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1、欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！2008 考研英语（一）真题及答案解析 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)The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is on
2、e of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name.But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say it anyway.He is that 2 bird,a scientist who works independently 3 any institution.He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections,which aroused much co
3、ntroversy when it was first suggested.5 he,however,might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do.Together with another two scientists,he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others,but explains the process that has brought this about.The g
4、roup in 8 are a particular people originated from central Europe.The process is natural selection.This group generally do well in IQ test,9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100,and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West,as the 12 of their elites,including several wor
5、ld-renowned scientists,13 they also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases,such as breast cancer.These facts,14 ave previously been thought unrelated.The former has been 15 social effects,such as a strong tradition of 16 ucation.The latter was seen as a(an)17 gene
6、tic isolation.Dr.Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately18 is argument is that the unusual history of these people has 19 em to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 ate of affairs.1.A selectedB preparedC obligedD pleased 2.A uniqueB particularC speci
7、alD rare 3.A ofB withC inD against 4.A subsequentlyB presentlyC previouslyD lately 5.A OnlyB SoC EvenD Hence 6.A thoughtB sightC costD risk 7.A advisesB suggestsC protestsD objects 8.A progressB factC needD question 9.A attainingB scoringC reachingD calculating 10.A normalB commonC meanD total 11.A
8、unconsciouslyB disproportionately C indefinitelyD unaccountably 12.A missionsB fortunesC interestsD careers 13.A affirmB witnessC observeD approve 14.A moreoverB thereforeC howeverD meanwhile 15.A given upB got overC carried onD put down 16.A assessingB supervisingC administeringD valuing 欢迎您阅读并下载本文
9、档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！17.A developmentB originC consequenceD instrument 18.A linkedB integratedC wovenD combined 19.A limitedB subjectedC convertedD directed 20.A paradoxicalB incompatibleC inevitableD continuous Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions:Read the following fo
10、ur texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1 While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life,women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category.“Women are particularly susceptible to developing
11、 depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men,”according to Dr.Yehuda,chief psychiatrist at New Yorks Veterans Administration Hospital.Studies of both animals and humans have shown that sex hormones somehow affect the stress response,causing females under stress to produce
12、more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions.In several of the studies,when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries(the female reproductive organs)removed,their chemical responses became equal to those of the males.Adding to a womans increased dose of stress chemicals,are
13、 her increased“opportunities”for stress.“It s not necessarily that women don t cope as well.It s just that they have so much more to cope with,”says Dr.Yehuda.“Their capacity for tolerating stress may even be greater than mens,”she observes,“its just that theyre dealing with so many more things that
14、 they become worn out from it more visibly and sooner.”Dr.Yehuda notes another difference between the sexes.“I think that the kinds of things that women are exposed to tend to be in more of a chronic or repeated nature.Men go to war and are exposed to combat stress.Men are exposed to more acts of ra
15、ndom physical violence.The kinds of interpersonal violence that women are exposed to tend to be in domestic situations,by,unfortunately,parents or other family members,and they tend not to be one-shot deals.The wear-and-tear that comes from these longer relationships can be quite devastating.”Adelin
16、e Alvarez married at 18 and gave birth to a son,but was determined to finish college.“I struggled a lot to get the college degree.I was living in so much frustration that that was my escape,to go to school,and get ahead and do better.”Later,her marriage ended and she became a single mother.“Its the
17、hardest thing to take care of a teenager,have a job,pay the rent,pay the car payment,and pay the debt.I lived from paycheck to paycheck.”Not everyone experiences the kinds of severe chronic stresses Alvarez describes.But most women today are coping with a lot of obligations,with few breaks,and feeli
18、ng the strain.Alvarezs experience demonstrates the importance of finding ways to diffuse stress before it threatens your health and your ability to function.21.Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?A Women are biologically more vulnerable to stress.B Women are still su
19、ffering much stress caused by men.C Women are more experienced than men in coping with stress.D Men and women show different inclinations when faced with stress.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！22.Dr.Yehudas research suggests that women A need extra doses of chemicals to handle stress.
20、B have limited capacity for tolerating stress.C are more capable of avoiding stress.D are exposed to more stress.23.According to Paragraph 4,the stress women confront tends to be A domestic and temporary.B irregular and violent.C durable and frequent.D trivial and random.24.The sentence“I lived from
21、 paycheck to paycheck.”(Line 6,Para.5)shows that A Alvarez cared about nothing but making money.B Alvarezs salary barely covered her household expenses.C Alvarez got paychecks from different jobs.D Alvarez paid practically everything by check.25.Which of the following would be the best title for the
22、 text?A Strain of Stress:No Way Out?B Responses to Stress:Gender Difference C Stress Analysis:What Chemicals Say D Gender Inequality:Women Under Stress Text 2 It used to be so straightforward.A team of researchers working together in the laboratory would submit the results of their research to a jou
23、rnal.A journal editor would then remove the authors names and affiliations from the paper and send it to their peers for review.Depending on the comments received,the editor would accept the paper for publication or decline it.Copyright rested with the journal publisher,and researchers seeking knowl
24、edge of the results would have to subscribe to the journal.No longer.The Internet-and pressure from funding agencies,who are questioning why commercial publishers are making money from government-funded research by restricting access to it-is making access to scientific results a reality.The Organiz
25、ation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)has just issued a report describing the far-reaching consequences of this.The report,by John Houghton of Victoria University in Australia and Graham Vickery of the OECD,makes heavy reading for publishers who have,so far,made handsome profits.But i
26、t goes further than that.It signals a change in what has,until now,been a key element of scientific endeavor.The value of knowledge and the return on the public investment in research depends,in part,upon wide distribution and ready access.It is big business.In America,the core scientific publishing
27、 market is estimated at between$7 billion and$11 billion.The International Association of Scientific,Technical and Medical Publishers says that there are more than 2,000 publishers worldwide specializing in these subjects.They publish more than 1.2 million articles each year in some 16,000 journals.
28、This is now changing.According to the OECD report,some 75%of scholarly journals are now online.Entirely new business models are emerging;three main ones were identified by the report s authors.There is the so-called big deal,where institutional subscribers pay for access to a 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如
29、有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！collection of online journal titles through site-licensing agreements.There is open-access publishing,typically supported by asking the author(or his employer)to pay for the paper to be published.Finally,there are open-access archives,where organizations such as universities
30、or international laboratories support institutional repositories.Other models exist that are hybrids of these three,such as delayed open-access,where journals allow only subscribers to read a paper for the first six months,before making it freely available to everyone who wishes to see it.All this c
31、ould change the traditional form of the peer-review process,at least for the publication of papers.26.In the first paragraph,the author discusses A the background information of journal editing.B the publication routine of laboratory reports.C the relations of authors with journal publishers.D the t
32、raditional process of journal publication.27.Which of the following is true of the OECD report?A It criticizes government-funded research.B It introduces an effective means of publication.C It upsets profit-making journal publishers.D It benefits scientific research considerably.28.According to the
33、text,online publication is significant in that A it provides an easier access to scientific results.B it brings huge profits to scientific researchers.C it emphasizes the crucial role of scientific knowledge.D it facilitates public investment in scientific research.29.With the open-access publishing
34、 model,the author of a paper is required to A cover the cost of its publication.B subscribe to the journal publishing it.C allow other online journals to use it freely.D complete the peer-review before submission.30.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the text?A The Internet is p
35、osing a threat to publishers.B A new mode of publication is emerging.C Authors welcome the new channel for publication.D Publication is rendered easier by online service.Text 3 In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association(NBA)listed at over
36、 seven feet.If he had played last season,however,he would have been one of 42.The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years,and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger,longer frames.The trend in sports,
37、though,may be obscuring an unrecognized reality:Americans have generally stopped growing.Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago,today s people-especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S.for many generations-apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.A
38、nd they aren t likely to get any taller.“In the general population today,at this genetic,environmental level,weve pretty much gone as far as we can go,”says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University.In the 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！case of NBA players,the
39、ir increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting players from all over the world.Growth,which rarely continues beyond the age of 20,demands calories and nutrients-notably,protein-to feed expanding tissues.At the start of the 20th century,under-nutrition and
40、 childhood infections got in the way.But as diet and health improved,children and adolescents have,on average,increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years,a pattern known as the secular trend in height.Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,average height-5
41、9 for men,54 for women-hasnt really changed since 1960.Genetically speaking,there are advantages to avoiding substantial height.During childbirth,larger babies have more difficulty passing through the birth canal.Moreover,even though humans have been upright for millions of years,our feet and back c
42、ontinue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated strain imposed by oversize limbs.“There are some real constraints that are set by the genetic architecture of the individual organism,”says anthropologist William Leonard of Northwestern University.Genetic maximums can cha
43、nge,but dont expect this to happen soon.Claire C.Gordon,senior anthropologist at the Army Research Center in Natick,Mass.,ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration.She says that,unlike those for basketball,the length of military uniforms has not changed
44、 for some time.And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment,Gordon says that by and large,“you could use todays data and feel fairly confident.”31.Wilt Chamberlain is cited as an example to A illustrate the change of height of NBA players.B show the popul
45、arity of NBA players in the U.S.C compare different generations of NBA players.D assess the achievements of famous NBA players.32.Which of the following plays a key role in body growth according to the text?A Genetic modification.B Natural environment.C Living standards.D Daily exercise.33.On which
46、of the following statements would the author most probably agree?A Non-Americans add to the average height of the nation.B Human height is conditioned by the upright posture.C Americans are the tallest on average in the world.D Larger babies tend to become taller in adulthood.34.We learn from the la
47、st paragraph that in the near future A the garment industry will reconsider the uniform size.B the design of military uniforms will remain unchanged.C genetic testing will be employed in selecting sportsmen.D the existing data of human height will still be applicable.35.The text intends to tell us t
48、hat A the change of human height follows a cyclic pattern.B human height is becoming even more predictable.C Americans have reached their genetic growth limit.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！D the genetic pattern of Americans has altered.Text 4 In 1784,five years before he became pres
49、ident of the United States,George Washington,52,was nearly toothless.So he hired a dentist to transplant nine teeth into his jaw-having extracted them from the mouths of his slaves.Thats a far different image from the cherry-tree-chopping George most people remember from their history books.But rece
50、ntly,many historians have begun to focus on the roles slavery played in the lives of the founding generation.They have been spurred in part by DNA evidence made available in 1998,which almost certainly proved Thomas Jefferson had fathered at least one child with his slave Sally Hemings.And only over