《二零一六年考研英语一真题及答案(大师兄版)》.pdf
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2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题
SectionI UseofEnglish
Directions:
Readthe followingtext. Choosethebestword(s) foreachnumberedblank andmark [A], [B], [C]or [D]on
theANSWERSHEET.(10points)
Thoughnotbiologicallyrelated,friendsareas“related”asfourthcousins,sharingabout1%ofgenes.Thatis
1 astudy,publishedfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaandYaleUniversityintheProceedingsoftheNational
AcademyofSciences,has 2 .
Thestudyisagenome-wideanalysisconducted 3 1,932uniquesubjectswhich 4 pairsofunrealt-
edfriendsandunrelatedstrangers.Thesamepeoplewereusedinboth 5 .
While 1%may seem 6 ,itisnot soto ageneticist.As JamesFowler,professor ofmedical genetics at
UC SanDiego,says,“Mostpeopledonoteven 7 theirfourthcousinsbutsomehowmanagetoselectasfrie-
ndsthepeoplewho 8 ourkin.”
Thestudy 9 foundthatthegenesforsmellwere somethingsharedinfriendsbutnotgenesforimmu-
nity.Whythis similarityexistsinsmellgenesisdifficulttoexplain,fornow. 10 ,astheteam suggests,it
drawsustosimilarenvironmentsbutthereismore 11 it.Therecouldbemanymechanismsworkingtoget-
herthat 12 usinchoosinggeneticallysimilarfriends 13 “functionalkinship”ofbeing friendswith
14 !
One ofthe remarkable findings ofthe studywas that the similargenes seemtobe evolving 15 than
othergenes. Studyingthis couldhelp 16 why human evolutionpicked pace inthe last 30,000years, with
socialenvironmentbeingamajor 17 factor.
Thefindingsdonotsimplyexplainpeople’s 18 tobefriendthoseofsimilar 19 backgrounds,say
theresearchers.ThoughallthesubjectsweredrawnfromapopulationofEuropeanextraction,carewastakento
20 thatallsubjects,friendsandstrangers,weretakenfromthesamepopulation.
1.[A]when [B]why [C]how [D]what
2.[A]defended [B]concluded [C]withdrawn [D]advis
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