2005 年疯狂考研英语冲刺 考试中心模拟题之(1)摘自考试中心之 2005 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语考试参考书（非英语专业） 恩波周固主讲 * Section I 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)All Sumerian cities recognized a number of gods in common, including the sky god, the lord of storms, and the morning and evening star. 1 the Sumerian worshipped the goddess of fertility, love, and war, she was evidently lower 2 status than the male gods, indicating that in a more urbanized society the 3 that the peoples of previous times had paid to the earth mother goddess had 4 . The gods seemed hopelessly violent and 5 , and ones life a period of slavery at their easy will. The epic poem The Creation emphasizes that 6 were created to enable the gods to 7 up working. Each city moreover had its own god, who was considered to 8 the temple literally and who was in theory the owner of all property within the city. 9 the priests who interpreted the will of the god and controlled the 10 of the economic produce of the city were favored 11 their supernatural and material functions 12 . When, after 3000 B. C., growing warfare among the cities made military leadership 13 , the head of the army who became king assumed a(n) 14 position between the god, whose agent he was, and the priestly class, whom he had both to use and to 15 Thus king and priests represented the upper class in a hierarchical society. 16 them were the scribes, the secular attendants of the temple, who 17 every aspect of the citys economic life and who developed a rough judicial system. 18 the temple officials, society was divided among an elite or 19 group of large landowners and military leaders; a mixed group of merchants, artisans, and craftsmen, free peasants who 20 the majority of the population; and slaves. 1. A Unless BI As C Lest D Although 2. A on B in C with D about 3. A worship B reverence C admiration D gratitude 4. A vanished B recovered C declined D attained 5. Aunpredictable B unforgivable C unlimited D unlikely 6. A creatures BI animals C men D mortals 7. A use BI turn C give D back 8. A inhabit B live C reside D lodge 9. A Hence B Thereafter C Somehow D Incidentally 10.Aintroduction Btransaction C distribution D provision 11. A as B for C under D of 12. A along B anyway C afterwards D alike 13. Aadditional Bvital C singular D exceptional 14.Aalternative Bsecondary Cintermediate Dfundamental 15.Apacify Btempt Csuppress D manipulate 16.ABeside BBeyond C Below D Before 17.Asupervised B held C managed D preside 18.AAround B Under C Above D Outside 19.Aleading B noble C controlling D principal20.Aconsist B compose C compile D consumeSection II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the 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 1It was the biggest scientific grudge match since the space race. The Genome Wars had everything: two groups with appealing leaders ready to fight in a scientific dead heat, pushing the limits of technology and rhetoric as they battled to become the first to read every last one of the 3 billion DNA “letters“ in the human body. The scientific importance of the work is unquestionable. The completed DNA sequence is expected to give scientists unprecedented insights into the workings of the human body, revolutionizing medicine and biology. But the race itself, between the governments Human Genome Project and Rockville, Md. , biotechnology company Celera Genomics, was at least partly symbolic, the public/private conflict played out in a genetic lab. Now the race is over. After years of public attacks and several failed attempts at reconciliation, the two sides are taking a step toward a period of calm. HGP head Francis Collins (and Ari Patrinos of the Department of Energy, an important ally on the government side) and Craig Venter, the founder of Celera, agreed to hold a joint press conference in Washington this Monday to declare that the race was over (sort of), that both sides had won (kind of) and that the hostilities were resolved ( for the time being ). No one is exactly sure how things will be different now. Neither side will be turning off its sequencing machines any time soon-the “finish lines“ each has crossed are largely arbitrary points, “first drafts“ rather than the definitive version. And while the joint announcement brings