2015考研英語(yǔ)真題英語(yǔ)一真題完整版+答案

1、Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwd(s)feachnumberedblankmarkABCDonANSWERSHEET.(10points)Thoughnotbiologicallyrelatedfriendsareas“related”asfourthcousinssharingabout1%ofgenes.Thatis_(1)_astudypublishedfromtheU

2、niversityofCalifniaYaleUniversityintheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofScienceshas__(2)_.Thestudyisagenomewideanalysisconducted_(3)__1932uniquesubjectswhich__(4)__pairsofunrelatedfriendsunrelatedstrangers.Thesamepeoplewe

3、reusedinboth_(5)_.While1%mayseem_(6)_itisnotsotoageicist.AsJamesFowlerprofessofmedicalgeicsatUCSanDiegosays“Mostpeopledonoteven_(7)_theirfourthcousinsbutsomehowmanagetoasfriendsthepeoplewho_(8)_ourkin.”Thestudy_(9)_found

4、thatthegenesfsmellweresomethingsharedinfriendsbutnotgenesfimmunity.Whythissimilarityexistsinsmellgenesisdifficulttoexplainfnow_(10)_astheteamsuggestsitdrawsustosimilarenvironmentsbutthereisme_(11)_it.Therecouldbemanymech

5、anismswkingtogetherthat_(12)_usinchoosinggeicallysimilarfriends_(13)_”functionalKinship”ofbeingfriendswith_(14)_!Oneoftheremarkablefindingsofthestudywasthesimilargenesseemtobeevolution_(15)_thanothergenesStudyingthiscoul

6、dhelp_(16)_whyhumanevolutionpickedpaceinthelast30000yearswithsocialenvironmentbeingamaj_(17)_fact.Thefindingsdonotsimplyexplainpeople’s_(18)_tobefriendthoseofsimilar_(19)_backgroundssaytheresearchers.Thoughallthesubjects

7、weredrawnfromapopulationofEuropeanextractioncarewastakento_(20)_thatallsubjectsfriendsstrangersweretakenfromthesamepopulation.1.[A]when[B]why[C]how[D]what2.[A]defended[B]concluded[C]withdrawn[D]advised3.[A]f[B]with[C]on[

8、D]by4.[A]compared[B]sought[C]separated[D]connectedrepublicanleftintherecentEuroelectionshavefcedhimtoeathiswdsstdown.SodoestheSpanishcrisissuggestthatmonarchyisseeingitslastdaysDoesthatmeanthewritingisonthewallfallEurope

9、anroyalswiththeirmagnificentunifmsmajesticlifestyleTheSpanishcaseprovidesargumentsbothfagainstmonarchy.WhenpublicopinionisparticularlypolarisedasitwasfollowingtheendoftheFrancoregimemonarchscanriseabove“mere”politics“emb

10、ody”aspiritofnationalunity.Itisthisapparenttranscendenceofpoliticsthatexplainsmonarchs’continuingpopularitypolarized.alsothedleEastexceptedEuropeisthemostmonarchinfestedregioninthewldwith10kingdoms(notcountingVaticanCity

11、ra).ButunliketheirabsolutistcounterpartsintheGulfAsiamostroyalfamilieshavesurvivedbecausetheyallowvoterstoavoidthedifficultsearchfanoncontroversialbutrespectedpublicfigure.Evensokingsqueensundoubtedlyhaveadownside.Symbol

12、icofnationalunityastheyclaimtobetheirveryhisty—sometimesthewaytheybehavetoday–embodiesoutdatedindefensibleprivilegesinequalities.AtatimewhenThomasPikettyothereconomistsarewarningofrisinginequalitytheincreasingpowerofinhe

13、ritedwealthitisbizarrethatwealthyaristocraticfamiliesshouldstillbethesymbolicheartofmoderndemocraticstates.Themostsuccessfulmonarchiesstrivetoabonhidetheiroldaristocraticways.Princesprincesseshavedayjobsridebicyclesnoths

14、es(helicopters).Evensothesearewealthyfamilieswhopartywiththeinternational1%mediaintrusivenessmakesitincreasinglydifficulttomaintaintherightimage.WhileEurope’smonarchieswillnodoubtbesmartenoughtosurvivefsometimetocomeitis

15、theBritishroyalswhohavemosttofearfromtheSpanishexample.ItisonlytheQueenwhohaspreservedthemonarchy’sreputationwithherratherdinary(ifwellheeled)grannystyle.Thedangerwillcomewithleswhohasbothanexpensivetasteoflifestyleapret

16、tyhierarchicalviewofthewld.Hehasfailedtounderstthatmonarchieshavelargelysurvivedbecausetheyprovideaservice–asnoncontroversialnonpoliticalheadsofstate.lesoughttoknowthatasEnglishhistyshowsitiskingsnotrepublicanswhoarethem