問題詳情
Passage 2Various research centers are studying identical twins in order to discover the “heritability” of behavioral characteristics—thatis, the degree to which a trait is due to genes instead of environment. They have reached some startling conclusions. One studyfound, for example, that optimism and pessimism are both very much influenced by genes, but only optimism is also affected byenvironment. According to another study, genes influence our coffee consumption, but not consumption of tea. Anxiety seems tobe 40 to 50 percent heritable. Another study tells us that happiness does not depend much on money or love or professionalsuccess; instead, it is 80 percent heritable! Among the traits that appear to be largely heritable are shyness, attraction to danger(thrill seeking), and choice of career.
【題組】41. According to the passage, which of the following traits is NOT heritable?
(A) love to drink tea
(B) love to skydive
(C) be nervous
(D) be pessimistic
參考答案
答案：[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)