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1、免费领取考研专业课真题 微信关注公众号 高校教材教辅 QQ 群 626511031 2015 年考研英语一真题答案 完整版 Section 1 Use of English Directions Read the following text Choose the best word s for each numbered blank and mark A B C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1 10 points Though not biologically related friends are as related as fourth cousins sharing ab
2、out 1 of genes That is1a study published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has2 The study is a genome wide analysis conducted 3 1932 unique subjects which4pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers The same people wer
3、e used in both5 While 1 may seem6 it is not so to a geneticist As James Fowler professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego says Most people do not even7their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the people who8our kin The study9found that the genes for smell were something shared
4、 in friends but not genes for immunity Why this similarity in olfactory genes is difficult to explain for now 10 Perhaps as the team suggests it draws us to similar environments but there is more11it There could be many mechanisms working in tandem that12us in choosing genetically similar friends13t
5、han functional kinship of being friends with14 One of the remarkable findings of the study was that the similar genes seem to be evolving15than other genes Studying this could help16why human evolution picked pace in the last 30 000 years with social environment being a major 17 factor The findings
6、do not simply corroborate people s18 to befriend those of similar 19backgrounds say the researchers Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction care was taken to20that all subjects friends and strangers were taken from the same population The team also controlled the
7、data to check ancestry of subjects Section II Reading Comprehension 1 What 2 Concluded 3 On 4 Compared 5 Samples 6 Insignificant 7 Know 8 Resemble 9 Also 10 Perhaps 11 To 12 Drive 13 Ratherthan 14 Benefits 15 Faster 16 understand 17 Contributory 18 Tendency 19 Ethnic 20 see Part A Directions Read th
8、e following four texts Answer the questions below each text by choosing A B C or D Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 40 points TEXT 1 King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted kings don t abdicate they die in their sleep But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republicans left in the rec
9、ent Euro elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down So does the Spanish crisis suggest 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 lifestyles The Spanish case provides arguments bo
10、th for and against monarchy When public opinion is particularly polarized as it was following the end of the France regime monarchs can rise above mere polities and embody a spirit of national unity It is this apparent transcendence of polities that explains monarchy s continuing popularity as heads
11、 of state 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 se
12、arch for a non controversial but respected public figure Even so kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be their very history and sometimes the way they behave today embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities At a time when Thomas
13、 Piketty and other economists are warming of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic
14、ways Princes and princesses have day jobs and ride bicycles not horses or helicopters Even so these are wealthy families who party with the international 1 and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image While Europe s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to s
15、urvive for some time to come it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy s reputation with her rather ordinary if well heeled granny style The danger will come with Charles who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle an
16、d a pretty hierarchical view of the world He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service as non controversial and non political heads of state Charles ought to know that as English history shows it is kings not republicans who are the monarchy s worst enemies 21 According to the first two paragraphs King Juan Carlos of Spain A eased his relationship with his rivals B used to enjoy high public support C was unpopular among European royals D ended
