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1、考研英语真题英语一真题完整版Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for eachnumbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Though not biologically related,friends are as related as fourthcousins,sharing about l%of genes.That is _(1)_a study,published fromthe University of Californ
2、ia and Yale University in the Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences,has(2)_.The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted _(3)1,932 uniquesubjects which(4)pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers.Thesame people were used in both_(5)_.While 1%may seem_(6)_,it is not so to a genetic
3、ist.As James Fowler,professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego,says,“Most people do noteven _(7)_their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friendsthe people who_(8)_our kin.The study_(9)_found that the genes for smell were something sharedin friends but not genes for immunity.Why this
4、similarity exists in smellgenes is difficult to explain,for now,_(10)_,as the team suggests,itdraws us to similar environments but there is more_(l l)_it.There couldbe manymechanisms working together that _(12)_us in choosing geneticallysimilar friends_(13)_ functional Kinship M of being friends wit
5、h_(14)_!Oneof the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes seemto be evolution_(15)_than other genes Studying this could help_(16)_whyhuman evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years,with socialenvironment being a major_(17)_factor.The findings do not simply exp lain people*s_(18)_
6、to befriend thoseof similar_(19)_backgrounds,say the researchers.Though all the subjectswere drawn from a population of European extraction,care was takento_(20)_that all subjects,friends and strangers,were taken from the samepopulation.1.A when B why C how D what2.A defended B concluded C withdrawn
7、 D advised3.A for B with C on D by4.|A l compared|B sought C separated|D connected5.AJ tests B s Csamples D examples6.A insignificant B unexpected Cunbelievable D incredible7.A visit B miss C seek D know8.A resemble B influence C favor D surpass9.A again B also Cl instead D thus10.A Meanwhile fB Fur
8、thermore C Likewise D Perh叩s11.A about B to Cfrom Dlike12.A drive BJ observe C confuse DJlimit13.A according to B rather than C regardless of D along with14.A chances Bresponses Cimissions Dbenefits15.A later Bslower C faster D earlier16.Aforecast Bremember Cunderstand fDexpress17.A unpredictable Bc
9、ontributory C controllable Ddisruptive18.A endeavor BJdecision Carrangement D tendency19.AJ political BJ religious C ethnic D economic20.A see B show C prove D tellSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each textby choosing A,B,C or
10、D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1Ki ng Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted kings dont abdicate,dare in theytheir sleep.But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of therepublican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his wordsand stand down.So,does the Spanish
11、 crisis suggest that monarchy isseeing its last days?Does that mean the writing is on the wall forall European royals,with their magnificent uniforms andmajestic lifestyle?The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy.When public opinion is particularly polarised,as it was follow
12、ing theend of the Franco regime,monarchs can rise above mere”politics andembody”a spirit of national unity.It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explainsmonarchs continuing popularity polarized.And also,the Middle Eastexcepted,Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world,with
13、10 kingdoms(not counting Vatican City and Andorra).But unlike theirabsolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia,most royal families havesurvived 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 dow
14、nside.Symbolic ofnational unity as they claim to be,their very history and sometimes theway they behave today-embodies outdated and indefensible privileges andinequalities.At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists arewarning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth,
15、it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be thesymbolic heart of modem democratic states.The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their oldaristocratic ways.Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles,not horses(or helicopters).Even so,these are wealth
16、y families who partywith the international 1%,and media intrusiveness makes it increasinglydifficult to maintain the right image.While Europe*s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survivefor some time to come,it is the British royals who have most to fear fromthe Spanish example.It is only t
17、he Queenwho has preserved the monarchy s reputation withher rather ordinary(if well-heeled)granny style.The danger will comewith Charles,who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a prettyhierarchical view of the world.He has failed to understand thatmonarchies have largely survived because th
18、ey provide a service-asnon-controversial and non-political heads of state.Charles ought to knowthat as English history shows,it is kings,not republicans,who are themonarchys worst enemies.21.According to the first two Paragraphs,King Juan Carlos of SpainA used turn enjoy high public supportB was unp
19、opular among European royalsC cased his relationship with his rivals|D|ended his reign in embarrassment22.Monarchs are kept as heads of state in Europe mostlyA owing to their undoubted and respectable statusB to achieve a balance between tradition and realityC to give voter more public figures to lo
20、ok up toDJdue to their everlasting political embodiment23.Which of the following is shown to be odd,according to Paragraph4?AJ Aristocrats excessive reliance on inherited wealthBJ The role of the nobility in modern democraciesC The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic familiesDJThe nobility s adhere
21、nce to their privileges24.The British royals“have most to fear“because Charles A takes arough line on political issues|B fails to change his lifestyle as advisedC takes republicans as his potential alliesDJ fails to adapt himself to his future role25.Which of the following is the best title of the t
22、ext?AJ Carlos,Glory and Disgrace CombinedB Charles,Anxious to Succeed to the ThroneC Carlos,a Lesson for All European MonarchsDCharles,Slow to React to the ComingThreats TEXT 2Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data?TheSupreme Cpurt will now consider whether police can search t
23、he contentsof a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during anarrest.California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling,particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities maysearch through the possessions of suspects at the time of thei
24、r arrest.It is hard,the state argues,forjudges to assess the implications ofnew and rapidly changing technologies.The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California sadvice.Enough of the implications are discernable,even obvious,so thatthe justice can and should provide updated guideline
25、s to police,lawyersand defendants.They should start by discarding California s lame argument thatexploring the contents of a smartphone-a vast storehouse of digitalinform ation is similar to say,going through a suspect s purse.The courthas ruled that police dont violate the Fourth Amendment when the
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