浙江省自考网整理，供自考生自考练习。
1:单选题
[概括大意]Today， we are beginning to think differently. In the last few years， research has thrown doubt on the view that innate intelligence can ever be measured and on the very nature of intelligence itself. There is considerable evidence now which shows the great influence of environment both on achievement and intelligence. Children with poor home backgrounds not only do less well in their school work and intelligence tests but their performance tends to deteriorate gradually compared with that of their more fortunate classmates.
The main idea of this paragraph is__________.
A、Main Results of Recent Researches
B、Popular Doubt about the New View
C、Effect of Environment on Intelligence
D、Impact on School Education
2:单选题
[完成句子]Sagan was noted for the vigour of his logic style， especially when criticizing some piece of pseudoscience（伪科学）。 I remembered a 1973 AAAS meeting at which he destroyed the theories of Immanuel Velikovsky， who was maintaining that only a few thousands of years ago， Venus had repeatedly collided with Earth and Mars； events well noted. Velikovsky said， in the bible.
In Sagan‘s opinion， Velikovsky might be__________.
A、a member of the National Academy of Science
B、a pseudo-scientist
C、a science populariser
D、a reporter
3:单选题
[概括大意]“Many of life‘s failures，” the supreme innovator said， “are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Before that magical moment in October 1879， Edison had worked out no fewer than 3，000 theories about electric light， but in only two cases did his experiments work.
The main idea of this paragraph is__________.
A、Importance of learning from failure
B、Never a successful man gives up
C、It is important to fail for a successful man
D、Edison‘S comment on failure
1:正确答案：C
答案解析：本段提出了一个新的对智力的认识，与过去一些年的传统的把智力看做是一种不变的能力的这种理解不同，它主张智力和人的成长环境有关。因此选择C。
2:正确答案：B
答案解析：从这段文字中，我们可以了解到作者认为，Sagan与伪科学作斗争的一个实例就是Sagan摧毁了Velikovsky的错误论述，即Velikovsky提出，在过去几千年中，水星与地球和火星反复多次相撞，这在圣经中有加载。
3:正确答案：D
答案解析：通过应用部分可以看出这段文字的主题是爱迪生对失败的评论。因此选择D。
1:正确答案：C
答案解析：本段提出了一个新的对智力的认识，与过去一些年的传统的把智力看做是一种不变的能力的这种理解不同，它主张智力和人的成长环境有关。因此选择C。