Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Though notbiologicallyrelated,friendsare as “related”as fourth cousins,sharingabout1%ofgenes.That is_(1)_astudy,publishedfrom the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences, has (2)_.The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted _(3) 1,932 unique subjectswhich (4) pairsof unrelatedfriendsand unrelatedstrangers. The same people were used in both_(5)_.While 1%may seem_(6)_,it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor of medical genetics at UCSan Diego, says, “Most people do not even _(7)_their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friendsthe people who_(8)_our kin. ”The study_(9)_found that the genes for smell were something sharedinfriendsbut not genes forimmunity.Why thissimilarityexistsin smell genes is difficult to explain, for now,_(10)_,as the team suggests, itdraws us to similar environments but there is more_(11)_it. There couldbe manymechanismsworkingtogetherthat_(12)_usinchoosinggenetically similarfriends_(13)_”functionalKinship ” of being friendswith_(14)_!Oneof the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes seem to be evolution_(15)_than other genes Studying this could help_(16)_whyhuman evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major_(17)_factor.The findings do not simply explain peoples_(18)_to befriend those of similar_(19)_backgrounds,say the researchers.Though allthe subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction, care was takento_(20)_thatallsubjects,friendsand strangers,were taken from the samepopulation.1. A when B why C how D what2. A defended B concluded C withdrawn D advised3. A for B with C on D by4. A compared B sought C separated D connected5. A tests B s Csamples D examples6. A insignificant B unexpected Cunbelievable D incredible7. A visit B miss C seek D know8. A resemble B influence C favor D surpass9. A again B also C instead D thus10. A Meanwhile B Furthermore C Likewise D Perhaps11. A about B to Cfrom Dlike12. A drive B observe C confuse Dlimit13. AaccordingtoBratherthanCregardlessofDalongwith14. A chances Bresponses Cmissions Dbenefits15. A later Bslower C faster D earlier16. Aforecast Bremember Cunderstand Dexpress17. A unpredictable Bcontributory C controllable D disruptive18. A endeavor Bdecision Carrangement D tendency19. A political B religious C ethnic D economic20. A see B show C prove D tell Section II Reading Comprehension Part ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each textby choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) Text 1King Juan CarlosofSpain once insisted“kingsdontabdicate,theydare intheirsleep. ”But embarrassingscandalsand the popularityof therepublican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall forall European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy.When public opinion is particularly polarised, as it was following theend 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 monarchscontinuing popularity polarized. And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of nationalunityas theyclaimtobe, theirveryhistoryand sometimes theway they behave today embodies outdatedand indefensibleprivilegesandinequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists arewarning of risinginequalityand the increasingpower of inheritedwealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be thesymbolic heart of modern democratic states.The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocraticways. Princesand princesseshave day-jobsand ridebicycles, not horses (orhelicopters).Even so, these are wealthyfamilieswhoparty withtheinternational1%, a