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1、学府教育在线029-82315700/701/7022008年全国硕士研究生考试英语真题及答案SectionI UseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Theideathatsomegroupsofpeoplemaybemoreintelligentthanothersisoneofthosehypothesesthatdarenot
2、speakitsname.ButGregoryCochranis1 tosayitanyway.Heisthat2 bird,ascientistwhoworksindependently3 anyinstitution.Hehelpedpopularizetheideathatsomediseasesnot4 thoughttohaveabacterialcausewereactuallyinfections,whicharousedmuchcontroversywhenitwasfirstsuggested.5he,however,m
3、ighttrembleatthe6 ofwhatheisabouttodo.Togetherwithanothertwoscientists,heispublishingapaperwhichnotonly7 thatonegroupofhumanityismoreintelligentthantheothers,butexplainstheprocessthathasbroughtthisabout.Thegroupin8areaparticularpeopleoriginatedfromcentralEurope.Theprocess
4、isnaturalselection.ThisgroupgenerallydowellinIQtest,912-15pointsabovethe10 valueof100,andhavecontributed11 totheintellectualandculturallifeoftheWest,asthe12 oftheirelites,includingseveralworld-renownedscientists,13heyalsosuffermoreoftenthanmostpeoplefromanumberofnastygene
5、ticdiseases,suchasbreastcancer.Thesefacts,14avepreviouslybeenthoughtunrelated.Theformerhasbeen15 socialeffects,suchasastrongtraditionof16ucation.Thelatterwasseenasa(an)17geneticisolation.Dr.Cochransuggeststhattheintelligenceanddiseasesareintimately18isargumentisthattheunu
6、sualhistoryofthesepeoplehas19emtouniqueevolutionarypressuresthathaveresultedinthis20ateofaffairs.1. [A]selected [B]prepared [C]obliged [D]pleased2. [A]unique [B]particular [C]special [D]rare3. [A]of [B]with [C]in [D]against4. [A]subsequently [B]presently [C]previously [D]
7、lately5. [A]Only [B]So [C]Even [D]Hence6. [A]thought [B]sight [C]cost [D]risk7. [A]advises [B]suggests [C]protests [D]objects8. [A]progress [B]fact [C]need [D]question9. [A]attaining [B]scoring [C]reaching [D]calculating10. [A]normal [B]common [C]mean [D]total11. [A]uncon
8、sciously [B]disproportionately[C]indefinitely [D]unaccountably12. [A]missions [B]fortunes [C]int
