Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Altho

Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon left their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim(模糊的) memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations（调查研究）. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious（清醒的） mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, keen（敏锐的） eyes, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the excellent and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist, up to a certain point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can bine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
【小题1】The first paragraph tells us the author     .A．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhoodB．lost his hearing when he was a childC．didn’t like his brothers and sistersD．was born into a naturalist’s family【小题2】The author can’t remember his relatives clearly because     .A．he didn’t live very long with themB．the family was extremely largeC．he was too young when he lived with themD．he was fully occupied with observing nature【小题3】It can be inferred from the passage that the author was     .A．a scientist as well as a naturalistB．a naturalist but not a scientistC．no more than a born naturalistD．first of all a scientist【小题4】 The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he     .A．has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmeticB．lacks some of the qualities required of a scientistC．just reads about other people’s observations and discoveriesD．es up with solutions in a most natural wayA