考研英语（旧卷） 2008年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）试卷排版
考研英语（旧卷）2008年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）：共 20 题、卷面 10 分（满分 100，每题 0.5 分）、卷面选文共 273 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
试卷原卷
考研真题(2008)
Section I
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one 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 controversy 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 group in 8 is a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.
This group generally does well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100, and has contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-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 , have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 to social effects, such as a strong tradition of 16 education. The latter was seen as a (an) 17 of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately 18 . His argument is that the unusual history of these people has 19 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 state of affairs.
1.
[ A ]selected
[ B ]prepared
[ C ]obliged
[ D ]pleased
2.
[ A ]unique
[ B ]particular
[ C ]special
[ D ]rare
3.
[ A ]of
[ B ]with
[ C ]in
[ D ]against
4.
[ A ]subsequently
[ B ]presently
[ C ]previously
[ D ]lately
5.
[ A ]Only
[ B ]So
[ C ]Even
[ D ]Hence
6.
[ A ]thought
[ B ]sight
[ C ]cost
[ D ]risk
7.
[ A ]advises
[ B ]suggests
[ C ]protests
[ D ]objects
8.
[ A ]progress
[ B ]fact
[ C ]need
[ D ]question
9.
[ A ]attaining
[ B ]scoring
[ C ]reaching
[ D ]calculating
10.
[ A ]normal
[ B ]common
[ C ]mean
[ D ]total
11.
[ A ]unconsciously
[ B ]disproportionately
[ C ]indefinitely
[ D ]unaccountably
12.
[ A ]missions
[ B ]fortunes
[ C ]interests
[ D ]careers
13.
[ A ]affirm
[ B ]witness
[ C ]observe
[ D ]approve
14.
[ A ]moreover
[ B ]therefore
[ C ]however
[ D ]meanwhile
15.
[ A ]given up
[ B ]got over
[ C ]carried on
[ D ]put down
16.
[ A ]assessing
[ B ]supervising
[ C ]administering
[ D ]valuing
17.
[ A ]development
[ B ]origin
[ C ]consequence
[ D ]instrument
18.
[ A ]linked
[ B ]integrated
[ C ]woven
[ D ]combined
19.
[ A ]limited
[ B ]subjected
[ C ]converted
[ D ]directed
20.
[ A ]paradoxical
[ B ]incompatible
[ C ]inevitable
[ D ]continuous
选文出处：The Economist《经济学人》2005 年6月2 日一篇题为The Evolution of Intelligence（智力的进化）的文章。