2008考研英语及答案.docx

2008 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B,CorDon ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others isone of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 大 1家 to say it anyway. He is that 大 2家 bird, a scientist who works independently 大 3家 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 大 4家 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested. 大5家 he, however, might tremble at the 大6家of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 大7家 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in 大8家 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection. This group generally do well in IQ test, 大 9家 12-15 points above the 大 10家 value of100, and have contributed 大 11家 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 大 12家of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists, 大 13家. They also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty ic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 大 14家, have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 大 15家 to social effects, such asa strong tradition of 大 16家 education. The latter was seen asa (an) 大 17家of ic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately 大 18家. His argument is that the unusual history of these people has 大 19家 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 大 20家 state of affairs. 1. [A] selected [B] prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased 2. [A] unique [B] particular [C] special [D] rare 3. [A] of [B] with [C] in [D] against 4. [A] subsequently [B] presently [C] previously [D] lately 5. [A] Only [B] So [C]