39. ① The role preparation seems to play is significantly more important than innate talent in career
development.
② The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted,
the smaller the role innate talent seems to play.
③ The obvious answer is yes. Achievement is talent plus preparation.
④ The question is this: Is there such a thing as innate talent?
⑤ For the last few decades, psychologists around the world have been engaged in a spirited
debate over a question that most of us would consider to have been settled years ago.
(A) ⑤ ④ ③ ② ①
(B) ① ⑤ ④ ③ ②
(C) ② ③ ⑤ ④ ①
(D) ⑤ ④ ③ ① ②
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