下面小編跟大家一起了解考研英語(yǔ)二模擬真題及答案分享,希望對(duì)大家的學(xué)習(xí)有所幫助。 Directions: Read thefollowing text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Thoughnot biologically related, friends are as “related” as fourth cousins, sharingabout 1% of genes. That is _(1)_a study, published from the University ofCalifornia and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, has__(2)_. The studyis a genome-wide analysis conducted _(3)__1,932 unique subjects which__(4)__pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same people wereused in both_(5)_. While 1%may seem_(6)_,it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor ofmedical genetics at UC San Diego, says, “Most people do not even _(7)_theirfourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the people who_(8)_ourkin.” Thestudy_(9)_found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends butnot genes for immunity .Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficultto explain, for now,_(10)_,as the team suggests, it draws us to similarenvironments but there is more_(11)_it. There could be many mechanisms workingtogether that _(12)_us in choosing genetically similar friends_(13)_”functionalKinship” of being friends with_(14)_! One of theremarkable findings of the study was the similar genes seem to beevolution_(15)_than other genes Studying this could help_(16)_why humanevolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being amajor_(17)_factor. Thefindings do not simply explain people’s_(18)_to befriend those ofsimilar_(19)_backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects weredrawn from a population of European extraction, care was taken to_(20)_that allsubjects, 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 [A]defended [B] concluded [C] withdrawn [D] advised 3.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] objects [C]samples [D] examples 6. [A]insignificant [B] unexpected [C]unbelievable [D] incredible 7. [A]visit [B] miss [C] seek [D] know 8. [A]resemble [B] influence [C] favor [D] surpass 9. [A]again [B] also [C] instead [D] thus 10. [A]Meanwhile [B] Furthermore [C] Likewise [D] Perhaps 11. [A]about [B] to [C]from [D]like 12. [A]drive [B] observe [C] confuse [D]limit 13. [A]according to [B] rather than [C] regardless of [D] along with 14. [A]chances [B]responses [C]missions [D]benefits 15. [A]later [B]slower [C] faster [D] earlier 16.[A]forecast [B]remember [C]understand [D]express 17. [A]unpredictable [B]contributory [C] controllable [D] disruptive 18. [A]endeavor [B]decision [C]arrangement [D] tendency 19. [A]political [B] religious [C] ethnic [D] economic 20. [A]see [B] show [C] prove [D] tell SectionII Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read thefollowing four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, Cor D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) Text 1 King JuanCarlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep.”But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in therecent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, doesthe Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does thatmean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificentuniforms and majestic lifestyle? TheSpanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinionis particularly polarised, as it was following the end of the Franco regime,monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a spirit of nationalunity. It isthis apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs’ continuingpopularity polarized. And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the mostmonarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting VaticanCity and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf andAsia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid thedifficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure. Even so,kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of national unity asthey claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today –embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time whenThomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and theincreasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocraticfamilies should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states. The mostsuccessful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways.Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses (orhelicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party with theinternational 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult tomaintain the right image. WhileEurope’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time tocome, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example. It isonly the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her ratherordinary (if well-heeled) granny style. The danger will come with Charles, whohas both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of theworld. He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survivedbecause they provide a service – as non-controversial and non-political headsof state. Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, notrepublicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.