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1、2005年考研英语真题及解析 2005 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D onANSWER SHEET 1 (10 points)The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared witha
2、nimals, 1 this is largely because, 2animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 3 to perceivingthose smells which float through the air, 4 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact, 5 , we areextremely sensitive to smells, 6 we do not generally realize it. Our noses are ca
3、pable of 7 human smells evenwhen these are 8 to far below one part in one million.Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, 9 others are sensitive to thesmells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 10 sm
4、ellreceptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 11to the brain. However, it hasbeen found that even peopleinsensitive to a certain smell12 can suddenly become sensitive to it when 13to itoften enough.The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brai
5、n finds it 14 to keep all smell receptors working allthe time but can 15 new receptors if necessary. This may 16 explain why we are not usually sensitive to our ownsmellswe simply do not need to be. We are not 17 of the usual smell of our own house, but we 18 new smellswhen we visit someone elses. T
6、he brain finds it best to keep smell receptors 19 for unfamiliar and emergencysignals 20 the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.1234567891111111.A although.A aboveB asC butD whileB unlikeB committedB ignoringB thoughB if onlyC excludingC dedicatedC missingC insteadC only ifD bes
7、idesD confinedD trackingD thereforeD as if.A limited.A catching.A anyway.A even if.Adistinguishing B discoveringC determining D detecting.A diluted.A whenB dissolvedB sinceC dispersedC forD diffusedD whereasD typical0.A unusual1.A signsB particularB stimuliB at allC uniqueC messagesC at largeC drawn
8、D impulsesD at timesD exposedD insufficientD create2.A at first3.A subjectedB left4.A ineffective B incompetent C inefficient5.A introduce6.A stillB summonB alsoC triggerC otherwiseD nevertheless11日期 11127.A sureB sickC awareC neglectD tiredD notice8.A tolerate9.A available0.A similar toB repelB rel
9、iable C identifiable D suitableB such asC along with D aside fromSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Everybody loves a fat pay rise. Yet ple
10、asure at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleague has beengiven a bigger one. Indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking, you might even be outraged. Such behaviour isregarded as “all too human”, with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of thisfinely developed
11、 sense of grievance. But a study by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal of Emory University inAtlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They aregood-nature
12、d, co-operative creatures, andthey share their food readily. Above all, like their female humancounterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.Such characteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnans and Dr. de Waals study. The researche
13、rsspent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enoughto exchange pieces of rock for slices of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed in separate butadjoining chambers, so that each could observe what the other was getting in return for
14、 its rock, their behaviourbecame markedly different.In the world of capuchins grapes are luxury goods (and much preferable to cucumbers). So when one monkeywas handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece ofcucumber. And if one received a grap
15、e without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other eithertossed her own token at the researcher or out of the chamber, or refused to accept the slice of cucumber. Indeed,the mere presence of a grape in the other chamber (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to induceresentment in a female capuchi
