4. E. 分析：段首句（观点句）的句意与E一致，而且随后的句子中与E中的“学校教育”相呼应的词语和结构--classes, teach children。
 
A。born to be more intelligent or less intelligent
B．have a better chance to develop his intelligence
C．taught to be more intelligent
D．that intelligence was something a baby was born with
E．and because of the lack of communication with his classmates
F．and partly has to do with a child’s living environment
5. It was once believed ___, and thus we can tell how successful he/she will be in the future according to his/her intelligence.
5． D。分析：空格处需要真正的主语（It是形式主语），因此根据语法结构判断D是答案。该句大意是“人们曾经一度相信，智力是一个孩子天生所具有的，因为我们可以根据他/她的智力水平判断他/她在将来是否会取得成功。”
 
A。born to be more intelligent or less intelligent
B．have a better chance to develop his intelligence
C．taught to be more intelligent
E．and because of the lack of communication with his classmates
F．and partly has to do with a child’s living environment
6. More recent researches has shown that intelligence is only partly inherited ___.
6． F。分析：题干中partly的出现，暗示后半句中很可能还会出现另一个partly。因此判断F是答案。该句大意是“最近的研究已经表明智力一部分是来自遗传，一部分是与孩子的生活环境有关。”
 
A。born to be more intelligent or less intelligent
B．have a better chance to develop his intelligence
C．taught to be more intelligent
E．and because of the lack of communication with his classmates
7. It can be inferred from the passage that a child will ___ if he has more opportunities to communicate with others by means of language.
7．  B。分析：will后面应该直接跟动词原形，因此判断B是答案。该句大意是“从文章中可以推断出如果一个孩子有更多的机会和他人用语言交流他发展智力的可能性就更大。”
 
A。born to be more intelligent or less intelligent
C．taught to be more intelligent
E．and because of the lack of communication with his classmates
8．  Children were not just ___, but they can be taught to be more intelligent at school.
8．A．分析：借助搭配语意判断A更加合适。该句含义“孩子不是天生更聪明或较笨，然而他们能够通过在学校学习变得更加聪明。”