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1、2008年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题及答案2008 骞村叏鍥界澹爺绌剁敓鍏鑰冭瘯鑻辫璇曢 2008 骞村叏鍥界澹爺绌剁敓鍏鑰冭瘯鑻辫璇曢 鑰冪爺鍔犳补绔欐敹闆嗘暣鐞?http:/ Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text 锛?Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blankand mark A 锛?B 锛?C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1 锛?(10 points)The idea that some groups of people may be
2、more intelligent than othersis one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But GregoryCochran is 1 to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird,a scientist who worksindependently 3 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that somediseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually
3、 infections,which aroused muchcontroversy when it was 铿乺st suggested. 5 he, however,might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do. Together with anothertwo scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one groupof humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process
4、that has brought this about. The group in 8 are a particular peopleoriginated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 valueof 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life ofthe West, as the 12 of
5、 their elites, including several world-renownedscientists, 13 . They also suffer more often than most people froma numberof nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14 , havepreviously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 to socialeffects, such as a strong tradition of 1
6、6 education. The latter was seenas a (an) 17 of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that theintelligence and diseases are intimately 18 . His argument is that theunusual history of these people has 19 them to unique evolutionarypressures that have resulted in this 20 state of affairs.1. A select
7、ed 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 lately5. A Only B So C Even D Hence 鏈祫鏂欑敱鑰冪爺鍔犳补绔欐敹闆嗘暣鐞嗐傛洿澶氳冪爺璧勬枡锛岃璁块棶 銆? 12008 骞村叏鍥界澹爺绌剁敓鍏鑰冭瘯鑻辫璇曢6. A thought B sight C cost D risk7. A advises B sugges
8、ts 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 unconsciously B disproportionately C inde铿乶itely D unaccountably12. A missions B fortunes C interests D careers13. A af铿乺m B witness C observe D app
9、rove14. A moreover B therefore C however D meanwhile15. A given up B got over C carried on D put down16. A assessing B supervising C administering D valuing17. A development B origin C consequence D instrument18. A linked B integrated C woven D combined19. A limited B subjected C converted D directe
10、d20. A paradoxical B incompatible C inevitable D continuous Section II Reading ComprehensionPartADirections 锛?Read the following four texts 锛?Answer the questions below each text bychoosing A, B 锛?C or D 锛?Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 锛?(40 points)Text 1While still catching up to men in some
11、spheres of modern life, women appearto be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. 鈥渨omen areparticularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders 鏈祫鏂欑敱鑰冪爺鍔犳补绔欐敹闆嗘暣鐞嗐傛洿澶氳冪爺璧勬枡锛岃璁块棶 銆? 22008 骞村叏鍥界澹爺绌剁敓鍏鑰冭瘯鑻辫璇曢in response to stress compared to men,鈥?according to Dr. Yehuda chi
12、efpsychiatrist at New York鈥檚 veteran鈥檚 Administration hospital.Studies of both animals and humans have shown that sex hormones somehowaffect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce moreof the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. Inseveral of the studies, wh
13、en stressed-out female rats had their ovaries(the female reproductive organs) removed, their chemical responses becameequal to those of the males.Adding to a woman鈥檚 increased dose of stress chemicals, are her increased鈥渙pportunities鈥?for stress,鈥淚t鈥檚 not necessarily that women don鈥檛cope as well, It
14、鈥檚 just that they have so much more to cope with,鈥?saysDr. Yehuda. 鈥淭heir capacity for tolerating stress may even be greaterthan men鈥檚 ,鈥?she observes, 鈥渋t鈥檚 just that they鈥檙e dealing with somany more things that they become worn out from it more visibly andsooner.鈥?Dr. Yehuda notes another difference between the sexes. 鈥?Ithink that the kinds of things that women are exposed to tend to be inmore of a chronic or repeated nature. Men go to war and are exposed tocombat stre
