.2015 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section IUse of English :Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Though not biologically related, friends are as“rthrelatedcousins, ”sharingasfouabout 1% ofgenes. That is(1)a study, published from the University of California and Yale University inthe Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has(2).The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted(3)1,932 unique subjects which(4)pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same people were used in both(5).While1% may seem(6),it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor ofmedical genetics at UC San Diego, says,“Most people do not even(7)their fourth cousinsbut somehow manage to select as friends the people who(8)our kin. ”The study(9)found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but notgenes for immunity .Whythis similarityexists in smell genes is difficultto explain, for now,(10),as the team suggests, itdrawsus tosimilarenvironmentsbutthere is more(11)it.There could be many mechanisms workingtogether that(12)usin choosinggeneticallysimilar friends(13)” functional Kinship” of being friends(14)with!One of the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes seem to be evolution(15)than other genes Studying this could help(16) why human evolution picked pace in the last30,000 years, with social environment being a major(17)factor.Thefindings donotsimply explain people s(18)to befriendthose of similar(19)backgrounds,say theresearchers. Thoughallthe subjects weredrawnfrom a population ofEuropean extraction, care was taken to(20)that all subjects, friends and strangers, were takenfrom the same population.1.AwhenBwhyChowDwhat2.AdefendedBconcludedCwithdrawnDadvised3.AforBwithConDby4.AcomparedBsoughtCseparatedDconnected5.AtestsBobjectsCsamplesDexamples6.AinsignificantBunexpectedCunbelievableDincredible7.AvisitBmissCseekDknow8.AresembleBinfluenceCfavorDsurpass9.AagainBalsoCinsteadDthus10.AmeanwhileBfurthermoreClikewiseDperhaps;.11.AaboutBtoCfromDlike12.AdriveBobserveCconfuseDlimit13.AAccording toBrather thanCregardless ofDalong with14.AchancesBresponsesCmissionsDbenefits15.AlaterBslowerCfasterDearlier16.AforecastBrememberCunderstandDexpress17.AunpredictableBcontributoryCcontrollableDdisruptive18.AendeavorBdecisionCarrangementDtendency19.ApoliticalBreligiousCethnicDeconomic20.AseeBshowCproveDtellSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted“ kings don t abdicate, they dare in their sleep.embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections haveforced him to eat his words and stand down. So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy isseeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with theirmagnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion isparticularly polarised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, monarchs can rise above“ mere ” politics and“ embody” a spirit of national unity.It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs continuingpopularitypolarized. And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in theworld, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutistcounterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters toavoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of national unity as theyclaim to be, their very history and sometimes the way they behave todayembodies outdatedand indefensible privileges and inequalities. At