2008年硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

　　Directions：

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　　Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points） 字串5

　　The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird, a scientist who works independently 3 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused Much controversy when it was first suggested.

　　5 he, however, might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in 8 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection. 字串7

　　This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists, 13 . They also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14 , have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 to social effects, such as a strong tradition of 16 education. The latter was seen as a （an） 17 of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately 18 . His argument is that the unusual history of these people has 19 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 state of affairs.

　　1. [A] selected [B] prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased

　　2. [A] unique [B] particular [C] special [D] rare 字串6

　　3. [A] of [B] with [C] in [D] against

　　4. [A] subsequently [B] presently [C] previously [D] lately 字串8

　　5. [A] Only [B] So [C] Even [D] Hence 字串3

　　6. [A] thought [B] sight [C] cost [D] risk

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　　7. [A] advises [B] suggests [C] protests [D] objects

　　8. [A] progress [B] fact [C] need [D] question

　　9. [A] attaining [B] common [C] mean [D] calculating 字串7

　　10.[A] normal [B] common [C] mean [D] total 字串6

　　11.[A] unconsciously [B] disproportionately [C] indefinitely [D] unaccountably 字串6

　　12.[A] missions [B] fortunes [C] interests [D] careers 字串7

　　13.[A] affirm [B] witness [C] observe [D] approve

　　14.[A] moreover [B] therefore [C] however [D] meanwhile 字串9

　　15.[A] given up [B] got over [C] carried on [D] put down

　　16.[A] assessing [B] supervising [C] administering [D] valuing 字串3

　　17.[A] development [B] origin [C] consequence [D]instrument 字串3

　　18.[A] linked [B] integrated [C] woven [D] combined 字串2

　　19.[A] limited [B] subjected [C] converted [D] directed 字串1

　　20.[A] paradoxical [B] incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuous 字串9

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