LookingbackonmychildhoodIamconvincedthatnaturalistsarebornandnotmade．Althoughwewereallbroughtupinthesamewaymybrothersandsisterssoonabandonedtheirpressedflowersandinsects．UnlikethemIhadnoearformu

　　LookingbackonmychildhoodIamconvincedthatnaturalistsarebornandnotmade．Althoughwewereallbroughtupinthesamewaymybrothersandsisterssoonabandonedtheirpressedflowersandinsects．UnlikethemIhadnoearformusicandlanguages．IwasnotanearlyreaderandIcouldnotdomentalarithmetic．

　　BeforeWorldWarIwespentoursummerholidaysinHungary．Ihaveonlythedimmemoryofthehousewelivedinofmyroomandmytoys．NordoIrecallclearlythelargefamilyofgrandparentsauntsunclesandcousinswhogatherednextdoor．ButIdohaveaclearmemoryofthedogsthefarmanimalsthelocalbirdsandabovealltheinsects．

　　Iamanaturalistnotascientist．Ihaveastrongloveofthenaturalworldandmyenthusiasmledmeintovariedinvestigations．Ilovediscussingmyfavoritetopicsandenjoyburningthemidnightoilwhilereadingaboutotherpeople’sobservationsanddiscoveries．Thensomethinghappensthatbringstheseobservationstogetherinmyconsciousmind．

　　Suddenlyyoufancyyouseetheanswertotheriddlebecauseitallseemstofittogether．Thishasresultedinmypublishing300papersandbookswhichsomemighthonorwiththetitleofscientificresearch．

　　Butcuriosityakeeneyeagoodmemoryandenjoymentoftheanimalandplantworlddonotmakeascientist:oneoftheoutstandingandessentialqualitiesrequiredisself-disciplineaqualityIlack．Ascientistrequiresnotonlyself-disciplinebuthardtrainingdeterminationandagoal．Ascientistuptoacertainpointcanbemade．Anaturalistisborn．Ifyoucancombinethetwoyougetthebestofbothworlds．

　　Thefirstparagraphtellsustheauthor_____．

　　A．wasinterestedinflowersandinsectsinhischildhood

　　B．losthishearingwhenhewasachild

　　C．didn’tlikehisbrothersandsisters

　　D．wasborntoanaturalist’sfamily

　　Theauthorcan’trememberhisrelativesclearlybecause_____．

　　A．hedidn’tliveverylongwiththem

　　B．thefamilywasextremelylarge

　　C．hewastooyoungwhenhelivedwiththem

　　D．hewasfullyoccupiedwithobservingnature

　　Theauthorsaysthatheisanaturalistratherthanascientistprobablybecausehethinkshe_____．

　　A．hasagreatdealoftroubledoingmentalari