2011年英语专四考前冲刺每日一练（24）

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2011年英语专业四级考试时间：4月16日。考试临近，百考试题专四站点编辑特为各位考友准备了每日一练套餐，考题都为全真模拟试题或历年真题中的题型，与考试题型完全吻合，希望能在最后的冲刺时间里给大家带来一点帮助。

　　In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
　　Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.
　　Text A
　　For a long time, researchers have tried to nail down just what shapes us--or what, at least, shapes us most. And over the years, theyve had a lot of exclamation moments. First it was our parents, particularly our mothers. Then it was our genes. Next it was our peers, who show up last but hold great sway. And all those ideas were good ones--but only as far as they went.
　　Somewhere, there was a sort of temperamental dark matter exerting an invisible gravitational pull of its own. More and more, scientists are concluding that this unexplained force is our siblings.
　　From the time we are born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They are our scolds, protectors, goads, tormentors, playmates, counselors, sources of envy, objects of pride. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to. how to conduct friendships and when to walk away from them. Sisters teach brothers about the mysteries of girls. brothers teach sisters about the puzzle of boys. Our spouses arrive comparatively late in our lives. our parents eventually leave us. Our siblings may be the only people well ever know who truly qualify as partners for life.