1992年06月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(含答案)(2)

e the building look more comfortable.（）
19.A) Right after it was rebuilt.
B) During the administration of John Adams.
C) When Theodore Roosevelt was president.
D) After many other names had been given to it.（）
20.A) It has been changed several times.
B) It has never been changed.
C) It was changed after the War of 1812.
D) It was changed during Roosevelt's presidency.（）
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
　　What do Charles Darwin, Nicholas Copernicus and Frank J. Sulloway have in common?
　　The first two, of course, were revolutionary scientific thinkers: Copernicus established that the Earth revolves around the sun; Darwin discovered natural selection. And Sulloway? He's a historian of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has discovered something else these two men-and, indeed, most of the major pioneers in science over the last 400 years-have in common: they were, like Sulloway himself, preceded in birth by at least one other brother or sister. Birth order, he found, is the most reliable indicator of whether a scientist will embrace or attack radical new ideas.
　　The third of four children, Sulloway has spent 20 years searching out the birth order of 2,784 scientists who were on one side or the other of 28 scientific revolutions since the 16th century. He discovered that 23 of the 28 revolutions were led by later-borns.
　　Sulloway focused on the male-dominated world of science and the sole issue he measured was willingness to challenge established opinions. Those least likely to accept new theories were firstborns with younger brothers or sisters. The most radical were younger sons with at least one older brother.
　　According to Sulloway's theory, firstborn children identify more readily with parental authority because, among other things, they are often put in charge of younger brothers or sisters.
　　Through this identification, firstborns absorb the norms (规范,准则) and values of society in ways that subsequent children do not. The older child gets responsibility. They younger one tests the limits, tries to see what he can get away with.
21.What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Later-borns are more intelligent than firstborns.
B) Revolutionary thinkers tend to recognize the influence of birth order.
C) Major scientists always have something in common in their way of thinking.
D) One's behaviour is often determined by birth order.（）
22.The historian of science mentioned in the passage is of the family.
A) the youngest child
B) neither the eldest nor the youngest child
C) the only child
D) the eldest child（）
23.The 2,784 scientists Sulloway studied ________.
A) had led 23 of the 28 scientific revolutions
B) were preceded in birt
h by at least one brother or sister
C) had either supported or opposed revolutionary ideas
D) had dominated the world of science for 400 years