Question 2 Instructions
Read the question carefully and select the best answer
The Counterpoint author most likely includes the following passage to
However, studies of adopted children show that adoptees show some similarity in IQ both to their adoptive parents and to other
children raised in the same household who are unrelated to them. In fact, a French study showed that transferring babies from
impoverished households to wealthy ones improved childhood IQ scores by 12 to 16 points
A suggest that children who are adopted do not have genetic similarities to the 10 of their adoptive parents
Incorrect. This is true, but is not the point of the passage.
B. say that poor people are often less inteligent than rich people
Incorrect. This is not what the passage is saying
D C demonstrate that inte igence can be increased or decreased by a child's home and family
Correct. The passage demonstrates this quite clearly
D. prove that I doesn't mean anything because it can be affected by changes in environment
Incorrect. This is not what the passage is saying