2015考研英语一试题_研究生入学考试_高等教育_教育专区

1、Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C or D on ANSWER SHEET.(10 points) Though not biologically related, friends are as “related” as fourth cousins, sharing about 1% of genes. That is 1 a study, published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, has 2 . The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted 3 1,932 unique subjects which 4 pairs of unrelated

2、friends and unrelated strangers. The same people were used in both 5 . While 1% may seem 6 , it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, “most people do not even 7 their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the 8 our kin.” The study 9 found that the genes for small were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity. Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for now, 10 , as the team sugges

3、ts, it draws us to similar environments but there is more 11 it. There could be many mechanisms working together that 12 us in choosing genetically similar friends 13 “functional Kinship” of being friends with 14 !One of the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes to be evolution 15 than other genes. Studying this could help 16 why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major 17 factor.The findings do not simply explain peoples 18 to

4、be friend those of similar 19 backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction, care taken to 20 that all subjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population. 1、 Awhat Bwhy Chow Dwhen2、 Adefended Bconcluded Cwithdrawn D advised3、 Afor Bwith Cby Don 4、 Aseparated Bsought Ccompared D connected 5 、Atests B objects Csamples Dexamples 6、 AInsignificant Bunexpected C unreliable Dincredible7、 Avisit Bmiss C know D seek8、 Asur

5、pass B influence C favor Dresemble9、 Aagain B also Cinstead Dthus10、A Meanwhile BFurthermore C Likewise DPerhaps11、A about B to C from Dlike12、A limit B observe C confuse Ddrive13、A according to B rather than C regardless of Dalong with14、Achances Bresponses Cbenefits Dmissions15、A faster Bslower C later Dearlier16、A forecast B remember C express Ddisruptive17、A unpredictable B contributory C controllable Ddisruptive18、A tendency B decision Carrangement Dendeavor19、A political Breligious C ethni

6、c Deconomic20、A see Bshow C prove DtellSection Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings dont abdicate, they dare in their sleep.” But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, dies the Spanish crisis su

7、ggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle? The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion is particularly polarized, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a spirit of national unity. It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs continuing popular

8、ity polarized. And so, the Middle East expected, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside, symbolic of national unity as they claimed to be, their very historyand sometimes the way they behave today - embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy ari

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