2015年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语一真题及答案     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. (10 points) 

  Though not biologically related, friends are as relatedas fourth cousins, sharing about 1% of genes. That is _(1)_a study, published from the University of California and Yale University in the 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)_. 

  While 1% may seem_(6)_,it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, Most people do not even _(7)_their fourth cousins but 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 not genes for immunity .Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for now,_(10)_,as the team suggests, it draws us to similar environments but there is 

more_(11)_it. There could be many mechanisms working together that _(12)_us in choosing genetically similar friends_(13)_functional Kinship of being friends with_(14)_!   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 last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major_(17)_factor.   The findings do not simply explain peoples_(18)_to befriend those of 

similar_(19)_backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction, care was taken to_(20)_that all subjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population.   1. [A] when [B] why [C] how [D] what 

  2. [A] defended [B] concluded [C] withdrawn [D] advised   3. [A] for [B] with [C] on [D] by 

  4. [A] compared [B] sought [C] separated [D] connected   5. [A] tests [B] s [C]samples [D] examples 

  6. [A] insignificant [B] unexpected [C]unbelievable [D] incredible