近几年考研英语真题及答案.docx

2008年考研英语真题和答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank andmark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is oneof those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is to sayit anyway. He is that bird, a scientist who works independently any institution.He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not thought to have a bacterialcause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it wasfirst suggested.he, however, might tremble at the of what he is about to do. Together withanother two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only that one group ofhumanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that hasbrought this about. The group in are a particular people originated from centralEurope. The process is natural selection.This group generally do well in IQ test,12-15 points above the value of 100, andhave contributed to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the of theirelites, including several world-renowned scientists,. They also suffer more oftenthan most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer.These facts,, have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been tosocial effects, such as a strong tradition of education. The latter was seen as a (an)of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases areintimately . His argument is that the unusual history of these people has them tounique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this state of affairs.1. [A] selected prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased2. [A] unique particular [C] special [D] rare3. [A] of with [C] in [D] against4. [A] subsequently presently [C] previously [D] lately5. [A] Only So [C] Even [D] Hence6. [A] thought sight [C] cost [D] risk7. [A] advises suggests [C] protests [D] objects8. [A] progress fact [C] need [D] question9. [A] attaining scoring [C] reaching [D] calculating10. [A] normal common [C] mean [D] total11. [A] unconsciously disproportionately[C] indefinitely [D] unaccountably12. [A] missions fortunes [C] interests [D] careers13. [A] affirm witness [C] observe [D] approve14. [A] moreover therefore [C] however [D] meanwhile15. [A] given up got over [C] carried on [D] put down16. [A] assessing supervising [C] administering [D] valuing17. [A] development origin [C] consequence [D] instrument18. [A] linked integrated [C] woven [D] combined19. [A] limited subjected [C] converted [D] directed20. [A] paradoxical incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuousSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosingA, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear tobe way ahead in at least one undesirable category. uWomen are particularlysusceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stresscompared to men,^^ according to Dr. Yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New York'sVeteran's Administration Hospital.Studies of both animals and humans have shown that sex hormones somehowaffect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of thetrigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. In several of thestudies, when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries (the female reproductiveorgans) removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males.Adding to a woman's increased dose of stress chemicals, are her increased“opportunities” for stress. uIfs not necessarily that women don't cope as well.Ifs just that they have so much more to cope with,“ says Dn Yehuda.4