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What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or le

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问题     What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less【C1】________ , intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were【C2】________ .
    The study of how genes and environment interact to influence【C3】________ activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important【C4】________  to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.
    Any research that suggests that【C5】________ to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can【C6】________ based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how【C7】________ they are, or what career they are likely to choose?
    A concern of psychological scientists is the【C8】________ to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture, by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science indicates that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born【C9】________ like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it【C10】________  appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning. This conclusion might be somewhat disappointing, for no matter how hard we try, we may not be able to change ourselves much.
    A. abilities      B. achieve        C. extent         D. ease
    E. contributions  F. raised         G. essentially    H. basically   
    I.smart           J.psychological   K.grown           L.bold
    M.level           N.gain            O.everyday [br] 【C9】
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答案 G
解析 词义辨析题。根据词性，此处应当填入副词，可选范围为“essentially，basically，eventually”。根据文意，此处表示人生下来就像胶卷底片一样，essentially表示“本质上”侧重性质；basically“根本上，基本上”，侧重在源头上，与表面相对；eventually表示“最终”。故选essentially。
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